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PML-N President Sharif advises party leaders to avoid travelling abroad

Meanwhile, as preparations continue in Lahore in full swing, the PML-N is organising a grand political power show to welcome Nawaz Sharif

Pakistani players issued Indian visa for ICC World Cup 2023 travel

Members of the Pakistan cricket team were on Monday issued Indian visas for the ODI World Cup, the International Cricket Council (ICC) confirmed, hours after the PCB raised serious concerns with the global body over the delay in the national team's travel to Hyderabad. The visa clearance came less than 48 hours before Pakistan's scheduled travel to India in the wee hours of September 27. They play their first warm-up game against New Zealand in Hyderabad on September 29. "Visas have been issued to Pakistan," an ICC spokesperson told PTI. However, confusion remained in the Pakistan camp over the grant of visa. "We have not got the call from Indian High Commission yet over visa clearance. Member of our team is stationed there," PCB spokesperon Umar Farooq told PTI. The confirmation from the ICC came after the PCB wrote to ICC CEO Geoff Allardice on Monday over the visa delay besides claiming the anxious wait has adversely impacted the team's preparation for the 50-over ...

40% of Pakistan's population lives below poverty line: World Bank

The lender on Friday also revealed that poverty in Pakistan shot up to 39.4% as of last fiscal year with 12.5 million more people falling into the trap due to poor economic conditions

95 mn Pakistanis under poverty, urgent reforms needed: World Bank

Poverty in Pakistan shot up to 39.4 per cent as of last fiscal year, with 12.5 million more people falling into the trap due to poor economic conditions, the World Bank has said, as it urged the cash-strapped country to take urgent steps to achieve financial stability. The Washington-based lender on Friday unveiled draft policy notes that it prepared with the help of all stakeholders for Pakistan's next government ahead of the new election cycle, The Express Tribune newspaper reported. Poverty in Pakistan rose within one year from 34.2 per cent to 39.4 per cent, with 12.5 million more people falling below the poverty line of the USD 3.65 per day income level, according to the World Bank. About 95 million Pakistanis now live in poverty, it said. Pakistan's economic model is no longer reducing poverty, and the living standards have fallen behind peer countries, said Tobias Haque, the World Bank's lead country economist for Pakistan. The global lender urged Pakistan to take urgent ste

Electricity tariff in Pakistan to be increased by PKR 3.28 per unit

Protests were held across Pakistan against the rise in the power tariff and the inclusion of excessive taxes in the electricity bills

India slams Pakistan for raking up Kashmir at UNGA, calls for vacating area

Indian diplomat reiterated that UTs of Jammu and Kashmir as well as Ladakh are integral parts of India and Pakistan has no "locus standi" to make statements regarding India's domestic matters

Indus water dispute: India, Pakistan attend two-day meeting in Vienna

India attended a two-day meeting convened by a neutral expert in Vienna that was part of proceedings aimed at resolution of a dispute between New Delhi and Islamabad on the Kishenganga and Ratle hydroelectric projects in Jammu and Kashmir. Senior Advocate Harish Salve was present in the capacity of India's lead counsel in the matter, the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) said on Thursday. "A delegation from India, led by Secretary, Department of Water Resources, attended a meeting of the neutral expert proceedings in the Kishenganga and Ratle matter at the Permanent Court of Arbitration in Vienna on September 20 and 21," it said. The MEA said the meeting was convened by the neutral expert appointed on India's request under the aegis of the Indus Waters Treaty and was attended by representatives of India and Pakistan. "India's participation in this meeting is in line with India's consistent, principled stand that as per the graded mechanism provided for in the Indus Waters Treaty,

IMF's Georgieva tells cash-strapped Pak to 'tax the rich, protect the poor'

"What we are asking in our programme is that please collect more taxes from the wealthy and please protect the poor people of Pakistan," the IMF chief said

Pakistan elections to be held in the last week of January 2024: Poll body

The development comes a day after the ECP said it had scheduled a meeting with political parties next month to discuss the code of conduct for general elections

Pakistan's general elections to be held in last week of January 2024

General elections are scheduled to be held in Pakistan within 90 days after the dissolution of the National Assembly, which was prematurely dissolved on August 9

