ISLAMABAD, APR 03 (DNA) — While chairing the parliamentary party meeting of Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) in Islamabad on Monday, Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif said, “We have always brought the country out of difficult circumstances. [Currently] the situation is tough, but our intention is clear. God willing! It will improve. The time will come, and things will change. That’s my belief.” “The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has tied the hands and feet of the federal government. All the preconditions of the IMF have been accepted,” he said. “Due to theRead More

ISLAMABAD, APR 03 (DNA) — At least 12 packages have been announced for the private Hajj operators, and the cost of the cheapest package is Rs1180,000 while that of the most expensive one is over Rs3 million. Dr Attaur Rahman, Additional Secretary, Ministry of Religious Affairs, said that the pilgrims who wanted more than the specified facilities would have to pay more. “Some private Hajj pilgrims go to Saudi Arabia in the last days of Hajj. A few days before Hajj, hotels become expensive. Four- and five-star hotels become moreRead More

ISLAMABAD, APR 03 (DNA) — President of Pakistan Dr Arif Alvi on Monday said inadequate investment in human capital was an important issue that needed to be addressed by the institutional and political leadership.   “Institutional and political leadership owes it to the nation to sober up, unite & deliver,” he wrote on Twitter. The president regretted that the real issues of the country had taken a back seat in the current situation. “These are the real issues of my country, but they have taken a remote back seat in theRead More

ISLAMABAD, APR 03 (DNA) — The country has earned US $484.140 million by providing different travel services in various countries during the first seven months of the current fiscal year 2022-23. This shows growth of 53.67 percent as compared to the US $315.060 million worth same services provided during the corresponding period of the last fiscal year 2021-22, the Pakistan Bureau of Statistics (PBS) reported. During the period under review, personal travel services increased by 53.16 percent, from US $313.880 million last year to US $480.750 million during July-January 2023.Read More

We can either become like Turkiye or another Myanmar: Khan ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Chairman Imran Khan has warned that Pakistan today is at the crossroad in its constitutional history where it can be like Turkey or become another Myanmar.  In a statement on Monday, PTI Chairman stated: “Today we stand at a turning point in our Constitutional history where we can be like Turkiye or become another Myanmar.” Imran Khan said: “Everyone must choose whether they stand, as PTI does, with Constitution, Rule of Law and democracy; or withRead More

ISLAMABAD: The Islamabad High Court (IHC) on Monday issued a notice to National Accountability Bureau (NAB) for summoning Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Chairman Imran Khan and his wife, Bushra Bibi, in the Toshakhana case without following the standard operating procedures (SOPs). The IHC took up the pleas filed by Khan and Bushra Bibi, challenging the call-up notices of February 17 and March 16 issued by the anti-graft watchdog. Bushra Bibi’s petition prayed to the court that the NAB call-up notices should be declared illegal. It moved the court to stay theRead More