News Pakistan

February 12, 2019

AAPEC demands reversal of increase in Hajj expenses

ISLAMABAD: Association of All Pakistan’s Enrolled Companies (AAPEC) has asked the government to review the recent hike in the Hajj package and make it reachable for […]
February 12, 2019

MPA demands removal of ‘black laws’ related to NAB

LAHORE: A lawmaker of the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) demanded that the federal government remove ‘black laws’ related to the National Accountability Bureau (NAB). The demand […]
February 12, 2019

Pakistan’s debt repayment to determine IMF loan size

ISLAMABAD: A decision on nearly $6 billion worth of short-term debt that Pakistan is required to return before June will play a role in determining the […]
February 11, 2019

IMF insists on gas price, power tariff hike

ISLAMABAD.: International Monetary Fund (IMF) Managing Director Christine Lagarde on Sunday asked Pakistan to take “decisive actions”, indicating that the fund remained inflexible in its conditions […]
February 11, 2019

Raheel Sharif-led IMCTC delegation arrives in Pakistan

ISLAMABAD: A delegation of Islamic Military Counter Terrorism Coalition (IMCTC), headed by former army chief General (retd) Raheel Sharif, arrived in Pakistan on it’s first-ever visit […]
February 7, 2019

US drawdown and its implications

The United States may be jubilant hammering out a draft peace agreement with the Taliban in Doha. Reports indicate that the US and Taliban negotiators had […]
February 7, 2019

Noam Chomsky interviewed by Imran Jan (Express Tribune) on US-Pak relationship

“Professor Noam Chomsky doesn’t do documentary interviews anymore.” The office assistant told me in her soft tone, pronouncing the alphabet R in a typical Boston accent. […]
February 7, 2019

‘590 major corruption cases filed in 13 months’

ISLAMABAD: The National Accountability Bureau (NAB) on Wednesday rejected allegations that it lacked capacity to investigate white-collar crimes, saying that it had filed 590 mega corruption […]