Monday, August 1st, 2022
ARMY HELICOPTER GOES MISSING WITH CORPS COMMANDER ON BOARD
Lt. Gen Sarfraz Ali on board Army helicopter Goes missing Six people including corps commander 12 Corps were inspecting flood relief work DNA RAWALPINDI: A Pakistan army aviation helicopter which was on flood relief operations in Lasbela, Balochistan lost contact with ATC. 6 individuals were on board including Commander 12 Corps Lt. General Sarfraz Ali who was supervising flood relief operations in Balochistan. Search operation is underway, according to the ISPR message. RAWALPINDI: A Pakistan Army aviation helicopter en route from Quetta to Karachi with important personalities aboard has goneRead More
PTI moves IHC against phase-wise acceptance of MNAs’ resignations
Asad says ECP lost neutrality hence could join PDM anytime Islamabad: /DNA/ – Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) challenged Election Commission of Pakistan’s (ECP) biased decision of phase-wise acceptance of it’s members’ national assembly in cahoots with NA speaker. PTI Central Secretary General Asad Umar on Monday formally filed a petition in the Islamabad High Court (IHC) in this regard. Speaking to the media after filing the petition, Asad Umar said that the acceptance of only 11 resignations was another manifestation of the ECP’s biases. He said that the ECP has notRead More
ECP to announce verdict in PTI prohibited funding case today at 10am
Shujaat Hamza/DNA ISLAMABAD: The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) Monday said PTI’s foreign funding case verdict — which was reserved on June 21 — will be announced today at 10am. The election commission today released the cause list for the prohibited funding case. According to the cause list, the verdict will be announced by a three-member bench led by Chief Election Commissioner Sikandar Sultan Raja. The decision to announce the verdict comes after a Financial Times exposé revealed that the PTI received funding from Wootton Cricket Club belonging to AbraajRead More
From Crisis to Disaster -Saving Pakistan’s Economy
Mansoor Qaisar Suffering from political and economic crises, the Muslim League-N government is standing at the door of the IMF like its predecessors to save the moribund economy. Currently, more than a dozen countries worldwide cannot afford to pay their external debts, due to which their currency and foreign exchange reserves have decreased to the lowest level, and inflation has reached the highest level. Among these countries, Lebanon, Sri Lanka, Russia, Zambia, Suriname, and others have defaulted due to failure to pay their external debts, while a dozen countries, includingRead More
Inflation in July hits 14-year high of 24.9pc
ISLAMABAD – Inflation in July reached a 14-year high as the rate of the inflation in the country reached 24.9 per cent. Within a month, the prices of vegetables have increased by 25 per cent. The price of potatoes has increased by 11 per cent and onions by 14 per cent. In July, the prices of pulse increased by 14 per cent. The prices of Dal Masoor And Dal Mash were also surged by 10 per cent. According to the Pakistan Bureau of Statistics (PBS), during this period, the pricesRead More
ECP to announce verdict over PTI foreign funding case tomorrow
ISLAMABAD, Aug 1: -The Election Commission of Pakistan will announce the verdict over the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) prohibited funding case. It merits mention here ECP has reserved the verdict over PTI foreign funding case on June 21. The hearing of the case continued for eight years.