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The IMF audit mission will remain in Pakistan until March 11 to evaluate economic indicators The government has accepted the need for a mini-budget if revenues do not meet expectations by the end of December 2025, according to the IMF. Photo: file ISLAMABAD: An International Monetary Fund (IMF) team will arrive in Pakistan on Wednesday

Police officers walk past the Supreme Court of Pakistan building in Islamabad, Pakistan April 6, 2022. REUTERS ISLAMABAD: Since its establishment, the Federal Constitutional Court (FCC) has consistently asserted its judicial supremacy over the Supreme Court of Pakistan. On Tuesday, FCC judge Hasan Azhar Rizvi, while hearing a case, expressed displeasure with a lawyer for

. LAHORE: The Lahore High Court (LHC) has rejected bail applications following the arrest of a person accused of sending people out of the country through illegal means. The suspect was arrested after the boat tragedy in Greece in 2023 in which dozens of Pakistani immigrants lost their lives. On Tuesday, LHC Chief Justice Aalia

ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court dismissed as inadmissible the appeals filed by the Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa (KP) government and the KP Women’s Ombudsman in a dispute over ownership and distribution. In a written ruling authored by Judge Musarrat Hilali, the court questioned why the government and the ombudsman filed an appeal when the private parties themselves had remained

KOHAT/MIRANSHAH: A renewed wave of terrorist violence is sweeping Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa, with police and other law enforcement agencies increasingly under attack. The wave of terror coincides with escalating tensions with Afghanistan, where the Russian Foreign Ministry warned on Tuesday that thousands of terrorists remain active. In the latest violence, at least seven people, including a senior

. LAHORE: Two police officials were martyred and four others injured when a suicide bomber hit a check post in Bhakkar district on Tuesday night, officials confirmed. Bhakkar District Police Officer (DPO) Shahzad Rafiq said the attack took place near Dajil check post where police were conducting a search operation to maintain law and order.

. ISLAMABAD: The Senate on Tuesday unanimously passed a resolution condemning Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s remarks about a plan to ally with India and other countries to fight Muslim nations. The resolution moved by PPP’s Palwasha Mohammad Zai Khan deplored the continued provocative steps and statements of the Israeli leadership that threatened regional and

ISLAMABAD: Federal Minister for Energy Sardar Awais Ahmed Khan Leghari said on Tuesday that the first 200 megawatt (MW) electricity transaction under the newly launched Competitive Market Operations Date (CMOD) regime is expected to be completed by June this year, marking a significant milestone in Pakistan’s transition to a competitive electricity market. Addressing the CMOD