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ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif has a scheduled meeting with the head of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) next week at a Swiss hill resort, where he will seek her support for a colossal relief package to save remaining industries and individuals from further economic collapse. Next week’s meeting may remind us of another gathering […]

Federal Interior Minister Mohsin Naqvi met with the American chargé d’affaires Natalie Baker ISLAMABAD: Pakistan and the United States on Saturday agreed to strengthen cooperation in bilateral security and border management. It was decided during a meeting between Interior Minister Mohsin Naqvi and a high-level US delegation led by US chargé d’affaires Natalie Baker. The

Muhammad Zubair. PHOTO: FILE LAHORE: Tehreek Tahafuz-e-Ain-e-Pakistan (TTAP) will conclude its three-day Sindh outreach on Sunday (today) with a multi-party conference in Karachi, although the organizers complain that all suitable venues were denied to them, leaving the Karachi Press Club as the only available option. Former Sindh Governor Muhammad Zubair said the conference, billed as

. ISLAMABAD: A sharp institutional confrontation has emerged within Pakistan’s legal community after the Balochistan Bar Council (BBC) formally accused the Pakistan Bar Council (PBC) of overstepping its legal mandate and protested “unlawful interference” in the provincial Bar Council’s internal affairs. The dispute, which has escalated into a full-fledged regulatory clash, revolves around an order

. A high school student poses with her cell phone and shows off her social media applications in Melbourne, Australia. Photos: Reuters ISLAMABAD: Members of Parliament across all parties sounded the alarm on Saturday about the growing influence of social media, calling for laws similar to those in other nations and agreeing on the need

. LAHORE: A day after Mahmood Khan Achakzai was finally notified as the Leader of Opposition in the National Assembly, senior PTI leaders jailed in Lahore’s Kot Lakhpat Jail on Saturday called for the immediate appointment of a Leader of the Opposition in the Senate, appointing Majlis Wahdat-e-Muslimeen (MWM) post-Senator Allama, Raja Nasir. In a

The province records an average AQI of 200 during the morning to afternoon monitoring period A view of smog in Punjab province. PHOTO FILE: AFP LAHORE: A thick blanket of smog continued to suffocate most parts of Punjab on Saturday, pushing air quality to alarmingly dangerous levels in several districts, worsening public health as dense