Tag: Pakistan
FOCUS: Understanding anti-defection law
KARACHI: As Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) seeks interpretation of Article 63-A from the Supreme Court, the lawmakers need to realize that the primary legislative objective...
Pakistan gears up for OIC moot
Prime Minister Imran Khan extended greetings and welcomed the foreign ministers and delegations from OIC member states who started reaching Islamabad for the two-day...
Pakistan evades $11b penalty in Reko Diq case
Minister for Finance and Revenue Shaukat Tarin said the Governments of Pakistan and Balochistan, Antofagasta plc, and Barrick Gold Corporation have reached an agreement...
Opposition threatens to disrupt OIC moot
The joint opposition threatened to disrupt the OIC if NA Speaker Asad Qaiser failed to call the National Assembly session by Monday for the...
Timely steps netting current account deficit: PM
Prime Minister Imran Khan on Saturday said that the government’s timely actions to contain the current account deficit bore fruits as the monthly deficit...
Response sought from political parties in plea against D-Chowk rallies
The apex court on Saturday heard a petition filed by the Supreme Court Bar Association seeking directions to all state functionaries to act strictly...
Islamabad police lady constable dies under mysterious circumstances
A young lady constable of the Islamabad police died under mysterious circumstances.According to sources, lady constable Iqra, the daughter of Nazir Ahmed breathed her...
NEPRA notifies reduction in power tariff by Rs5 per unit
The National Electric Power Regulatory Authority (NEPRA) has notified the reduction in the electricity tariff by Rs5 per unit.The regulator allowed the Power Division...
Pakistan rebuffs Indian minister’s remarks
Pakistan has categorically rejected “unwarranted and gratuitous remarks” made by Indian Home Minister Amit Shah, during a recent event, questioning the partition and location...
Farogh Naseem for revisiting 18th amendment
Federal Minister for Law and Justice Barrister Dr Farogh Naseem has said there was a need to revisit the 18th Constitutional Amendment as it...