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ISLAMABAD: Hopes for a political thaw following Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif’s call for talks with the opposition quickly dissipated, with the dialogue process remaining stalled due to mutual recriminations and an absence of any official steps. The opposition alliance, Tehreek Tahaffuz Ayeen Pakistan (TTAP), responded in a conciliatory tone, accepting the prime minister’s call for […]

According to the plan, 552,000 livestock animals are needed for meat exports, an investment of 140 million dollars will be required ISLAMABAD: The federal government has set a target to export halal meat worth $520 million to Malaysia over the next five years. According to officials, the government has declared halal meat a priority sector

Federal minister claims party founder ordered murder while drunk; the affair still haunts MQM politics Mustafa Kamal claims Indian spy agency has been spending money to destroy Karachi for 22 years. PHOTO: AFP KARACHI: Senior Muttahida Qaumi Movement-Pakistan leader and federal minister Mustafa Kamal on Sunday accused party founder Altaf Hussain of masterminding the murder

He says the parties will have to find a political path; Incidents like May 9 have no place in politics PPP Chairman Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari addresses a huge gathering at Garhi Khuda Bakhsh. Photo: Express HYDERABAD: PPP Chairman Bilawal Bhutto Zardari has offered the services of his father, President Asif Ali Zardari, to lead the political

Challenges rivals to show strength, rejects claims that PTI’s influence is waning in Punjab Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa Chief Minister Sohail Afridi. Photo:X LAHORE: Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa Chief Minister Sohail Afridi on Saturday announced that the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) would hold a public rally at Minar-e-Pakistan on Sunday (today), turning a tightly controlled visit to Lahore into a challenge to

KARACHI: Former State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) Governor Dr Shamshad Akhtar died on Saturday at the age of 71 following a cardiac arrest. Akhtar was chairwoman of the Pakistan Stock Exchange at the time of her death, giving her a rare role in the country’s monetary policy, fiscal management and capital markets. She served as

ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan Bar Council (PBC) has unanimously rejected the Punjab Protection of Immovable Property Act, 2025, warning the PML-N government in Punjab to refrain from what it calls “illegal aspirations of land mafias”. The decision was taken at the 247th meeting of the PBC, held on Saturday at the Supreme Court building in Islamabad,

Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Ishaq Dar addresses a press conference in Islamabad on Friday to review Pakistan’s diplomatic performance in 2025. ISLAMABAD: Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Senator Mohammad Ishaq Dar on Saturday reiterated that Pakistan, once described as “diplomatically isolated”, had become strong and important diplomatically, politically and economically among the

Imran Khan and his wife Bushra Bibi. Photo: File ISLAMABAD: Appeals against the convictions of former Prime Minister Imran Khan and his wife Bushra Bibi in the Toshakhana-II case have been prepared and are expected to be filed on Monday. On December 20, Islamabad Special Judge (Central) Shahrukh Arjumand found Imran and Bushra guilty in