Pakistan struggles to pay salaries to overseas diplomatic staff due to dollar shortage

Pakistan struggles to pay salaries to overseas diplomatic staff due to dollar shortage

The Pakistani government is grappling with a severe cash shortage, leading to delayed salaries for staff members stationed at select diplomatic missions for the past three months, amidst a dollar liquidity crisis. Press attaches stationed in the US and Hong Kong, as well as press counsellors posted in Singapore, have been enduring salary delays since … Read more

Pakistan court grants Imran Khan bail in 8 cases related to Judicial Complex violence in Islamabad

Pakistan court grants Imran Khan bail in 8 cases related to Judicial Complex violence in Islamabad

Pakistan’s former Prime Minister Imran Khan. File | Photo Credit: Reuters Former Prime Minister Imran Khan got a major relief on May 23 when an anti-terrorism court in Pakistan granted him bail till June 8 in eight cases of violence erupted at the Judicial Complex in March. The cases were registered in different police stations … Read more

Pakistan PTI leader Shireen Mazari arrested in Islamabad

Pakistan PTI leader Shireen Mazari arrested in Islamabad

The police crackdown on Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) leaders continues as Dr Shireen Mazari, the party’s Senior Vice President, was arrested by Islamabad Police from his residence in the federal capital during the wee hours on Friday, reported The News International. She was arrested in a pre-dawn raid at her residence in the federal capital on … Read more

U.S. embassy sounds red alert; prohibits Americans from visiting Islamabad’s Marriott Hotel

U.S. embassy sounds red alert; prohibits Americans from visiting Islamabad’s Marriott Hotel

The U.S. embassy in Pakistan warned about a possible terrorist attack against American citizens at the Marriott Hotel in Islamabad. | File Photo | Photo Credit: AFP The U.S. embassy in Pakistan has warned about a possible terrorist attack against American citizens at the Marriott Hotel here in the country’s capital and prohibited American staff … Read more

Pakistan’s PM says no to private imports of wheat to save forex reserves

Pakistan’s PM says no to private imports of wheat to save forex reserves

Pakistan‘s Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif said on Thursday the country has sufficient stocks of wheat and he will not allow its private import to save “precious foreign exchange”, according to a statement from his office. The country is reeling from the impact of severe floods last month which killed 1,700 and submerged huge swathes of … Read more

Pakistan parliament to convene this week for no-confidence move against PM Khan

Pakistan parliament to convene this week for no-confidence move against PM Khan

Pakistan’s parliament will convene on Friday to take up a no-confidence motion against Prime Minister Imran Khan, the lower house speaker’s office said on Sunday, in what shapes up as his toughest test since coming to power in 2018. An alliance of opposition parties filed the motion against Khan this month, saying he had lost … Read more

TTP demands political office in third country, Pakistan govt says ‘not acceptable’

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The banned Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) has asked the Pakistan government to allow it to open a political office in a third country, a demand rejected by Islamabad as unacceptable, according to a media report. In a series of meetings with the Pakistani authorities during negotiations for a peace agreement, the TTP made three demands, which … Read more

Afghanistan ‘at brink of economic collapse’, warns Pakistan

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Afghanistan is “at the brink of economic collapse” and the international community must urgently resume funding and provide humanitarian assistance, Pakistan‘s foreign minister warned Thursday as US, Chinese, Russian and Taliban diplomats met in Islamabad. Shah Mehmood Qureshi spoke at the opening of the so-called “troika plus” meeting, which included Thomas West, the new US … Read more

Afghan interim foreign minister to visit Pakistan with resetting bilateral ties high on agenda

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The interim foreign minister of the Taliban government in Afghanistan is expected to visit Pakistan in the coming days as part of efforts by the two sides to reset their ties in the wake of the Taliban’s takeover of Kabul, a media report said on Saturday. Amir Khan Muttaqi was invited last month by Pakistan’s … Read more