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PTI chairman Imran Khan assailed the government on Thursday for “not having a plan” to address Pakistan’s economic challenges and said he feared that if the incumbent coalition setup remained in power, the country might face a situation compelling it to “compromise on its sovereignty”. Addressing lawyers at a ceremony organised by the Islamabad High Court Bar Association, Imran said …

ROME: Pope Francis has taken a new series of swipes at Russia for its actions in Ukraine, saying its troops were brutal, cruel and ferocious and that the invasion violated a country’s right to self-determination. In the text of a conversation he had last month with editors of Jesuit media and published on Tuesday, he praised “brave” Ukrainians for fighting …

The Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) has registered a money laundering case against PML-Q leader and former federal minister Moonis Elahi and others, it emerged on Wednesday. Subsequently, Moonis’ lawyer, Amir Saeed Rawn told Dawn.com that the FIA’s move would be challenged in the Lahore High Court as a case could “not be registered without a prior inquiry”. He also claimed that the …

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) chairman Imran Khan on Tuesday said if the current setup remained in power, it would abolish the Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) and National Accounta­bility Bureau (NAB), eventually destroying all state institutions. Talking to party workers and supporters at his Banigala residence, the former prime minister said: “If institutions are rendered useless, the country gets destroyed.” He …

Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Sikandar Sultan Raja on Wednesday directed the Election Commission of Pakistan’s (ECP) staff to not list the case against PTI as that of foreign funding in the future after he accepted the PTI’s stance the matter was about ‘prohibited funding’. The case, which was filed by Akbar S Babar, has been pending since Nov 14, 2014. Babar, …

ISLAMABAD: Lack of interest by lawmakers on Tuesday marred the National Assembly’s proceedings as only four lawmakers took part in the general discussion on the federal budget on the second day as Speaker Raja Pervaiz Ashraf could not run the house even for two hours despite giving free time to members to deliver speeches. Like the opening day of budget …

A day after PML-N supremo Nawaz Sharif called on the government to facilitate the return of the ailing former military dictator Pervez Musharraf to Pakistan, senators — both from the opposition and the ruling coalition — weighed in on whether the ex-president should be allowed to come back. The retired general had been hospitalised for the past few weeks. He was suffering from amyloidosis, …

LAHORE: The judge of a special court (Central-I) on Monday observed that none of the prosecution witnesses levelled allegations of bribe, kickbacks or corrupt practices against Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif and his son Punjab Chief Minister Hamza Shehbaz in the Rs16 billion money laundering case instituted by the Federal Investigation Agency (FIA). “Prima facie, allegations of gratification, corrupt practice, abuse …

ISLAMABAD: Fulfilling a mere formality, the National Assembly on Monday began a general debate on the federal budget presented by the coalition government last week with an unimpressive speech by Leader of the Opposition and PTI dissident Raja Riaz Ahmed. In his speech, perhaps the shortest by an opposition leader on the federal budget, Mr Ahmed gave some suggestions to …

After hitting a new peak on Monday, the US dollar extended its gains against the rupee in the interbank market and rose past the Rs205 mark to reach a new high during the early hours of trading on Tuesday — a trend that is largely attributed to the dollar strengthening in global markets, a dearth of dollar inflows and the …