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OPEC+ approves tiny oil output rise in rebuff to Biden

OPEC+ is set to raise its oil output goal by 100,000 barrels per day, an amount analysts said was an insult to US President Joe Biden after his trip to Saudi Arabia to ask the producer group’s leader to pump more to help the United States and the global economy. The increase, equivalent to 86 seconds of daily global oil demand, follows weeks of speculation that Biden’s trip to the Middle East and Washington’s clearance of missile defence system sales to Riyadh and the United Arab Emirates will bring more oil toRead More


Imran announces not to enter Red Zone

ISLAMABAD, Aug 03 (DNA): Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) chairman supremoand former Prime Minister Imran Khan on Wednesday said PTI will holdprotest tomorrow outside the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) butthey will not enter the Red Zone. In an interview with a private TV channel, Imran while reacting to theECP verdict said that the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) levelledfoolish allegations against PTI. He said that the commission compiledtwo reports, one of them declaring PTI a foreign-funded party wasincluded at the behest of ‘someone’. “Affidavit was signed for declaring the ownership ofRead More


SA formulates advanced plan to organize prayer of pilgrims, worshipers

ISLAMABAD, AUG 3 /DNA/ – The General Presidency for the Affairs of the Two Holy Mosques has formulated an advanced plan to organize the prayer of pilgrims and worshipers in the Hijr Ismail and the kissing of Al-Hajar Al-Aswad (the Black Stone) in a safe, spiritual and healthy atmosphere. This is under the guidance and follow-up of Sheikh Abdul Rahman Al-Sudais, head of the presidency, the Saudi Press Agency reported. The Presidency works, in participation of the concerned authorities, to provide the best possible services to the Two Holy MosquesRead More


Implications of Election Commission’s verdict for PTI

Analysis Ansar M Bhatti A mixed reaction has been witnessed both from the government and the PTI ranks after the Election Commission of Pakistan’s verdict in the prohibited funding case. Both sides are seen expressing jim jams over the verdict and claiming a victory. As a matter of fact, there is some pie for each party in that verdict. The PTI should seek solace in the fact that the decision does not pose any immediate threat to it as was expected. Experts say the Election Commission did not have theRead More


PDM scares of Imran Khan’s rising popularity: Farrukh

DNA ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Central Secretary Information Farrukh Habib took a jibe at the imported government for its decision to put the name of PTI Chairman Imran Khan in the ECL, saying that how a crooked ruling junta could dare to take such a decision when 24 members of its cabinet were included in the ECL.Reacting to the coalition government’s decision that they could put Imran Khan’s name in the ECL, Farrukh said that the imported government, which illegally removed the names of these 24 people from ECL, wasRead More


‘Make an example of PTI’: Fazl demands swift action against Imran after ECP’s funding verdict

Pakistan Democratic Movement (PDM) chief Maulana Fazlur Rehman on Wednesday called for swift proceedings against former prime minister Imran Khan and his party, demanding that the “PTI should be made an example of”. “Whether it is Imran Khan or Dr Arif Alvi, [they] should immediately resign from the party because they have proven to be criminals,” he said in a press conference that followed a meeting of the PDM leadership at the Prime Minister’s House today. Fazl’s comments come a day after the Election Commission of Pakistan, in its much-anticipatedRead More