The government has recognized the need for a mini-budget if revenues do not meet expectations by the end of December 2025, according to the IMF. Photo: file ISLAMABAD: The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has opposed recently approved legal amendments that limit the public disclosure of parliamentarians’ assets, raising the prospect of a reversal of the […]
The photograph shows a damaged building following a drone strike in Manama’s Seef district. Photo: AFP TEHRAN/DUBAI: The war between Iran and the U.S.-Israeli alliance has continued with renewed intensity and growing threats, leaving the Middle East on edge as missile and drone strikes hit targets across the region, while Iran asserted that Tehran, not
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. Arafat Jamal, UNHCR representative in Afghanistan. Photo: Courtesy — UNHCR GENEVA: Since the start of the year, some 270,000 Afghans have returned to their country from Pakistan and Iran, the UN announced on Tuesday, warning that the escalation of the war in the Middle East risked increasing this figure. UNHCR, the UN refugee agency,
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Federal Minister for Law and Justice Azam Nazeer Tarar addresses a press conference in Islamabad on March 28, 2024. PHOTO: PID ISLAMABAD: Law Minister Azam Nazeer Tarar on Tuesday urged media and online commentators to exercise caution when discussing Pakistan’s foreign policy amid escalating tensions in the Middle East, warning that some analyzes had caused
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The President also congratulates Mojtaba Khamenei; He hopes the Ayatollah will guide the country towards stability; Dar talks about war President Asif Ali Zardari on the left and Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on the right ISLAMABAD: Pakistani leaders on Tuesday praised Iran’s new Supreme Leader Mojtaba Hosseini Khamenei for a decision aimed at maintaining a
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. ISLAMABAD: The Senate Standing Committee on Information and Broadcasting on Tuesday unanimously passed the ‘Cinema (Amendment) Bill, 2024’. The committee met at the Old PIPS Hall, Parliament Lodges, Islamabad at the request of the members. The members present unanimously appointed Senator Sarmad Ali to chair the debates. The body unanimously passed the ‘Cinema (Amendment)
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Athar Minallah, judge of the Supreme Court. PHOTO: FILE ISLAMABAD: Former Supreme Court Justice Athar Minallah said that when the executive abdicates its fiduciary duty to those in detention, judicial intervention is not activism but a constitutional obligation. Speaking at Harvard Law School, Justice (ret.) Minallah said the true test of judicial independence lies not
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Accuses the suspects of expressing sympathy and glorifying these hostile acts in a way that undermines security Smoke rises into the sky after explosions were heard in Manama, Bahrain, February 28, 2026. PHOTO: REUTERS Bahrain’s Interior Ministry said the country’s Anti-Cybercrime Directorate has arrested six Asians, including five Pakistanis, for filming, posting and re-posting videos
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National Judicial Policy Development Committee approves judicial austerity and energy saving plan Chief Justice of Pakistan Yahya Afridi chairs a meeting of the National Judicial Committee (Policy Making) at the Supreme Court of Pakistan on Tuesday. Photo: Supreme Court of Pakistan In line with austerity measures announced by the government due to disruption in supply
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PM forms special committee headed by Dar to monitor progress; Friday declared additional weekly holiday Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif is chairing a meeting on Tuesday to review the implementation of austerity measures announced by the government in light of the current regional situation. Photo: PID In the face of rising fuel prices, the federal and
