ISLAMABAD, OCT 12 (DNA) – Khadija Mohamed Almakhzoumi, Ambassador of Somalia to Pakistan called on Dr. Tariq Banuri, Chairman, Higher Education Commission (HEC) at the Commission Secretariat and discussed various opportunities for Somalian students studying in Pakistani Universities, creating goodwill for them and promotion of higher education. Dr. Banuri welcomed the Ambassador to HEC and assured her for full cooperation and support for Somalian students aspiring to study in Pakistan. The Ambassador appreciated the HEC and Pakistani universities for facilitating Somalian students. Excellency informed the Chairman that around 1500 SomalianRead More

KARACHI, (DNA) – : Senior leader of MQM-Pakistan faction, Farooq Sattar, has demanded immediate holding of intra-party elections to ‘revive’ the party to its original structure. During a press conference here, he said the party operating in the country is currently under ‘difficult situation’. Our party members from Bahadurabad accidentally took away party leadership from me, he added. MPA Kamran Farooq who had joined the Pak Sarzameen Party (PSP) on April 8 this year, was also sitting alongside Sattar at the presser. “Kamran has returned to the party,” said theRead More

ISLAMABAD: (DNA) –  Former planning minister Ahsan Iqbal has rejected the US statement that huge Chinese debt trap is responsible for Pakistan’s current economic challenges. IMF to seek ‘absolute transparency’ of Pakistan’s debts in bailout talks In a tweet Friday, the PML-N leader, who was country’s focal person on China-Pakistan Economic Corridor, said that the payment of Chinese loan shall begin after 2022 and that will not be more than 2 billion dollars per annum so it is wrong to blame Beijing deals for the economic mess. The United States hasRead More

ISLAMABAD, (DNA) –  Prime Minister Imran Khan on Friday said Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf government is going to announce a special package of incentives for overseas Pakistanis to encourage them to send remittances through banking channels by removing all hindrances and procedural issues. After an ‘extensive meeting’ on issues of overseas Pakistanis, the prime minister in a series of tweets said the government is working to remove hassles Overseas Pakistanis face. “InshaAllah by removing these hindrances we will be able to increase remittance flows from $20 billion to at least $30 billionRead More

BALI, (DNA) – The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has put forward strong condition before Pakistan over its debts and real economic conditions. the IMF has also asked Pakistan to dislcose details of loans takne from China. IMF has asked Pakistan to disclose its debts with “absolute transparency” to receive a bailout package. A day earlier, IMF Managing Director Christine Lagarde said she met with Finance Minister Asad Umar, State Bank Governor Tariq Bajwa and members of their economic team who requested financial assistance to help address Pakistan’s economic challenges. Ahead of her meetingRead More