Finance Minister implores the State Bank of Pakistan to review its digital payment policies

Obsession over the way women dress occurs at both ends of the spectrum

Tehran finds its economy down in the dumps

Hindu hardliners have blocked entry for women at Lord Ayyappa temple in Sabarimala despite landmark ruling

India keeps spending billions of dollars on purchases of weapons system

US President Donald Trump fired his latest salvo at illegal migrants

Financial Action Task Force team is meeting with Pakistani government representatives

Pakistan Telecommunication Authority has decided to ban all unregistered mobile phones this month

Pakistan, once again, faces high external and fiscal risks

Countries like Pakistan have often fared poorly in the Global Competitiveness Report

Chief Justice Mian Saqib Nisar asked private schools to submit their audit reports

Ehsan Mani says he would have encouraged ‘board-to-board’ and ‘board-to-government’ talks

Environmental impact assessments need to be valued

Islamabad had often gone the extra mile to provide whatever assistance was required of it

Evacuee Trust Property Board endorsed the razing of an archaeological building inside the walled city of Peshawar

100 private housing societies being built, or already built, in the federal capital may be illegal

ECC’s upcoming meeting will consider proposal to approve an increase of up to 26% in power tariff

Supreme Court has ordered an audit on the donations collected at Punjab shrines

Tensions flared along the border after Afghan troops objected to Pakistani officials’ efforts to build a border fence

On Sunday, by-elections were held for 11 National Assembly and 24 provincial assembly seats

The power struggle continued for some time before they finally decided to bury the hatchet

Premier's strategy to increase foreign remittance from overseas Pakistanis is sharp

Internal neglect of the water sector over the decades has resulted in inter-provincial disputes

It has been quite a tricky proposition to arrange stopgap financing worth $2-3 billion from friendly countries

Winter hits the snow-white Himalayan peak of western Nepal early

Islamabad finds itself in a tight spot

Pakistan’s domination in Dubai, Sharjah and Abu Dhabi is slowly waning

The two biggest political parties try to get on the same page

The country faces the worst crises till date

The relationship between Pakistan and India and the resulting water tug is a part of the shared decade-old history

Shortage of housing units in urban areas has been an important issue for a long time

The drought in Thar can be traced to exploitative economic policies of the government

Heritage sites lie at the bottom of government’s priority list

Punjab Inspector General Police was sacked for not complying with PTI’s recommendations of illegitimate transfers

Pakistan has turned to the International Monetary Fund for a bailout package

There has been a wander into fantasy-land as the PTI attempted to dodge reality and raise funds

Awareness — always a trusty standby and very cheap — is to be raised

Enforced disappearances unfortunately have more to do with acts of abduction carried out clandestinely

Lok Virsa is all set to host a 10-day-long folk festival, from November 2 to 10

A team from the Financial Action Task Force began talks with Pakistani officials on October 8

Pakistan has not extracted sufficient information from 11 countries known as tax havens around the world

The teammates, including Coach Massimiliano Allegri, who have supported Ronaldo are cautioned

These INGOs as well as local NGOs work towards providing education, poverty alleviation and human rights

Allegations made against UN peace workers or simply ‘workers’ as they deserve to be called must be handled with tact

The impression is given that the PTI has little interest in fair shares for all and equal representation

Politicians are unwilling to show the commitment necessary to release the blocked arrears

As things stand it could go either way for the PTI government

On September 30, a primary school for boys was razed to the ground in Arandu Gol area of Chitral by a militant group

The government has done all it can to dodge the bullet of the IMF

President Putin arrived in India on Thursday and is expected to sign off on a billions of dollars arms deal