Pakistan
- Pakistan
Over 90% students in Pakistan weak in maths, science
New Delhi: More than 90 per cent of primary and lower-secondary students in Pakistan have only a weak or basic understanding of the mathematics and science they are required to learn, according…
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Pakistan’s economic struggle continues under Imran Khan’s PTI government
Islamabad: Pakistan economic struggle has started to increase under Imran Khan’s Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) compounding with the increase in domestic inflation rates and external loan defaulting. Inflation hit about 10 per cent…
- Opinions
The new nobility
Fakir Syed Aijazuddin Few people will recall that the State Bank of Pakistan was seeded substantially by funds provided by industrial families. At Quaid-e-Azam’s behest, they (notably the Valikas) contributed a percentage…
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Pakistan’s income-expense gap widens to Rs 1.8 trillion causing budget deficit
Islamabad: Pakistan’s federal budget deficit in the first half of the current fiscal year shot up to Rs 1.8 trillion, a 29 percent jump compared to the same period of the previous…
- Pakistan
3 killed, 20 injured in blast at Lahore’s Anarkali market
Lahore: At least three people were killed and 20 others injured on Thursday in a powerful blast at the Paan Mandi in Lahore’s famous Anarkali market, where Indian commodities are sold, police…
- Pakistan
Pakistan Opposition leader Shahbaz Sharif tests positive for COVID-19
Islamabad: Shahbaz Sharif, Pakistan’s leader of Opposition in the National Assembly, has tested positive for the COVID-19 again as last year in June he had been infected with the virus, reported local…
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Pak Election Commission declassifies key documents in PTI foreign funding case
New Delhi: As troubles mount for Imran Khan, the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) has ordered the declassification of all critical documents linked to the foreign funding case against the ruling Pakistan…
- India
Crime syndicate responsible for 1993 Mumbai blasts enjoying 5-star hospitality in Pakistan: Indian envoy at UN
New York: The crime syndicate responsible for the 1993 Mumbai bomb blasts are enjoying 5-star hospitality in Pakistan and given state protection, Indian envoy at the UN has said, in a veiled…
- Pakistan
Pak’s mini-budget aftermath: Medicines, cellular services become expensive
Islamabad: Amid soaring inflation in Pakistan, the rates of medicines, prepaid cellular cards and sales tax rate on import of electric vehicles have increased due to the mini-budget worth Rs 360 billion,…
- Pakistan
Concerns raised after Pak central bank refuses to open Afghanistan Relief Fund
Islamabad: The State Bank of Pakistan (SBP), the central bank of the nation, has refused to abide by the request of the ruling government under Prime Minister Imran Khan to open an…
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Human Rights Watch airs concern over civil rights abuses in Pakistan
Islamabad: The Human Rights Watch portrays a grim picture of civil rights abuses in Pakistan and the increasing persecution of religious minorities and marginalised groups. In its chapter on Pakistan, the US-based…
- World
Who is Aafia Siddiqui? Pak scientist serving 86-year sentence in Texas
New Delhi: The hostage incident at Texas synagogue has brought in the question – who is Aafia Siddiqui? A live stream of the Shabbat morning service at the synagogue on Facebook captured…
- Pakistan
PML-N parliamentary leader Khwaja Muhammad Asif lashes out at Imran Khan govt
Islamabad: Pakistan Muslim League Nawaz (PMLN) parliamentary leader Khwaja Muhammad Asif on Friday argued that coming generations would not forgive the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) government for selling the country and its sovereignty.…
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Pakistan government begins probe into misuse of petroleum imports from China
Islamabad: Probe into misuse of petroleum imports from China began in Pakistan as the federal government on Friday ordered all oil marketing companies (OMCs) to provide evidence-based data on the import of…
- Kashmir
Intruder to be handed over to Pak rangers by BSF
Jammu: One Pakistani intruder who had inadvertently crossed the international border into Samba sector of Jammu will be handed over to the Pakistani rangers, BSF said on Saturday. “One Pak national crossed…
