Zhob: Four Pakistan Army soldiers were martyred while five others were critically injured after militants launched a “dastardly attack” on the Zhob garrison in northern Balochistan...
Nawaz Sharif, the leader of the Pakistan Muslim League Nawaz, has said that that the country’s economy is rebounding on Wednesday. The PML-N Quaid, who is now in Saudi Arabia, met with the party’s office holders there. He spoke with them about the nation’s political and economic status. Nawaz asserted strongly on this occasion that Pakistan’s economy is on the road to revival. He hoped that the nation would advance once more and that people’s lives would improve. The Pakistani diaspora in Saudi Arabia and other nations around the world, according to the former three-time prime minister, is a resource for Pakistan. He emphasised that it is up to us to find solutions to their issues. The PML-N delegation met Nawaz Sharif under the leadership of party Secretary General...
ISLAMABAD: Foreign Office spokesperson Mumtaz Zehra Baloch described an attack on Pakistan’s human rights record made by an Israeli official a day earlier as politically motivated, adding that Pakistan can do without Israel’s guidance on the defence of human rights. “Israel’s politically motivated remark profoundly contradicts the session’s overall upbeat atmosphere and the statements made by the vast majority of states. Pakistan can surely do without Israel’s advise on defending human rights given its long history of oppressing Palestinians, she said. The spokesperson’s remarks followed the unanimous adoption of Pakistan’s Universal Periodic Report by the UN Human Rights Council and praise for Pakistan’s considerable advancements from a number of states and civil society organisations. During its presentation at the UN Human Rights Council, Pakistan stressed the significance of the Universal Periodic Review process. The government viewed...
PESHAWAR: Prime Minister Muhammad Shehbaz Sharif here Tuesday launched the Prime Minister National Laptop Scheme for the talented students of Khyber Pakthunkhwa including merged areas enabling...
ISLAMABAD: The Minister for Information and Broadcasting Marriyum Aurangzeb stated on Tuesday that the news report on Azam Chaudhry that appeared in the Friday Times was untrue and without merit. Sheclaimed that Azam Chaudhry was not now employed by Pakistan Television Corporation and never was. She claimed that he had just been a participant in PTV’s issues-based analyst pool. He has not been asked to leave the pool or taken out of it. As she was writing this tweet, she stated that nothing of the such had been communicated to him and that he was a member of the pool of PTV Lahore analysts. She said that the views and opinions of the said journalist were known to the government at the time he was...
ISLAMABAD: On Tuesday, the Executive Committee of the National Economic Council (ECNEC) authorised six projects, including the “Prime Minister’s National Programme for Solarization of Agriculture Tube Wells” that aims to aid the farming community and achieve national food security. The ECNEC meeting, presided over by Senator Mohammad Ishaq Dar, Minister of Finance and Revenue, gave the go-ahead for the solarization of tube wells in Punjab, Sindh, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP), and Balochistan at a cost of Rs 377,236.275 million over three years. “For the fiscal year 2023–2024, Phase I of the project will cost Rs 90 billion, including Rs 30 billion from PSDP and an equivalent share from the province governments and beneficiary farmers. The project is to be executed by the Ministry of National Food Security through the Federal Water Management Cell (FWMC) and Provincial Departments...
Islamabad: In addition to the $3 billion StandbyAgreement with the International Monetary Fund (IMF), Finance Minister Ishaq Dar announced on Tuesday that the State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) has received $2 billion from Saudi Arabia. “This inflow has increased the forex reserves held by SBP and will accordingly be reflected in the forex reserves for the week ending July 14, 2023,” added Dar. The minister continued, “I offer our sincere gratitude to the leadership of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia for their tremendous gesture and assistance by depositing the said deposit of $2 billion with the State Bank of Pakistan. I speak on behalf of the prime minister and army chief. Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif also expressed his gratitude to Saudi Arabia and Crown Prince Mohammad Bin Salman for ensuring financial support to Pakistan....
ISLAMABAD:In response to the objections of PDM head Maulana Fazlur Rehman, senior Muslim League (N) leader and Federal Interior Minister Rana Sanaullah stated on Tuesday that no decision had been made in Dubai. Rana Sanaullah claimed in a statement that no decisions regarding seat changes or elections in Dubai had been made, only that politicians discussed the political situation together. He clarified that no such gathering was planned for Dubai. He declared, “Pakistan Muslim League-N has a clear and distinct stance on political problems. The interior ministry recommended holding the elections under a caretaker government. “Elections to all four provincial assemblies and the National Assembly should be held simultaneously. Assemblies shall be dissolved on completion of...
ISLAMABAD: The government aims to attract billions of dollars in investments from the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) nations into the nation’s food and agriculture industry, according to Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Tuesday. He claimed that the GCC nations import $40 billion worth of agricultural and food products each year. According to Sharif, the action would be carried out with the Special Investment Facilitation Council (SIFC) in charge, and the necessary groundwork has already been done. He said that roughly $40 billion would be invested over the following four to five years in addition to the production of four million new employment. The prime minister mentioned that at the national seminar on agriculture and food security held Monday, he stressed the importance of revitalizing...
BEIJING: Prof. Ahsan Iqbal Chaudhary, Minister for Planning, Development, and Special Initiatives has said the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) is a significant project in the history of Pakistan-China relations that will benefit the Pakistani people economically and socially as well as contribute to regional connectivity and growth. During a meeting with Luo Zhaohui, chairman of the China International Development Cooperation Agency (CIDCA), he said these things. Senior Embassy officials including Chief Economist for the Planning Division, Dr. Muhammad Nadeem Javaid, were with him. Paying rich tribute to the leadership of the two countries for providing strategic guidance to the development of CPEC,...
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