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ISLAMABAD: Pakistan on Saturday strongly rejected the Indian govt’s reported plan to hold a G20-related event or meeting in the Indian Illegally Occupied Jammu and Kashmir (IIOJK). In a statement, Foreign Office spokesperson Asim Iftikhar Ahmed said, “Jammu and Kashmir is an internationally recognized disputed territory between Pakistan and India …

ISLAMABAD: The Federal Shariat Court’s verdict on interest-based financial system  has been challenged in the Supreme Court The Federal Shariat Court had declared interest-based financial system in the country against sharia in a landmark verdict in April. Salman Akram Raja has filed appeal against the FSC verdict on behalf of …

    The Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU) has published the annual report of the Global Liveability Index 2022. According to the report, Karachi is the 5th least liveable city in the world. According to the report, Austria’s capital, Vienna, is the most liveable city in the world. On the other …

    As the federal government has imposed a ban on a wide range of non-essential and luxury items to decrease the national import bill, the Higher Education Commission (HEC) has also tabled its recommendations for reducing the national import bill. According to a recent letter written by the Executive …

    Adani Group chairman Gautam Adani, Asia’s richest person, and his family have pledged to donate Rs 60,000 crore to a slew of social causes, to mark his 60th birthday. The donation will be managed by the Adani Foundation for bolstering health care, education and skill development, Adani told …

A senior Indian defense official has been arrested for leaking sensitive information about the country’s nuclear-capable ballistic missiles to an alleged Pakistani female spy whom he met on a social networking platform. According to Indian media reports, Mallikarjuna Reddy is the name of the arrested individual. He had been working …

Court grants bail to Imran Khan on Rs5,000 surety bonds each in 10 cases registered against him for vandalism and arson ISLAMABAD: Former prime minister Imran Khan was granted bail on Friday in 10 cases registered against him for vandalism and arson during the party’s ‘Azadi March’ last month. The …

The benchmark KSE-100 index started off in the green, following its upward trend from the previous day KARACHI: Immediately after Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif announced “tough decisions” the government had made in the federal budget for the forthcoming fiscal year 2022–2023, the Pakistan Stock Exchange (PSX) on Friday saw a …

The economy, which was at the brink of bankruptcy due to delaying tactics of the PTI government, has now been saved:   Prime Minister Shahbaz Sharif addressing the nation after chairing a meeting of his economic team, in Islamabad, on June 24, 2022. – Photo courtesy PTV   ISLAMABAD: Prime …