Former first lady Bushra Bibi. PHOTO: FILE ISLAMABAD: Lawyers for Bushra Bibi, wife of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) founder Imran Khan, approached the Islamabad High Court (IHC) on Friday, seeking a ruling to suspend her sentence in the £190 million case before her appeal against his conviction is heard. Filed by advocate Salman Safdar on behalf […]
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Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto, former Prime Minister and founder of the Pakistan People’s Party (PPP). — PID/File Shaheed Zulfikar Ali Bhutto challenged the stifling politics of his time, cultivating a new consciousness rooted in human rights, dignity, equality and justice. Rejecting absolutism, he sought to transform politics into public service. As we mark his death anniversary,
The Prime Minister announces a reduction in the price of petrol by 80 rupees. 129 billion rupees deployed to cushion the shock of inflation. The relief plan targets home-work travel. Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif. SCREENSHOT ISLAMABAD: In a surprise announcement, Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Friday ordered an immediate cut of Rs 80 per liter
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ISLAMABAD: Pakistan has decided to return the United Arab Emirates’ (UAE) $3.5 billion debt this month, a senior minister said at a briefing on Friday, ending speculation about the fate of the debt that Abu Dhabi had started refinancing only a month ago. Political leaders have decided to repay the UAE’s entire debt, one of
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Cargo vehicles will get assistance of Rs 100 per liter, along with fixed monthly assistance People wait for their turn to refuel at a gas station in Peshawar. Photo: Reuters/File ISLAMABAD/LAHORE/KARACHI: In a rare display of coordinated fiscal wrangling, the Center and provinces have acted in concert to roll out a sweeping targeted subsidy regime,
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ISLAMABAD: Behind-the-scenes efforts to arrange talks between the United States and Iran are still underway, despite previous attempts to convene a high-level meeting in Islamabad that failed to materialize, sources familiar with the matter said. According to sources, Pakistan had quietly facilitated preparations for a possible round of direct engagement involving a US delegation led
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See Shiloh Jolie’s K-Pop Music Video Debut Shiloh Jolie made her music video debut, and the internet is in shock, not only because of her appearance itself, but also because of how strikingly similar she is to her mother, Angelina Jolie. The 19-year-old dancer appears in the teaser for K-Pop singer Dayoung’s new single What’s
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Brian Cox takes photos of Margot Robbie and Quentin Tarantino Brian Cox did what he does best, said exactly what he thought about a string of Hollywood names, including Margot Robbie, Quentin Tarantino, Kevin Spacey and Donald Trump, with very little regard for the consequences. Talk to The times in an interview published Friday April
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NEWYou can now listen to PK Press Club articles! Friday’s March Madness women’s game between UConn and South Carolina saw an eruption of anger as two of the sport’s most legendary coaches engaged in a heated confrontation on the sidelines. UConn’s Geno Auriemma and South Carolina’s Dawn Staley were seen aggressively yelling at each other
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Google’s Quantum AI team said earlier this week that a future quantum computer could derive a Bitcoin private key from a public key in about nine minutes. This figure ricocheted across social media and scared markets. But in concrete terms, what does this mean? Let’s start with how Bitcoin transactions work. When you send bitcoins,
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