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Monetary Policy

Monetary Policy – State Bank of Pakistan

The State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) has announced its monetary policy - Pakistan’s economic growth is provisionally estimated to achieve a thirteen-year high level of 5.8 percent for FY18. Concurrently, headline inflation remains moderate and is expected to stay well below the annual target of 6.0 percent. However, since the...

How to join PPP (Pakistan Peoples Party)

How to join PPP (Pakistan Peoples Party)

If you want to join PPP (Pakistan Peoples Party) then you have landed in the right place. Here is how to join the Pakistan Peoples Party. With the announcement of the General Election, all the political parties have become active and alert. PPP one of the biggest parties in the country...

General Elections Results 2018

Pakistan General Elections to be held on July 25

ISLAMABAD: President Mamnoon Hussain on Saturday approved a summary sent by the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) for General Elections to be held on July 25. The current government will conclude its five-year term on May 31, after which the caretaker government will take over to hold the general elections. Polls...

ex-ISI chief Asad Durrani

GHQ summons ex-ISI chief Asad Durrani

Rawalpindi : PakArmy has summoned the former head former Inter Services Intelligence chief Lt Gen (retd) Asad Durrani  to present an explanation after he co-authored a controversial book with a former Indian intelligence chief. The announcement came just after midnight when DG ISPR Maj Gen Asif Ghafoor tweeted that former...

PEMRA Bans Aamir Liaquat for Hate Speech and Sectarianism.

PEMRA Bans Aamir Liaquat for Hate Speech and Sectarianism.

PEMRA prohibits Bol News to broadcast or Re-broadcast, programmes titled "Ramzan Main Bol" and "Aisa Nahi Chalay Ga" The order came out after Aamir Laiqauat took a caller from Gujrat, India who questioned the caliphate of Hazrat Ali, instead of putting an end to such debate, Dr. Aamir Liaquat, for...

Fire continues to spread at Margalla Hills in Islamabad

ISLAMABAD: A fire that erupted last night at the Margalla Hills near Pir Sohawa was partially contained on Thursday afternoon, media reported. The fire was doused at three places and efforts are underway to control the blaze completely, said the National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA). Fire continues to spread at Margalla Hills...

KP-FATA merger bill

National Assembly passes KP-FATA merger bill

ISLAMABAD: A constitutional amendment bill for the merger of Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) with Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province was on Thursday passed in the National Assembly. The Constitution (Thirty-First Amendment) Bill 2018 was presented by Law Minister Chaudhary Mahmood Bashir Virk. The were 229 votes in favour of the constitution...

Fauzia Kasuri resigns from PTI

KARACHI: Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) leader Fauzia Kasuri Wednesday announced her decision to quit the party saying that she had sent her resignation to chairman Imran Khan and other PTI members. "It should come as no surprise to you that I have decided to leave the PTI," read a letter forwarded...

Digital Pakistan policy

Federal cabinet approves first ever Digital Pakistan policy

ISLAMABAD: The federal cabinet on Wednesday in its meeting chaired by Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi approved the first-ever ‘Digital Pakistan policy' presented by Minister for IT Anusha Rahman. The policy envisions to improve quality of life and economic well-being by ensuring availability of accessible, affordable and reliable high quality...

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