Rupee hits record low against dollarKARACHI: Greenback hit all-time high in value versus rupee on Tuesday as it traded at Rs 138 during early hours of trading session with an increase of Rs 11.60 in interbank, treasurers and currency de...
PML-N says dollar surge engineered to benefit select-fewPML-N spokesperson Marriyum Aurangzeb has termed the sudden increase of US dollar price by Rs 13 in a day a grand conspiracy against the country. Addressing a press conference at the National Press Cl...
PM wants bureaucracy to play role in translating political vision into realityISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Imran Khan Tuesday said government's policy of depoliticization of institutions, meritocracy and transparency offered a great opportunity to bureaucracy to improve its perfor...
PTI targeting political opponents: NawazISLAMABAD: Former prime minister and Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) supremo Nawaz Sharif Tuesday accused the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) government of subjecting its opponents to political vi...
SC asks Nawaz Sharif to explain sale of Auqaf land under his watchIn a suo motu case pertaining to constructions at Pakpattan shrine's land in 1985, the Supreme Court on Tuesday issued a notice to then Punjab chief minister Nawaz Sharif, seeking explanation for the...
ECP halts removal of Punjab IGP ordered by federal govtMinutes after the federal government’s decision to replace Punjab police chief Tahir Khan with Amjad Javed Saleemi on Tuesday, the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) stepped in and suspended the mo...
Former IG Punjab Mushtaq Sukhera indictedIn a major development in the Model Town shooting case, an anti-terrorism court on Tuesday indicted former Inspector General (IG) Punjab Mushtaq Sukhera. Sukhera appeared before the ATC in Lahore and...
Approaching IMF for bailout a ‘tough decision’: ministerInformation Minister Fawad Chaudhry Tuesday said the government did not want to approach the International Monetary Fund (IMF) but had to take this 'tough decision' to pull the country out of the prev...
No formal request by Pakistan for bailout package so far: IMFPakistan has not yet formally approached the International Monetary Fund (IMF) for financial assistance but if bailout talks get underway this week, the goal will be to help Pakistan reach its full po...
Sharifs’ trial: NAB court seeks extension in deadlineAn accountability court hearing Al-Azizia Steel Mills case and the Flagship Investment reference against the Sharif family has sought another extension to conclude the ongoing trial, a private TV chan...