Profit-making or loss-ridden, sell all state enterprises, Prime Minister Shahbaz Sharif says; announcement comes amid talks on new IMF loan Pakistan will privatise all state-owned enterprises, with the exception of strategic entities, Prime Minister Shahbaz Sharif said on Tuesday, broadening its initial plans to sell only loss-making state firms to shore up its shaky finances….
Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman received Pakistan’s Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif at the Al-Safa Palace in Makkah on Sunday. The meeting was held in the presence of Bahrain’s Crown Prince Salman bin Hamad Al-Khalifa, and both officials had iftar with the Kingdom’s crown prince. The crown prince and Shehbaz reviewed relations between the Kingdom…
Islamabad : Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) has announced plans to organize a major public rally in Balochistan on April 13, in collaboration with a newly formed “grand alliance of opposition parties,” The Express Tribune reported. This rally aims to start a mass movement against the current government, according to the party’s statement on Friday. The PTI core…
The Pakistani foreign office said on Friday Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif would travel to Saudi Arabia from April 6-8 on the premier’s first foreign visit since his election and was expected to meet Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman during the trip. Pakistan and Saudi Arabia enjoy strong trade, defense and cultural ties. The Kingdom is…
Saudi Fund for Development CEO Sultan Al-Marshad and his accompanying delegation were received by Pakistan’s Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Friday in Pakistan, the fund reported via its account on X. During the meeting, the five decades of development relationship and the progress of the fund’s development projects in Pakistan were discussed.
Islamabad : At least two Pakistani soldiers and eight terrorists were killed in the fighting that erupted after multiple blasts and gunfire were reported at Pakistan’s Gwadar Port Authority Complex on Wednesday, Dawn reported, citing the military’s media wing. Pakistan’s Inter Services Public Relations informed in a statement that a group of eight terrorists attempted to…
Islamabad: More than 17,000 candidates will be contesting today’s elections in Pakistan, Dawn reported. Voters will elect 266 candidates to the Pakistan National Assembly, who will later, by a majority vote, elect the next prime minister. Simultaneously, voters will also elect representatives to their respective provincial assemblies, who will then elect the provincial chief executives…
Islamabad : The election campaign in Pakistan came to an end on Tuesday as the country’s election commission issued an advisory restraining all political parties and candidates from electioneering for the polls on Thursday, Dawn reported. The last day of the campaign trail took Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) Chairperson Bilawal Bhutto Zardari to Larkana, home to…
Pakistan’s caretaker cabinet approved a privatisation plan for loss-making Pakistan International Airlines on Tuesday, days after the country’s election panel directed it to refrain from making any final deal. The cabinet’s approval is a crucial pre-requisite to taking the airline to market for a sale, which the election panel said should be put on hold…
Islamabad: Pakistan’s caretaker federal government has challenged the Islamabad High Court’s (IHC) decision to declare its notification regarding the jail trial of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) leader Imran Khan’s in the cypher case as null and void. It reported that the government filed a petition in the apex court to overturn the High Court’s decision saying…