Pak election panel to hold meeting in Oct to discuss code of conduct

The ECP said, "In this regard, a copy of the draft Code of Conduct has also been sent to the leaders of political parties so that they can provide their feedback during the consultation"

India reached moon, hosted G20 Summit, we are begging for funds: Sharif

Criticising the ongoing state of Pakistan's economy, Sharif said, "Those who did this to our country are the biggest criminals"

Pakistan recruiting mercenaries to pursue its political agenda: UNGA told

Plaid said when the international community applies pressure, Pakistan has a history of "choosing subterfuge over sincerity"

Kashmiri activist lambasts Pak at UNHRC for targeting ethnic minorities

The Kashmiri social activist also expressed concern about Pakistan's Shia community including educational professionals being targeted by authorities

Women's Reservation Bill: Where else have seats been reserved for women?

Parliament special session: In 2018, according to the Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU) report, only 24 per cent of parliamentarians were women

Pak rejects report claiming it sold arms to Ukraine to secure IMF funding

Pakistan has rejected a report claiming that it sold arms and ammunition to Ukraine in order to secure a crucial bailout package from the International Monetary Fund (IMF). Foreign Office Spokesperson Mumtaz Zahra Baloch on Monday rejected as baseless and fabricated the Intercept report saying that cash-strapped Pakistan provided arms to the US to get its support to clinch a USD 3 billion deal with the IMF towards the end of June to avoid default. The Intercept, an investigative website, on Sunday reported that secret Pakistani arms sales to the US helped to facilitate a controversial bailout from the IMF earlier this year. The report said that the arms sales were made for the purpose of supplying the Ukrainian military marking Pakistani involvement in a conflict it had faced US pressure to take sides on. Pakistan has struggled to maintain a balance in ties with the Kremlin and Washington since the Russia-Ukraine crisis began earlier last year. The IMF Standby Arrangement for ...

Pakistan's Ahmadi minority in Punjab faces attacks on their worship places

In a fresh attack on the Ahmadi community in Pakistan, the minarets of three worship places of the minority group in different districts of Punjab province were demolished by radical Islamists who alleged that the minarets signified that of a Muslim mosque. The incident comes more than a week after arches of a worship place of the Ahmadi community were destroyed in defiance of a high court order banning such actions against the places of worship of the minority community built before 1984. Pakistan's Parliament in 1974 declared the Ahmadi community as non-Muslims. They have even been banned from calling themselves Muslims. "Identifying the minarets of Ahmadi worship places with that of Muslim Mosque, the activists of Tehreek-e-Labbaik Pakistan (TLP) stormed into three Ahmadi worship places in Sheikhupura, Bahawalnagar and Bahawalpur districts of Punjab and demolished their minarets during the last couple of days," Jamaat-e-Ahmadiyya Pakistan official Amir Mahmood told PTI on ...

Islamabad, Kabul should work for common goals, says Pakistan PM Kakar

Amid heightened tensions at their borders, Pakistan's caretaker Prime Minister Anwaar-ul-Haq Kakar has written to his Afghan counterpart Mullah Muhammad Hasan Akhund that the two countries should work together to achieve common goals, a media report said on Monday. "Pakistan has close fraternal relations with Afghanistan as we are neighbours and brothers. Pakistan-Afghanistan relations are rooted in religion, culture and history," The News International newspaper reported on Monday. Kakar's letter to Afghanistan's interim Prime Minister comes amid the heightened tensions between Pakistan and Afghanistan due to rising cross-border attacks on Pakistani soil, it said. Islamabad blames the Afghan Taliban for supporting Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP), a dreaded militant group fighting to impose the law of Sharia across Pakistan, which frequently carries out attacks in cash-strapped Pakistan. Kakar said that Islamabad was determined to further strengthen bilateral, political, security,

Pak's PTI challenges objections on plea seeking polls within 90 days

As per details, PTI filed an appeal against the objections raised by the registrar of an apex court on a petition seeking general elections in 90 days

Pak's PTI, other parties criticise govt over hike in petrol, diesel price

The price of petrol and diesel hit a record high after the Pakistan government announced a hike of PKR 26.02 and PKR 17.34 per litre, respectively, on Friday