News Pakistan

June 22, 2018

Pakistani death-row prisoner Zulfikar Ali passes away in Indonesia

Zulfikar Ali, a Pakistani prisoner on death-row in Indonesia, passed away on Thursday, rights organisation Justice Project Pakistan (JPP) said. “It is with the heaviest heart […]
June 22, 2018

Pakistan’s water storage capacity falling continuously

FAISALABAD: Faisalabad Chamber of Commerce and Industry (FCCI) President Shabbir Hussain Chawla has said that every year floods cause losses of Rs334 billion in Pakistan whereas […]
June 22, 2018

FIA’s cybercrime wing ‘in dire straits’

ISLAMABAD: Senate Standing Committee on Information Technology and Telecommunications has asked the Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) to increase the capacity of trained staff to cope up […]
June 22, 2018

SBP simplifies laws for declaring hidden assets

KARACHI: The State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) has amended laws explaining how overseas and resident Pakistanis may declare their hidden assets, pay a nominal tax against […]
June 21, 2018

Imran’s counsel argues rejection of nomination papers on ‘flimsy grounds’

ISLAMABAD .: The counsel of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf Chairperson Imran Khan argued before the appellate tribunal that the decision taken by a returning officer against the party […]
June 21, 2018

Badhaber airbase attack: ATC acquits alleged female ‘facilitator’

PESHAWAR: An anti-terrorism court on Wednesday acquitted an accused allegedly involved in planning the attack on the Pakistan Air Force’s base camp in Badhaber in which […]
June 21, 2018

IHC reserves verdict on Nawaz’s plea to club judgment of NAB references

The Islamabad High Court on Thursday reserved the verdict on former premier Nawaz Sharif’s petition challenging the accountability court’s order and requesting for a clubbed judgement […]
June 21, 2018

SECP rolls out new anti-money laundering regulations in line with FATF recommendations

The SECP has given a single set of regulations for all the securities brokers, insurance companies, non-banking finance companies and modarabas with the aim to harmonise […]