Pakistan equities closed Tuesday on a bearish note with benchmark KSE-100 Index shedding 242 points, closing at 36,784 levels, down 0.7 percent. The local bourse traded and remained negative making a low of -318 points. Market remained volatile as the final round of talks between the IMF and Pakistan over a potential bailout package which […]
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India’s Election Commission: buried under tide of complaints, bias allegations
Did Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi break election rules by addressing the nation on an anti-satellite test recently? Is it right to have a channel dedicated to the leader? Can the country’s armed forces be called “Modi’s soldiers“? Ahead of a general election that starts next week, the Election Commission of India (ECI) says it […]
Azhar says economic crisis result of Dar’s policies
Minister of State for Revenue Hammad Azhar on Thursday hit back at former finance minister Ishaq Dar’s criticism of the Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf government; questioning the absconding PML-N leader’s right to point fingers at the state of the economy. The financial crisis the country is currently mired in “was a result of his own policies”, he […]
Weary Venezuelans adapt to more nationwide power cuts
Venezuelans reacted with despair and resourcefulness on Tuesday as nationwide power cuts closed schools and businesses, paralyzing a nation that was only starting to recover from its worst blackouts earlier this month. The new outages, which began Monday, forced people to follow now-familiar routines: scour neighborhoods for food in the few shops that were open […]
Pakistan voices concern over Indo-US joint statement, accusations
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan has taken strong exception to Indo-US joint statement issued after talks between the US Secretary of State and the Secretary of Defense with their Indian counterparts in New Delhi and strongly rejected accusations made against Pakistan. The FO spokesman was referring to the Indo-US joint statement accusing Pakistan of delaying the Mumbai attack […]
PTI govt misleading new generation, says Fazlur Rehman
BANNU: The Muttahida Majlis–e–Amal (MMA) leader Maulana Fazlur Rehman said that PTI government is ‘misleading the new generation by promoting vulgarities on the dictates of the West.’ “PTI is misleading our new generation, but we will put them on the right path,” said the MMA chief. The MMA leader while addressing a gathering at Bannu said […]
Ali Zafar defamation suit: court orders Meesha Shafi to reply by July 5
LAHORE: A sessions court in Lahore on Monday asked singer-cum-actor, Meesha Shafi, to respond by July 5 to a Rs1 billion defamation case that was filed, earlier, against her by singer/actor, Ali Zafar. During the hearing, headed by Additional Sessions Judge Shehzad Ahmed, Ali’s counsel, Rana Intezar Hussain, argued his point of view that Meesha […]
Allegations, Slander grip Malaysia at eve of elections
Vicious mud-slinging, allegations of voter fraud and sabotage have marred a hard-fought campaign for Malaysian elections on Wednesday, in which scandal-plagued Prime Minister Najib Razak will take on a heavyweight ex-leader. Najib’s ruling coalition has governed Malaysia since independence from Britain in 1957 but is facing a tough test at the polls due to a […]
Witnesses come out in support of Ali Zafar, refute Meesha’s claims of harassment
Last Thursday, Pakistan’s entertainment industry was rocked by Meesha Shafi’s allegations against Ali Zafar that he categorically denied in a Twitter post a few hours later. The scandal came to spark a national conversation about sexual misconduct and gave voice to others to come forward with their own stories and agendas that stemmed from the topic […]