Hearing an intra-court appeal, Islamabad High Court (IHC) on Monday ordered a halt to further proceedings and suspended its earlier order to the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) to decide the foreign funding case against Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf within 30 days.
In his first news conference since his controversial ouster, Imran Khan said that although he had instructed his party members to start preparation, he would announce the call for the march at a later date.
According to the data released by the central bank, Pakistan has registered approximately $4 billion in its current account deficit in the three months of 2022, averaging approximately $1.3 billion per month.
It demanded steep fiscal adjustments, discontinuation of the amnesty scheme, increase in fuel prices, increase in power tariffs, and restoration of taxes before the country could expect to unlock the $3 billion.
The orders were issued to the Board on Tuesday in a meeting between the officials of the FBR and the Public Accounts Committee. The committee demanded a report within a month.
The energy-starved country was forced towards this decision as two major commodity trading companies defaulted on their agreements to supply LNG cargoes for the months between April and June.
As a result of such policies, the second quarterly report of FY22 depicted encouraging growth in digital banking. The state bank reported that the “overall e-banking transactions volume grew by 10.7% to 400mn whereas value by 22.8% to over Rs33tn.
“The ministry of communications and information technology was ordered to remove the apps from internet servers and make them inaccessible to everyone in Afghanistan” Samangani (Deputy spokesperson of the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan) said.
Shahbaz Gill further added that the new government was only providing half-baked truths, emphasizing that "by law, any Prime Minister could take back gifts given to him during his tenure" however, he underscored that a certain amount had to be paid before taking the gifts.
