Pakistan to discuss Extended Fund Facility with IMF next month, says finance minister – Business
Pakistan will discuss an Extended Fund Facility (EFF) with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) in Washington next month, Finance Minister Muhammad Aurangzeb said on Friday, as the country looks to alleviate a full-scale economic crisis. The standby $3 billion arrangement with the global lender expires on April 11, and the two sides reached a staff-level […]
SC to hear ICAs against military trials on March 25
ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court will take up the intra-court appeals (ICAs) on March 25 against the decision to declare the military trial of 103 people allegedly involved in last year’s May 9 violence as “unconstitutional”. The ICAs filed by the federal government and another entity will be heard by a six-judge larger bench headed by […]
FM Dar urges ‘aggressive financing’ for nuclear energy projects – Pakistan
Foreign Minister Ishaq Dar on Friday called for “aggressive financing” of nuclear energy projects, citing climate vulnerability of developing countries to be the major reason of the initiative. He made the remarks in a video message issued on the sidelines of the first Nuclear Energy Summit in Brussels. He hailed the summit as a positive […]
Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal challenges arrest ahead of India election – World
A top Indian opposition politician appeared in court on Friday to fight his arrest in a case supporters say is aimed at sidelining challengers to Prime Minister Narendra Modi before next month’s election. Arvind Kejriwal, chief minister of the capital Delhi and a key leader in an opposition alliance formed to compete against Modi in […]
PM vows to wipe out terrorism after 2 soldiers martyred in DI Khan suicide attack – Pakistan
Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Friday expressed his unwavering commitment to wiping out terrorism after two soldiers were martyred in a suicide attack in Dera Ismail Khan. Two soldiers were martyred after a suicide bomber struck a military convoy on Tank Road, in the jurisdiction of the Hathala police station, Dera Ismail Khan, on Thursday. […]
Pakistan to discuss Extended Fund Facility with IMF next month
ISLAMABAD: The matter of an Extended Fund Facility (EFF) with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) will be discussed in Washington next month, Finance Minister Muhammad Aurangzeb said on Friday, as the country looks to alleviate a full-scale economic crisis. The standby $3 billion arrangement with the global lender expires on April 11, and the two […]
SC sets aside dismissal of former IHC judge Shaukat Aziz Siddiqui – Pakistan
The Supreme Court (SC) on Friday set aside the dismissal of former Islamabad High Court (IHC) senior puisne judge Shaukat Aziz Siddiqui. In January, a five-member bench — led by Chief Justice of Pakistan (CJP) Qazi Faez Isa and including Justice Aminuddin Khan, Justice Jamal Khan Mandokhail, Justice Hasan Azhar Rizvi, and Justice Irfan Saadat […]
Indian PM Modi in Bhutan to shore up ties with eye on China – World
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi landed in Bhutan on Friday for a two-day state visit to the tiny but strategic Himalayan nation also being courted by China. Landlocked Bhutan, known for its policy of prioritising “Gross National Happiness” over growth, has long been regarded by New Delhi as a buffer state firmly within its orbit. […]
PHC puts govt, telecom regulator on notice over X restrictions – Pakistan
PESHAWAR: The Peshawar High Court on Thursday directed the federal government and Pakistan Telecommunication Authority to respond to a petition against restrictions on social media platform X (formerly Twitter) in the country. A bench consisting of Justice Ijaz Anwar and Justice Wiqar Ahmad issued the order after holding a preliminary hearing into the petition of […]
India plans its own democracy index, after global rankings downgrade – World
Narendra Modi’s government has approached a major Indian think tank to develop a homegrown democracy ratings index that could help it counter recent downgrades in rankings issued by international groups that New Delhi fears could affect the country’s credit rating, Al Jazeera reported on Thursday. The Observer Research Foundation (ORF), which works closely with the […]