Under the agreement, Jazz Pakistan has deposited 50 percent of the amount upfront, while the remaining payment would be made in five equal annual installments amounting to ten percent of the total cost along with applicable markup of LIBOR+3pc.
U.S. President Joe Biden's administration is expected to announce as soon as Wednesday another $750 million in military assistance for Ukraine for its fight against Russian forces.
President Vladimir Putin said on Tuesday that peace talks with Ukraine had hit a dead end, using his first public comments on the conflict in more than a week to vow his troops would win and to goad the West for failing to bring Moscow to heel.
After South Korean media reported that the USS Abraham Lincoln strike group was deployed amid tensions over North Korea's missile testing, a US official confirmed that the ships were operating in waters near the Korean peninsula.
Ukraine's security services on Tuesday said they had arrested pro-Russian politician Viktor Medvedchuk, who is President Vladimir Putin's closest and most influential ally in Ukraine.
In his maiden speech as chief executive Shahbaz Sharif also announced a 10 percent increase in pensions as well as the salaries of government employees earning less than one lac per month.
As the hearing was adjourned till the next day, the court directed the officials of the ministry of interior and the FIA to appear before 10:30 a.m tomorrow and explain who had authorized the placing of the names of the petitioners.
Responding to a question on the possibility of a phone call between the newly elected Prime Minister of Pakistan and U.S President Joe Biden, she said, "I don't have a prediction of a call at this point of time.
During Prime Minister Imran Khan's government, diplomatic relations were downgraded and direct trade was suspended after a dispute over India's attempt to entrench its grip over the part of Kashmir it controls.
