A Chinese bank has assured Pakistan that it will provide another refinanced USD 500 million loan. Islamabad: A Chinese bank has assured Pakistan that it will provide another refinanced USD 500 million loan within the next few days, bringing the total of commercial loans up to USD 1.7 billion outRead More →
The prime minister said the country was facing serious political and economic challenges. Islamabad: Pakistan Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif, while extending an olive branch to Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Chairman Imran Khan, said that all political forces will have to sit for dialogue to rid the country of the ongoing politicalRead More →
Pakistan will first import one Russian crude oil ship to test landed cost. (Representational) Islamabad: Cash-strapped Pakistan is making concerted efforts to procure Russian crude oil at USD 50 per barrel, at least USD 10 per barrel less than the price cap imposed by the G7 countries due to Moscow’sRead More →
Pakistan women march: Women at the march alleged that the police had “tried hard to stop the rally”. Islamabad: The Aurat March, a rally conducted every year by women across Pakistan on International Women’s Day to voice their grievances and celebrate womanhood turned violent on Wednesday amid clash between theRead More →
Washington: Indian-American Republican presidential candidate Nikki Haley has said that Pakistan is home to at least a dozen terrorist organisations and it should not receive any aid from the US, ramping up her attack on America’s adversaries. The 51-year-old two-term Governor of South Carolina and the former US Ambassador toRead More →
Islamabad: Pakistan’s government has agreed to increase the policy interest rate which stands at 17 per cent by two per cent or 200 basis points to meet another condition set by the International Monetary Fund (IMF), The Express Tribune reported. With the new decision, Pakistan has accepted another pre-condition ofRead More →
Washington: US Republican Party, Grand Old Party (GOP) Presidential candidate Nikki Haley has said that if voted to power, she will cut every cent in foreign aid for countries that hate the US. This includes China, Pakistan and other adversaries as “a strong America doesn’t pay off the bad guys”.Read More →
Both men arrived at Guantanamo Bay in 2004 and were approved for release in 2021. (File) Washington: Two Pakistani brothers, Abdul and Mohammed Rabbani, have been freed from the US military prison at Guantanamo Bay after more than 20 years in detention and repatriated, the Pentagon said Thursday. Abdul Rabbani,Read More →
The question was asked in a exam held in December last year. Social media is enraged after a university in Pakistan asked students their views about sex between brother and sister. Several celebrities and student bodies have slammed the “vulgar content” of Islamabad-based COMSATS University’s question paper and demanded theRead More →
An agreement, if reached, would still need to be cleared by the IMF board. Islamabad: Talks between the International Monetary Fund and Pakistan will resume virtually on Monday, a Pakistani official said, as the two sides look to reach a deal to unlock funding critical to keep the cash-strapped southRead More →
