The plans for the disaggregation of public gas services and their privatization are back in business, this time as part of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) program. Even before this disaggregation, the main priority of the government is the sale of two government power plants (GPP) based on LNG to meet the objectives of the […]
Stockbrokers are like sharks that can smell blood from afar. And the most prominent of them are comforting their foreign and high-patrimony individual clients that Pakistan will be unharmed from the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) review that will be presented this week. They must have good reasons for their optimism. The market is not
WASHINGTON: The United States has welcomed Pakistan's decision to arrest four leaders of the Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) group, indicating that such measures would help improve relations between the two countries. "We appreciate the news that Pakistan arrested four LeT leaders" said Assistant Secretary of State of the United States for South and Central Asian Affairs, Alice
QUETTA: Opposition lawmakers in the Balochistan Assembly have demanded the creation of an investigation committee to investigate the growing terrorist attacks in the province. However, the debate on Nasarullah Zerey's closing motion of the Pakhtunkhwa Milli Awami Party (PkMAP) could not be completed as President Mir Abdul Qudoos Bizenjo suspended the session due to the
ISLAMABAD: In a breakthrough in Belgrade, Senator Raza Rabbani emerged victorious on Sunday after India withdrew Shashi Tharoor's candidacy for a position on the prestigious executive committee of the Interparliamentary Union (IPU). The IPU holds its 141st general assembly in the Serbian capital. It opened with a meeting of the IPU Asia and Pacific Group
KHUZDAR: A man and a woman were allegedly hanged in the name of honor in a village in the Kalat district on Sunday, sources said. According to Levies Force officials, the incident took place at the Chapar Giyawindra union council in the district. The name of the murdered man was Imdad Ali, Levies officials said,
ISLAMABAD: The World Bank has said that Pakistan's economy is slowing down when faced with another macroeconomic crisis due to high twin deficits and low foreign exchange reserves. In the latest edition of its report entitled “Focus on South Asia: make (de) centralization work”, published on Sunday, the Bank said that with a stabilization program
ISLAMABAD: Judge Qazi Faez Isa has informed the Supreme Court that the federal government has resorted to shameless lies and shameless inventions to defame and scandalize a judge of a higher court accusing him of owning "benami" property abroad when the reference in against him does not contain such allegations The government team first painted
ISLAMABAD: The World Bank has said that Pakistan's economy is slowing down when faced with another macroeconomic crisis due to high twin deficits and low foreign exchange reserves. In the latest edition of its report entitled “Focus on South Asia: make (de) centralization work”, published on Sunday, the Bank said that with a stabilization program
A magnitude 5.8 earthquake shook parts of Pakistan early Monday morning, according to the National Seismic Monitoring Center in Islamabad. According to Pakistan Radio The earthquake shook Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and the northern areas. KP Provincial Disaster Management Authority (PDMA) spokesman Taimur Ali said the earthquake was felt in Peshawar, Malakand, Mardan, Charsadda, Attock and in
