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ISLAMABAD: An alliance of opposition parties, on Tuesday, resolved to increase coordination in order to give the government a tough time. At a dinner, hosted by Tehreek-i-Tahaffuz-i-Ayeen-i-Pakistan chief Mehmood Khan Achakzai, opposition leaders Fazlur Rehman, Asad Qaiser, Omar Ayub, Shahid Khaqan Abbasi, Sardar Latif Khosa, Arif Khan, Mustafa Nawaz Khokhar and others agreed to hold…
International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Director General (DG) Rafael Mariano Grossi on Wednesday called on Deputy Prime Minister Ishaq Dar to discuss the role of nuclear energy in climate mitigation and adaptation, according to statement by the Foreign Office. Pakistan holds a long-term partnership with the IAEA which is responsible for ensuring peaceful use of…
• IGP says MQM-H chief was arrested for ‘inciting people’• Transporters block National Highway, Northern Bypass KARACHI: Police on Tuesday evening picked up Mohajir Qaumi Movement-Haqiqi chairman Afaq Ahmed after unknown persons torched four heavy vehicles in the city during the day in what appeared to be incidents of vigilante justice. Recently, the Sindh government…
US President Donald Trump has fired the independent inspector general for the US Agency for International Development (USAID), US media outlets reported on Wednesday. Paul Martin’s dismissal came a day after his office issued a report critical of the Trump administration’s efforts to dismantle the agency, the Washington Post, CNN and others reported. They cited…
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva has met Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif during his visit to the United Arab Emirates and assured him of the lender’s support for the government’s decisive actions regarding the programme, according to a statement released on Wednesday. In a post on X, she said, “Wonderful to meet…
Australia fast bowler Mitchell Starc has withdrawn from the Champions Trophy for personal reasons, leaving the squad without its three frontline quicks for the ODI tournament in Pakistan and the United Arab Emirates. Starc’s withdrawal comes after pace stalwarts Pat Cummins and Josh Hazlewood were ruled out due to injuries. World champions Australia will now…
At least a dozen people died in detention in Bangladesh since last year’s revolution, including by torture and gunshot wounds, a rights group said Wednesday. Odhikar, one of the South Asian nation’s largest human rights organisations, demanded justice from the interim government that took over after the student-led revolution that toppled former prime minister Sheikh…
Some of the world’s top money managers are once again warming up towards Pakistan’s $50 billion market after the returns last year were among the best globally, Bloomberg reported on Wednesday. According to the report, asset managers from companies such as BlackRock Inc. to Eaton Vance Corp, are “warming up” to the country’s stock exchange,…
The amount of Russian and Iranian oil held on ships has hit multi-month highs as harsher US sanctions reduced the number of buyers, leaving fewer tankers available to deliver cargoes and driving up crude costs, trade sources and analysts said. Washington has imposed multiple rounds of sanctions on ships and entities dealing with oil from…
Police investigators told a Lahore Anti-Terrorism Court (ATC) on Wednesday that their probe had found PTI leader Azam Swati culpable in five cases related to the May 9 riots, as Judge Manzar Ali Gul heard his bail petition. The PTI founder’s arrest on May 9 in the Al Qadir Trust case had resulted in widespread…