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Pakistan and International Monetary Fund (IMF) have reached a staff level agreement on the second and final review under Stand by arrangement. This came during meetings between Pakistani authorities and the IMF team led by Nathan Porter in Islamabad....

Pakistan has called upon the United Nations Security Council to make accountability, transparency, inclusivity and democracy the building blocs of its working methods. Making his statement at Intergovernmental Negotiations Framework meeting, Pakistan...

Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif and his cabinet members have decided to voluntarily forgo their salaries and other perks and privileges in line with the austerity drive of the government. A decision to this effect was taken at a meeting of the Federal ...

Twelve coal mine workers were killed in a gas explosion inside mine in Harnai district of Balochistan today. According to the Police, rescue operation in the mine has been completed and eight coal mine workers were safely pulled out from the mine. ...

Sindh cabinet has decided to issue Kisan cards to peasants across the province. Chairing a provincial cabinet in Karachi today, Chief Minister Syed Murad Ali Shah directed provincial chief secretary to devise a policy in this regard. He said Kisan c...

Prime Minister Muhammad Shehbaz Sharif has expressed deep grief and sorrow over the loss of precious lives as a result of an explosion in a coal mine in Harnai. Condoling with the bereaved families, he prayed for the departed souls. The Prime Minist...

Punjab Chief Minister Maryam Nawaz Sharif has directed to launch an App and call service to facilitate people at their doorsteps. Presiding over a meeting of the DASTAK program in Lahore today, she directed district and administrative departments to ...