IMF forecasts slow, but improving growth for Pakistan
WASHINGTON: The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has forecast a slow growth rate of 3.1 per cent for Pakistan in the current year and an improvement to 3.7pc in the next year.At the launch of its...
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RAWALPINDI: A meeting of the army’s top brass, chaired by Chief of Army Staff Gen Raheel Sharif (COAS), is underway at the General Headquarters in Rawalpindi, DawnNews reported.The meeting is focusing...
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At least 21 killed, dozens injured in Islamabad blast
ISLAMABAD: At least 21 people were killed and 116 injured, some critically, on Wednesday when an explosion occurred behind the Metro Shopping center in the Sabzi Mandi area of the capital city,...
View ArticlePPP to ‘strongly’ oppose anti-terror law in Senate
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan peoples Party – the largest party in Senate has decided to oppose the Protection of Pakistan Ordinance (PPO) in the upcoming session of the upper house of Parliament scheduled to...
View ArticleShia doctor, madressa students among 12 killed in Karachi
KARACHI: At least 12 people including a Shia doctor and three madressa students were killed and several others injured in different incidents of violence in the port city, DawnNews reported on...
View ArticleBaloch separatists claim Islamabad terror attack; 24 killed
ISLAMABAD/QUETTA: United Baloch Army (UBA) – a separatist militant outfit in Balochistan – has claimed responsibility of the deadly terrorist attack in Sabzi Mandi area of the capital city that killed...
View ArticleTwo Afghan poll candidates see victory as run-off looms
KABUL: Two leading candidates in Afghanistan's presidential election each claimed on Wednesday to be winning the vote count easily, but said they would be ready to contest a second-round run-off if...
View ArticleGovernor, CM asked to open talks with Baloch militants
QUETA: President Mamnoon Hussain has said that the governor and chief minister of Balochistan have been assigned the task of opening peace talks with Baloch militant leaders.Talking to journalists at...
View ArticleIMF sees rising revenues, falling fiscal deficits in Pakistan
The International Monetary Fund is expecting increasing revenues and declining fiscal deficits and debt ratios in Pakistan over the next few years.In its Fiscal Monitor launched in Washington on...
View ArticleDelhi braces for keen contest
NEW DELHI: Delhi sends just seven deputies to India's 543-strong Lok Sabha, but the contest on Thursday will be watched with unusual interest for the dramatis personae involved.They include academic...
View ArticleAnti-graft party faces test as India votes in third round
NEW DELHI: India's upstart anti-graft party faces a key test Thursday as the national capital votes in the first major stage of the country's marathon general elections.The third phase of voting begins...
View ArticleEx-CM seeks judicial inquiry into corruption in Sindh govt
ISLAMABAD: Former chief minister of Sindh Dr Arbab Ghulam Rahim requested the Supreme Court on Wednesday to constitute a judicial commission headed by one of its judges to investigate what he called...
View ArticleAgreement signed with China for coal power plants
ISLAMABAD: A Chinese group will set up at Gadani two coal power plants, each of 1,320MW capacity, and invest around $2 billion in the project.A memorandum of understanding was signed to this effect on...
View ArticleTaliban ban on vaccination in Waziristan poses threat to children
PESHAWAR: The government’s failure to persuade Taliban to lift ban on administration of anti-polio vaccine in North Waziristan Agency has put children at risk of polio in the whole country.In June...
View ArticleSuspected rebels kill two Indian soldiers
PATNA: Suspected Maoist rebels blew up a jeep carrying paramilitary soldiers, killing two and wounding three others early Thursday and causing a suspension in voting in some parts of eastern Bihar...
View ArticleReligious rhetoric takes backseat as new JI chief takes oath
LAHORE: Khyber Pakhtunkhwa’s Senior Minister Sirajul Haq took oath as the fifth emir of the Jamaat-i-Islami here on Wednesday.According to those present on the occasion, never was such enthusiasm...
View ArticleASWJ chief secures NA seat from Jhang
FAISALABAD: An election tribunal disqualified on Wednesday PML-N MNA Sheikh Akram from NA-89 (Jhang) and declared runner-up candidate Maulana Mohammad Ahmed Ludhianvi of the Ahle Sunnat Wal Jamaat...
View ArticleArmy still upset over ‘unfair criticism’
ISLAMABAD: Army generals are still upset for having been “unfairly criticised” by federal ministers.The seething resentment in the military ranks was obvious as generals met for the corps commanders’...
View ArticleFaith healer turns woe dealer
SAHIWAL: The police have arrested a self-acclaimed faith healer who inflicted burns on a 13-year-old girl on the pretext of ridding her of ‘possession’.The police also registered a case against Sarfraz...
View ArticleSardar Mehtab appointed new KP governor
PESHAWAR: Sardar Mehtab Ahmed Khan was appointed the new governor of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province on Thursday, DawnNews reported.President Mamnoon Hussain appointed Sardar Mehtab on the advice of Prime...
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