WASHINGTON: The army has retained a dominant influence on foreign and security policies in Pakistan, according to a report by the US Congress published on Wednesday. But he also noted that the head of the country's army is a non-political professional. The report, prepared for US lawmakers by the Bipartisan Congress Research Service (CRS), arises […]
ISLAMABAD: The advisor to the Prime Minister of Finance, Dr. Abdul Hafeez Sheikh, has said that blaming the current government for a phenomenal increase in public debt is unfair because it is also paying the loans obtained by previous governments. Speaking to the media after tackling on Thursday the "First Forum of Capital Market Regulators
NEW DELHI: In a diversion to flaunt Indian Muslims as a political bulwark against Pakistan, the Modi government accused Muslims of the country of supporting Pakistan in the Kashmir issue, reports reported Thursday. Human Resources Development Minister Prakash Javadekar said at a press conference to attack former congressional president Rahul Gandhi for giving Pakistan a
LAHORE: The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) formed a five-member panel on Wednesday, with two independent and three of its own, to interview candidates for the roles of the national side technical staff. The panel includes former test captain Intikhab Alam, who had previously been the managing coach of the Pakistan team, who won the 1992
ISLAMABAD: The president of the Federal Revenue Board (FBR), Shabbar Zaidi, reiterated on Wednesday that the government will not withdraw from taxing trade and services as part of the measure to expand the country's narrow tax base. It seems that Zaidi is not in the mood to go back to the aggressive documentation campaign launched
ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Imran Khan has ordered the authorities interested in the federal capital and two provinces, Punjab and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, to develop a plan to provide relief to the masses and ensure the stability of commodity prices. "A system of this type must be designed to ensure that no additional burden is placed on
ISLAMABAD: Rejecting the Afghan allegation of bombing along the border, the Foreign Ministry said Wednesday that Pakistani troops only responded in self-defense when they were attacked by terrorists based on Afghan soil and asked Kabul to fulfill his commitment to eliminate terrorist hiding places throughout the country. Afghan border “As a matter of policy, Pakistan
PORTO VELHO: The president of Brazil, Jair Bolsonaro, said Tuesday that he was open to discuss the G7's help in fighting fires that devastated the Amazon rainforest, only if his French counterpart, Emmanuel Macron, "withdraws insults" against him. Bolsonaro's comments come in the midst of a growing war of words with Macron about the worst
ISLAMABAD: The first year of the Pakistani government Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) concluded with a record fiscal deficit of 8.9 percent, perhaps the highest in the country's history, as revenues plummeted while expenditures they remained at the same level as in the previous year, when expressed as a percentage of GDP. In absolute terms, however, expenses broke
KARACHI: The ongoing war of words between the mayor of Karachi, Wasim Akhtar, and the president of the Pak Sarzameen Party (PSP), Mustafa Kamal, took an intriguing turn on Monday when the city custodian "appointed" the latter as "Director of the Garbage Project voluntarily" to clean the city. . "I, being mayor of Karachi, hereby
