PML-N government releases Rs 31.3 billion on last day of its tenure to woo business community
News Analysis | The Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) on Thursday released Rs 31.3bn sales tax refunds to traders and exporters on the last day of its five-year...
State Bank launches Deposit Protection Corporation & new notes
News Analysis | State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) on Thursday announced that Deposit Protection Corporation (DPC), set up to safeguard the interests of small depositors,...
Will General Elections 2018 be held on time?
News Analysis | The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) has issued a schedule for general elections to be held on July 25. Addressing a news conference...
Will caretaker government be able to hold free and fare elections?
Ikram Sehgal | Headed by former Chief Justice Nasirul Mulk, the Caretaker Regime taking office today includes in its mission statement (1) running the affairs...
Indo-US nexus in Indian Ocean & beyond
News Analysis | The Pentagon is renaming its oldest and largest military command to reflect the growing importance of the Indian Ocean in US strategic...
Government takes credit for “exceptional growth” in Oil and Gas sector
News Analysis | The Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi, on Wednesday, overwhelmingly praised the government for making exceptional growth in the Oil and Gas sector during last...
Social media lambasted Maryam Nawaz for her delusional ‘no-load shedding tweet’
News Desk | The social media in Pakistan continue to blast at Maryam Nawaz Sharif after she made a no-load shedding tweet two days earlier....
Two girls representing Pakistan at Telenor Youth Forum in Bangkok
News Analysis | The Telenor Youth Forum’s 2017-2018 programme will commence this week at the DTAC (Total Access Communication Public Company)headquarters in Bangkok, Thailand, where Pakistani prodigies Safa Iftikhar...
Dr. Fowzia voices out support for Aafia Siddiqui
News Analysis | “Aafia Movement Pakistan” leader and neuro physician Dr Fowzia Siddiqui congratulated Chief Justice of Pakistan (retd) Justice Nasir-ul-Mulk on his nomination as...
Nasir Mehmood Khosa regrets being nominated as the caretaker CM Punjab
News Analysis | Former bureaucrat Nasir Mehmood Khosa said that he regrets being nominated as the caretaker Chief Minister (CM) of Punjab, saying his candidature...
The other Kim summit: Trump keeps up Kardashian at White House meet
AFP | Days away from a historic summit with North Korea's mercurial leader, US President Donald Trump held a White House meeting Wednesday with another...
Smartphone market to stay cool this year: forecast
AFP | International Data Corporation forecast Wednesday that global smartphone sales would cool this year before heating up with help from new 5G networks and...