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IMF graft report stresses need for reforms, finance minister tells Senate

ISLAMABAD: Finance Minister Muhammad Aurangzeb has said the IMF’s Governance and Corruption Diagnostic Assessment (GCDA) report was a step towards...

04.12.2025 30

Iftikhar A. Khan

Slow pace of work on CPEC cause for concern: PML-N leader

ISLAMABAD: Senior PML-N leader and president of Pakistan ex-servicemen society retired Lt Gen Abdul Qayyum has noted that the slow pace of work on the...

22.08.2025 10

Iftikhar A. Khan

NA panel endorses PIA privatisation

ISLAMABAD: The National Assembly’s Standing Committee on Defence on Thursday reaffirmed its support for the government’s decision to privatise...

19.07.2025 10

Iftikhar A. Khan

Budget 2025-26: Friends, foes join hands to disapprove ‘budget for elite’

ISLAMABAD: Friends and foes in the Senate on Tuesday joined forces to disapprove what they called “budget for the elite”, with a PML-N senator...

19.06.2025 10

Iftikhar A. Khan

Over fivefold raise in salaries of Senate chairman, NA speaker okayed

ISLAMABAD: In a move that has raised eyebrows, the government has approved over fivefold increase in the salaries of Senate chairman and National...

11.06.2025 30

Iftikhar A. Khan

Minister defends McKinsey’s hiring for tax digitisation

• Says foreign remittances may rise up to $36bn this year • NA extends two ordinances for 120 days ISLAMABAD: Amidst alarm over the hiring of a...

19.03.2025 10

Iftikhar A. Khan

‘Substandard’ rice consignments from Pakistan intercepted in EU

ISLAMABAD: Controversy over rice export disruptions to European countries dominated discussions during a National Assembly panel’s meeting on...

02.03.2025 20

Iftikhar A. Khan

Senate body orders cancellation of port land allotments

ISLAMABAD: The chairman of the Senate committee on maritime affairs has ordered the cancellation of all allotments within the Port Qasim area after...

21.02.2025 20