Islamabad: The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has presented other demands to the government including privatization of loss-making public institutions, increase in electricity and gas prices. According to the sources, the technical negotiations between the IMF and Pakistan have ended. In the negotiations, the IMF demanded Pakistan to increase electricity and gas tariffs, to impose 18%…
Rawalpindi: Army Chief General Syed Asim Munir has expressed his determination to root out terrorism and said that we will achieve lasting peace as a nation. According to Pakistan Army Public Relations (ISPR), Chief of Army Staff General Syed Asim Munir visited the Peshawar Police Lines blast site. The Army Chief met police officers and…
Islamabad: The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) has released the schedule of by-elections for the 31 vacant seats of the National Assembly, after which polling will be held in the said constituencies on March 19, 2023. According to the Election Commission’s schedule received by Express, candidates will be able to submit their nomination papers from…
More than 250 contracts for the purchase of war weapons were signed in the Modi government, Photo: File New Delhi: India’s Modi government has imported 24 billion dollars worth of military weapons and war equipment during the last five years in an extreme war frenzy. According to Indian media, Deputy Defense Minister Ajay Bhatt said…
Photo: Rescue 1122 Kohat: The body of the last student missing in the boat accident in Tanda Dam Kohat was also recovered. On the orders of Army Chief, SSG and Corps of Engineers of Pakistan Army continued the operation for more than 48 hours and divers recovered the body of the last missing child. The…
Expensive petrol and falling value of the rupee during the coalition government, which came to power with lofty claims of reducing inflation, have forced the people to heave. According to the report of the Institute of Statistics, the rate of inflation has increased by 2.82% during a week. According to the data, after the recent…
Lahore: Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf Chairman Imran Khan has decided not to participate in the by-elections for the vacant seats of the National Assembly in view of the current situation. According to the sources, in the meeting of PTI leaders presided over by Imran Khan, after considering the current situation, it has been decided that former members…
Cement sales in Pakistan increased by 1.15% during January. According to All Pakistan Cement Manufacturers Association, the total consumption of cement in the first month of the new year was 4 million 15 thousand tons. Domestic consumption of cement has increased by 5% while exports have decreased by 24%. During the current financial year from…
Pakistan Stock Exchange (PSX) had a negative business day today. 100 index closed down 262 points at 40,471 while the index remained in a band of 542 points during the business day. 10.5 million shares were traded in the stock market, the value of which was 4.18 billion rupees. The market capitalization of PSX decreased…
Due to non-availability of dollars and disruption in the logistics chain, the production of refineries began to be disrupted. Sunar Jeko Refinery has written to the Ministry of Energy and informed that the refinery will remain closed till February 9. The letter states that the refinery will start production from February 10 when the crude…
