Khan’s demands—the dissolution of the national assembly and the announcement of the next general elections—will further create political instability and could also affect the government’s ability to take economic reform measures and critical decisions.
Cash-strapped Pakistan, staring at a major economic crisis with mounting inflation and yawning fiscal deficit, will soon receive $250 million in loans from the Islamic Development Bank (IDB) which has cleared two proposals for loans to be used for dam construction in Pakistan and vaccine procurements
In what seems a troubling sign for the already struggling economy, Pakistan in November recorded a whopping $1.9 billion deficit in its current account—the highest in the last 40 months—as the authority struggled to contain ballooning import bills, which outpaced growth in exports and inward remittance flow
Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan’s comment—on respecting Afghan 'cultural sensitivities' regarding girls’ education—evoked furious reactions from non-Taliban Afghan leaders, with former Afghan president Hamid Karzai advising Pakistan “not to speak on behalf of Afghanistan” and avoid “interfering" in the country's "internal affairs"
The Pakistan government has decided to suspend cellular phone services in some areas of Islamabad for three days beginning Friday in view of the three-day special OIC session on Afghanisan being held in the capital
A drone strike reportedly targeted a senior leader of the Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) on Thursday in Kunar, an Afghan province bordering Pakistan, just over a week after the ceasefire understanding between the Pakistan Taliban and the Pakistan government came to end
India and Pakistan are still working out the modalities of sending 50,000 MT of wheat as humanitarian assistance to Afghanistan via the land route, which is a “complex operation”, India's Ministry of External Affairs said on Thursday, not responding to questions on why it was not sent via Iran
Every year more than 177,000 Pakistani children die before the age of five due to malnutrition, according to the country’s minister for national food security and research
Imran Khan, Pakistan’s prime minister, came to power in 2018 with the slogan of “Naya Pakistan”, or a New Pakistan— a promise then received well by most Pakistanis
Pakistani Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi said he wants to draw the international community's attention to the humanitarian crisis in Afghanistan through an Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) meeting scheduled on December 19
Two women were allegedly gang-raped at gunpoint on Tuesday night in Lahore, once known as Pakistan’s cultural capital but now notorious for being the most unsafe city for women
Days after skipping the Democracy Summit, Pakistan has reached out to the US, with the message that the move doesn’t mean that it has "joined any bloc or has no interest in the bilateral ties with the United States."
Pakistan's Punjab government has decided to conduct the trial of the suspects arrested in the brutal lynching of Sri Lankan national Priyantha Kumara Diyawadana in jail to “maintain the law and order situation in the province”
The Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP), a hardline Islamist group also known as the Pakistani Taliban that has been in violent confrontation with the Pakistani establishment, has announced its decision not to extend its month-long ceasefire with the government after Prime Minister Imran Khan did not fulfill its earlier agreements
Obviously, at the instigation of their "iron brother" China, Pakistan has declined United States' invitation for participation in the Summit for Democracy, a virtual event set to take place on December 9-10, 2021
The government will not tolerate violence in the name of religion, Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan said on Tuesday, warning those who commit such acts will not be spared by the authorities
