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On the brink: Pakistan’s foreign exchange reserves fall to 3.5 year low
Data released by the State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) on Thursday showed that the country made $1.233 billion in external debt payments in the first week of the new year.
As a result, foreign exchange reserves with the central bank fell to a…
Dissolving assemblies unconstitutional, undemocratic: Rana Sana
Talat Hussain on the show Red Line with Talat, he said that the establishment did not indulge in any political engineering in Punjab, noting that even if money had been given to MPAs as claimed by the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Chairman…
Pakistan and New Zealand to face off in series decider on Friday
New Zealand levelled the series by winning the second ODI on Wednesday by 79 runs and Pakistan would be looking to bounce back strongly.
Pakistan had won the ODI series against Australia, West Indies and Netherlands last year…
Saudi Arabia announces major change in citizenship law
Authorities in the kingdom approved an amendment to Article 8 of the Saudi Arabian Nationality System, granting the prime minister the authority to grant citizenship to individuals, provided they meet certain criterion.
The amendment…
At Davos, war, climate and ‘de-globalization’ take centre stage
For half a century, the World Economic Forum has brought together executives and policymakers to sing the praises of globalization, but that process is seen as unwinding as new geopolitical fault lines harden around the world.
The…
PML-N likely to go into election mode as Maryam Nawaz plots return to Pakistan
A source close to the party leadership said that since Punjab is the political stronghold for the PML-N, and amidst significant gains made by the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) in the province, the party is likely to use any upcoming…
Kashmir has been the epicenter of conflict between India & Pakistan
The most recent of these wars saw over thirty thousand soldiers and civilians being killed. Besides these wars, both nuclear nations have been continuously at low-level conflict, with skirmishes breaking out regularly.
In recent years…
Amid opposition boycott, Elahi ‘wins’ post midnight trust motion in Punjab Assembly
A session of the provincial assembly was dragged late into the night on January 11 and then a new session commenced shortly after midnight with the vote of confidence on the agenda. However, a copy of the agenda was not shared as per…
Over 20 killed in suicide blast outside Afghan foreign ministry in Kabul
Images from the scene show people lying in the snow in the street outside the central Kabul building.
“I don’t know how many of them were dead or injured,” AFP driver Jamshed Karimi said, adding: “I saw the man blow himself up.”
Kabul…
PML-Q, PTI bulldozed rules to secure sham trust vote: opposition
Speaking to the media outside the Punjab Assembly, Federal Interior Minister Rana Sanaullah, SAPM Attaullah Tarar and Pakistan Muslim League (PML-N) leader Malik Ahmed Khan, said that the way the proceedings have taken place tonight have…