Listen to the article The Prime Minister of Pakistan, Shehbaz Sharif, has directed an increase in the loan amount under the youth program from Rs 500,000 to Rs 1.5 million. A review meeting on Small and Medium Enterprises was held today in Islamabad, chaired by Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif, where the Prime Minister directed a […]
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Listen to the article ISLAMABAD: The Islamabad High Court (IHC) has withdrawn its earlier order summoning the directors general of the Intelligence Bureau (IB) and the Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) as well as the chairman of the National Commission for Human Rights (NCHR) for a hearing scheduled for Friday. The case relates to a judicial
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ISLAMABAD: The Regional Reference Laboratory for Polio Eradication at the National Institute of Health (NIH) has confirmed the detection of wild poliovirus type 1 (WPV1) in the country. The laboratory confirmed a case of polio from a female child of DI Khan. The start of this case was 31 December 2024. DI Khan has now
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The White House on Wednesday acknowledged the historic cooperation between Pakistan and the United States in the fight against terrorism, but said no “alliance or treaty” existed between the two countries as Islamabad was never “a technical ally” of Washington. John Kirby, National Security Communications Adviser at the White House, told a press briefing in
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ISLAMABAD: The federal government hiked the prices of petrol by Rs3.47 per liter and diesel by Rs2.61 per liter for the fortnight till the end of January on the back of rising international oil prices driven by the US sanctions against oil exports to China and India. According to a notification issued by the finance
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ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court’s Constitutional Court on Wednesday requested clarification from the authorities as to why the Army Act was not applied to the cases related to the attack on the Army Public School (APS) in 2014. The constitutional bench, headed by Justice Aminuddin Khan, heard an appeal within the court challenging the apex court’s
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ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Wednesday welcomed the World Bank’s pledge of $20 billion under its first-ever 10-year Country Partnership Framework (CPF) for Pakistan. The prime minister, in a social media post on his X-timeline, said that while focusing on six key areas including child nutrition, quality education, clean energy, climate resilience, inclusive development
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LAHORE: The Lahore High Court (LHC) is to hear the bail applications filed by Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) founder Imran Khan in eight cases linked to the May 9 incidents. A two-member bench, headed by LHC Chief Justice Aalia Neelum, will hear the petitions today. Imran Khan has applied for bail in several cases, including the
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LAHORE: A Gujrat court has quashed the arrest warrant and proclamation order against PTI leader Moonis Elahi in a murder case following an appeal filed by his mother Begum Qaisara Elahi. The appeal was filed in Sessions Judge Saifullah Tarar’s court against the court order that declared Moonis Elahi as a declared perpetrator in a
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ISLAMABAD: Federal Minister for Law and Justice Azam Nazeer Tarar has assured that the issue of missing persons in Balochistan will be dealt with in accordance with the legal framework and relevant laws. Speaking in the Senate on Wednesday in response to Senator Kamran Murtaza, Tarar announced that the government has recently set up a
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