Wednesday, April 5th, 2023
Saudi Arabia signals funding of $2 billion to Pakistan on IMF demand
ISLAMABAD, Apr 05 (DNA): Pakistan’s economy is set to receive a much-needed boost as Kingdom of Saudi Arabia has given the green signal for funding worth $2 billion. The development comes amidst significant progress in financing worth $3 billion from friendly countries. Sources in the finance ministry confirmed that Saudi Arabia has given the green signal of financing $2 billion to Pakistan. Minister of Finance Ishaq Dar before his US visit on April 10, will also contact the UAE leadership, sources said. The Pakistani government had approached Saudi Arabia andRead More
Ambassador of Iran calls on Air Chief
DNA ISLAMABAD, APR 6: Ambassador of the Islamic Republic of Iran, Seyed Mohammad Ali Hosseini, called on Air Chief Marshal Zaheer Ahmed Baber Sidhu, Chief of the Air Staff, Pakistan Air Force in his office today. The meeting was focused on areas of mutual interest and regional developments. During the meeting, Chief of the Air Staff shared broad contours of PAF’s modernization plan which includes smart acquisitions from allied countries, upgradation of infrastructure and revamping of training. The Air Chief reiterated his unwavering commitment to enhancing the existing bilateral tiesRead More
Imran Khan ready to wait for elections in October on one condition
LAHORE, APR 5: Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Chairman Imran Khan — who has been demanding early national elections since his ouster in April last year — said that he was ready to wait till October for elections, however, his decision depends on the willingness of the Pakistan Democratic Movement-led coalition government. The former prime minister — who was thrown out of office via a no-confidence motion — said that if the coalition government shares a roadmap with him ensuring that everything will be in order then he can wait till OctoberRead More
Maryam Nawaz lambasts judiciary’s role in hard-hitting speech
Mahnoor Ansar RAWALPINDI, APR 5: /DNA/ – Lashing out at judiciary, Maryam Nawaz has questioned its role which she claimed has never stood against a dictator, rather it only went after the politicians. Addressing a lawyers’ convention in Rawalpindi on Wednesday, PML-N Senior Vice President Maryam Nawaz said that she came to the lawyer fraternity to save Pakistan. In her hard-hitting speech, Maryam castigated judiciary saying that it could only subdue a democratic prime minister. She said she and her family were implicated in the wrong cases. She said thatRead More
Trump arrest plunges White House race into uncharted territory
Washington, April 5 (AFP/APP): US voters woke Wednesday after Donald Trump’s arraignment in New York to a uniquely uncertain 2024 presidential election landscape, where the leading Republican candidate faces trial and the incumbent, Joe Biden, has not even confirmed he’s running. Trump pleaded not guilty on Tuesday to 34 felony charges linked to alleged attempts to silence damaging personal information during his triumphant 2016 race for the White House. The man who went from 1980s playboy real estate magnate, to TV reality show star in the 2000s, then far-right populistRead More
Ishaq Dar wins defamation case in UK over corruption charges
ISLAMABAD, Apr 5 (APP): Minister for Finance and Revenue Senator Ishaq Dar has won a defamation case filed against a private TV channel with a court in the United Kingdom over false allegations of “money-laundering, criminal activities, opening fake accounts and running away in Shahid Khaqan Abbasi’s plane.” The channel from its UK station had aired these allegations leveled by former Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Minister Farrukh Habib when Ishaq Dar was about to return to Pakistan to take over the Finance Ministry in September 2022. In a settlement reached withRead More