ISLAMABAD:Finance Minister Ishaq Dar on Tuesday announced that Pakistan had received a $2 billion from Saudi Arabia – a major development given that the International Monetary Fund (IMF) was pressing hard to fulfil the requirement of external financing to bridge the current financial year’s requirements. In a tweet, Dar said the amount had been deposited with the State Bank of Pakistan (SBP), resulting in an increase in foreign reserves which would be reflected in the figures for the week ending July 14. He thanked the Saudi leadership on behalf of Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif, Chief of Army Staff Gen Asim

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ISLAMABAD:Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) on Tuesday issued non-bailable arrest warrants for the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) chairman and Fawad Chaudhry in case related to the contempt of the electoral body. During the hearing today, the PTI chief, Fawad Chaudhry, and Asad Umar did not appear before the body. Assistant lawyer of Asad Umar said, her client is facing cases and is scheduled to visit a doctor today. “My client had been appearing before the ECP, please grant him today’s exemption from appearance,” she added. Later, the ECP asked Asad Umar ‘s lawyer to submit an exemption plea for her client

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ISLAMABAD:Senior leader of Muslim League (N) and Federal Interior Minister Rana Sanaullah, while reacting to PDM chief Maulana Fazlur Rehman’s reservations, said on Tuesday that no decision had been taken in Dubai. In a statement, Rana Sanaullah said that politicians discuss political situation together and no decisions were taken regarding seat adjustments or elections in Dubai. There was no such scheduled meeting in Dubai, he elaborated. “Pakistan Muslim League-N has a definite and clear stance on political issues,” he said. The interior minister said the elections should be held under a caretaker setup. “Elections to all four provincial assemblies and

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LAHORE:India has released around 2,50,000 cusecs of water in Chenab river, said PDMA Punjab on Tuesday. A spokesperson of Punjab Disaster Management Authority (PDMA) has said that Chenab has been in medium flood at Maralla headworks. Many cities in Punjab are expected to receive spells of heavy rain on Tuesday while Chenab and Ravi rivers will be flooded as an incessant downpour in India’s northern states has increased the water discharge towards downstream areas. The PDMA has issued an alert that India has also released water in River Sutlej. The authority said India released 70,614 cusecs of water from Harike

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ISLAMABAD:President Dr. Arif Alvi has stressed for promoting religious tourism to reduce tension and foster peace in the world. Addressing the inaugural session of International Gandhara Symposium here in Islamabad on Tuesday, he said all the religions preach peace and we have to promote this message in order to bring cohesion and harmony in our societies. He said the world needs to shun the course of conflicts. The President said the civilizations cropped up along the rivers which imply open heartedness. Highlighting the beauty of Indus valley civilization, he pointed out that whilst excavation not even an arrowhead was found

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ISLAMABAD:Minister for Interior Rana Sanaullah has said that all coalition partners have developed a consensus to hold elections after dissolving assemblies.
Talking to a private TV channel, he said elections should be held in 60 or 90 days after disso…