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Pakistan puts travel ban on people from 26 countries including India

Pakistan has placed strict restrictions on travellers from 26 countries including India to contain the spread of COVID-19 cases in the country.

Pakistan govt unveils Rs 8.5 tn FY budget, defence gets Rs 1,370 bn

Pakistan government on Friday proposed Pakistani rupees 8,487 billion budget for the next financial year with a fiscal deficit target at 6.3 per cent of gross domestic product (GDP)

Pak Interior Minister Sheikh Rashid says Islamabad to fence Iran border

Interior Minister Sheikh Rashid before heading to his two-day visit to Waziristan stated in a video message on Friday that the government would fence its border along Iran

Pakistan inflation at 10.9% in May 2021 due to hike in energy, food prices

Pakistan's inflation remained in double digits for second successive month due to increase in energy, food prices and stood at 10.9% in May

China reluctant to clear $6 bn loan for CPEC project as debt rises

China has shown reluctance to clear a $6 billion loan for the single largest project under the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) due to the growing concern over mounting debt

Pakistan to spend 'bare minimum' $6 billion to boost economic growth

The government's GDP target for next year is a percentage point higher than the IMF's 4% projection, and FM Tarin is seeking to boost growth to 6% in the year after

Pakistan to spend 'bare minimum' $6 bn to boost growth: Finance Minister

Pakistan plans to boost spending on large infrastructure projects by as much as 40% to create jobs and foster productivity in an economy crippled by the coronavirus pandemic, Finance Minister Shaukat.

Pak govt surrenders before TLP, resolution tabled to expel French envoy

The cases against TLP workers, registered under terrorism charges, will also be quashed.

Imran Khan appoints Shaukat Tareen as new FM in cabinet reshuffle

Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan has appointed Shaukat Tareen as the new finance minister of the country, the fourth to don the mantle, in another cabinet reshuffle, it was announced by his office on Friday. A banker by profession, Tareen, 68, served in the same capacity in the government of Pakistan Peoples Party (2009-10) for a short period before he decided to step down to raise capital for his Silk Bank. Tareen was facing corruption charges and had initially refused to accept the post until his name was cleared. It was not known if the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) dropped charges against him or not. He is a cousin of Jehangir Tareen, dubbed as sugar baron due to several sugar mills, who is an influential politician but is facing probe in the sugar scandal of the present government. Shaukat Tareen is replacing Hammad Azhar, who was appointed towards the end of the last month after Dr Abdul Hafeez Shaikh was removed for failure to control raging inflation in the ...

Protest erupts in Pak demanding Imran Khan to apologise over rape statement

A protest erupted here against Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan, demanding a public apology from him for his statement blaming "vulgarity" in society for rape and sexual violence

Pakistan to start vaccination of all its citizens next month: Minister

Pakistan will start vaccination of all its citizens after the festival of Eid to be celebrated next month, a senior minister said on Thursday

Pakistan PM Imran Khan makes full recovery from Covid-19, resumes work

Senator Faisal Javed Khan, who is considered close to the premier, made the announcement on Twitter

India, Pakistan should bury the past and move forward: Gen Bajwa

Khan said that having a direct route to the Central Asian region will economically benefit India. Central Asia is rich in oil and gas.

Federalism, parliamentary democracy eroding in Pakistan: Senator Rabbani

The concepts of federalism and parliamentary democracy in Pakistan are eroding with each passing day, said Senator Mian Raza Rabbani

Incompetent people have been imposed on Pak, says opposition leader Latif

Lashing out at the Prime Minister Imran Khan-led PTI government in Pakistan, opposition leader Javed Latif on Sunday said that some 'incompetent people have been imposed on the nation'

Pak PM Imran Khan wins trust vote amid opposition protests in parliament

Prime Minister Khan secured 178 votes in the 342-member lower house of Parliament during a special session convened on the directives of President Arif Alvi

Pakistan PM Imran Khan confident ahead of trust vote in Parliament

Imran Khan appeared confident of winning a trust vote in the National Assembly on Saturday even as the ruling party has warned rebels that those who vote against him would be disqualified.

Imran Khan called own legislators for taking bribes: Yousaf Raza Gilani

Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) leader Yousaf Raza Gilani, has said that Prime Minister Imran Khan called his own legislators for taking bribes and selling loyalties

Pakistan opposition parties asks PM Imran Khan to resign honourably

An upbeat opposition asked P "to resign in an honourable way" after the defeat of the govt's candidate at the hands of the PDM candidate Syed Yousuf Raza Gilani in the Senate elections

Pak's ex-premier Gilani defeats finance minister in Senate election

Prime Minister Khan had personally made efforts for Shaikh''s victory in the hotly contested election.