My loyalty is being tested, Jahangir Tareen conveys to Imran Khan
Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) leader Jahangir Tareen said on Wednesday that his “loyalty is being tested”. Tareen was speaking to the media outside a banking...
Pakistan’s tardy vaccination drive and its reasons
Pakistan started the vaccination process more than a month ago and out of 220 million population, only 1 million are vaccinated. However, the drive has picked some pace as government pushes its information campaign
Chaudhry Sugar Mills case: NAB kept silence for 14 months, Maryam Nawaz tells LJC
Pakistan Muslim League Nawaz (PML-N) vice president Maryam Nawaz has submitted her reply to the Lahore High Court (LHC) over the National Accountability Bureau...
Is Punjab government seizing stock from sugar mills?
The Punjab government has started seizing stock from sugar mills to sell it in the market at notified rates after manufacturers refused to reduce...
NA-75: Hamza Shahbaz, not Maryam Nawaz, to monitor election campaign
According to a report in The News, former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif has asked Opposition Leader in the Punjab Assembly Hamza Shahbaz to monitor...
Pakistan’s public debt reaches a staggering Rs36.6 trillion
Pakistan’s public debt increased by Rs1.505 trillion or 4.28 percent in the eight months of this fiscal year amid an increase in government borrowing to plug the budget deficit gap. A huge proportion of this borrowing was from domestic sources.
Dollar is coming down, but the car prices are going up, why?
Despite the continuous trend in the appreciation of the rupee since August 2020, car prices refuse to go down. Reasons include high taxes and stubborn manufacturers who increased prices when the dollar was going up, but won't reverse when its falling.
NHA Projects worth billions have come to a halt
Pakistan's development projects of the National Highway Authority (NHA) have been stalled due to a lack of disbursement of funds under the Public Sector Development Programme (PSDP) for the third quarter of the current fiscal year.
PDM is over as five opposition parties clash in the first Senate session
Opposition parties in the anti-government coalition Pakistan Democratic Movement (PDM) clashed in the first formal Senate session on Monday. Senate Chairman Sadiq Sanjrani chaired...
Nawaz Sharif be given 14-year imprisonment in Al-Azizia case, NAB pleads with IHC
The Islamabad High Court (IHC) has fixed the hearing of miscellaneous pleas filed by the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) against former Prime Minister Nawaz...
PDM issues show-cause notice to PPP: Will Bilawal reply?
Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) leader Senator Yousaf Raza Gillani on Monday confirmed receiving show-cause notice by the Pakistan Democratic Movement (PDM). “The PPP has...
Punjab tax collection up by 8.9pc in 8MFY21, hits Rs156.2bn
The Punjab government improved its own tax collection by 8.9 percent to Rs156.2 billion during the first eight months (July-February) of 2020-21 from Rs143.4bn a year ago, showed provincial civil accounts.