Shares at PSX lose 500 points on ‘uncertainty over circular debt’ – Business
Bears returned to the trading floor of the Pakistan Stock Exchange (PSX) on Thursday as shares traded in the red and lost more than 500 points. According to the PSX website, the KSE-100 index closed at 64,298 points, down 524.43 or 0.81 per cent, from the previous close of 64,822.43. The index had previously maintained […]
Fact check: Fake website is providing incorrect information of PTI-backed candidates – Pakistan
PTI officials on Wednesday alleged that a fake web portal — mimicking one launched to provide information on party-backed independent candidates contesting the polls — had been created and was providing incorrect information to voters. The claim is true since the candidate information provided by the website in question, pticandidate.com, was not corroborated by the […]
PHC dismisses PTI’s plea for polls under judicial supervision
The Peshawar High Court on Thursday dismissed the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf’s (PTI) petition seeking to conduct election 2024 under the supervision of the judiciary. A two-member bench of the PHC comprising Chief Justice Ibrahim Khan and Justice Shakeel Ahmad announced the verdict that was reserved on December 18, 2023. The petition, filed by a lawyer associated […]
Elections ‘constitutional necessity’ but leaders should make them ‘meaningful’: Shahid Khaqan – Pakistan
Former prime minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi on Thursday said that while general elections were a “constitutional necessity”, it was incumbent upon the political leadership to make them “meaningful”. The estranged PML-N leader, who had developed differences with the party leadership over the last year, made the remarks while speaking to the media in Rawalpindi. In […]
Veteran politician Javed Hashmi says Punjab police raided Multan residence, arrested son-in-law and grandson – Pakistan
Veteran politician Javed Hashmi has alleged that Punjab police raided his Multan residence early on Wednesday and arrested his son-in-law and grandson. Hashmi, who was once president of the PTI, made the claim in a post on social media platform X. He said around 20 police officers entered his residence in Makhdoom Rasheed town in […]
India has not told defence personnel to pull out from Maldives
NEW DELHI: India’s government has not told its defence personnel to pull out from Maldives following a request from Male, Indian Navy Chief Admiral R. Hari Kumar told broadcaster CNN-News 18 on Thursday. India’s ties with Maldives have come under strain after Maldives President Mohamed Muizzu’s election win last year pledging to end his country’s […]
India has not told its defence personnel to pull out from Maldives: navy chief – World
India’s government has not told its defence personnel to pull out from Maldives following a request from Male, Indian Navy Chief Admiral R. Hari Kumar told broadcaster CNN-News 18 on Thursday. India’s ties with Maldives have come under strain after Maldives President Mohamed Muizzu’s election win last year pledging to end his country’s “India First” […]
MQM-P, PTI candidates ‘did not withdraw’ in favour of opponents – Pakistan
With only two more weeks to go before polls, two political parties have found themselves caught up in cases of candidates supposedly withdrawing from the electoral battle in favour of others. The reality, as concluded by fact-checking platform iVerify Pakistan, is that neither of the alleged withdrawals came from the parties concerned. Posts circulating on […]
Dawn survey becomes basis for research paper – Pakistan
LONDON: An in-depth digital survey on Pakistan’s suicide rates conducted online by Dawn in 2020 became the basis for a peer-reviewed research paper published in a renowned research journal. “Perceptions of Suicide among Pakistanis: Results of an Online Survey” published by Taylor & Francis was co-authored by two Dawn journalists. The paper said the research […]
Dr Naveedullah Khan wants to heal Peshawar – Pakistan
Khyber Pakhtunkhwa has long been an area where politicians have gone at it tooth and nail to amass public approval and electoral support. Since 2013, the PTI has formed two successive governments in the province. But this year, a young doctor contesting under the ANP banner is optimistic the winds will change come Feb 8. […]