ISLAMABAD, June 12(ABC): The Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) has decided to launch a money-laundering probe against former federal minister and PML-Q leader Moonis Elahi, sources told  Sunday. Moonis is the son of Pervez Elahi, a senior leader of the PML-Q. FIA sources said that “sufficient evidence” has been collected against Moonis after which the agency decided to formally start an …

RAWALPINDI, June 12 (ABC): A high-level Pakistani military delegation led by Chief of the Army Staff General Qamar Javed Bajwa has visited to hold wide-ranging discussions with Chinese military and government leaders, reaffirming their strategic partnership. According to a military statement issued by the military’s media wing, Inter Services Public Relations (ISPR), on Sunday, a senior level tri service military …

ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif says that the federal budget for next fiscal year 2022-23 represents a significant improvement in several ways. In a tweet today (Sunday), he said it has provided more educational opportunities for our youth, particularly from Balochistan and targeted subsidies for financially weaker people. The PM said that more importantly, it has taxed non-productive assets of …

ISLAMABAD, June 12(ABC): Forest fires that broke out over the weekend continue to rage on in various locations of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa’s Swat district, with the latest inferno reported by rescue teams in Kokarai on Sunday morning. In the hills of Marghuzar, where a fire broke out yesterday morning, efforts to put out the inferno have failed and the fire now …

KARACHI, June 12(ABC): Over 500 motorcycles, a bus, two rickshaws and six to seven cars kept at a central vehicle pool, commonly known as Nazarat, were reduced to ashes as the bushes near Karachi’s Aziz Bhatti Park caught fire. The fire initially broke out in the bushes, but the flames soon spread to the Nazarat — a place where case property or …

  ISLAMABAD, June 12(ABC): Finance Minister Miftah Ismail has asserted that Pakistan will seek a deferred payment plan for liquefied natural gas bought under long-term deals with Qatar as Islamabad faces a balance of payments crisis and falling foreign exchange reserves. Miftah Ismail unveiled Budget 2022-23 on Friday aimed at fiscal consolidation as it tries to convince the International Monetary …

ISLAMABAD, Jun 12 (ABC): Minister for Information and Broadcasting, Marriyum Aurangzeb Sunday said that former finance minister Shaukat Tareen had finally admitted that Imran Khan during his four year tenure as prime minister took Rs 20,000 billion loans which was 76 per cent of the total loan taken in the history of Pakistan. In a tweet, the minister said that …

ISLAMABAD, June 10(ABC): All eyes are on the Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif-led government as it sets out to present its first budget while the country races against the clock to resume disbursements under a U$6 billion IMF loan programme. The government will present the budget for next fiscal year 2022-23 in Parliament today, with special focus on fiscal consolidation to …

KARACHI, June 10(ABC): Famous TV personality and PTI MNA Aamir Liaquat Hussain will be laid to rest at the Abdullah Shah Ghazi graveyard after his funeral prayers today (Friday), Hussain’s ex-wife Syeda Bushra Iqbal confirmed. The 50-year-old televangelist passed away on Thursday. The news of his untimely death sent shock waves across the country. Taking to Instagram, Bushra announced that …

RAWALPINDI, June 12(ABC): A soldier of the armed forces of Pakistan embraced martyrdom during an exchange of fire with terrorists in the Data Khel area of North Waziristan, Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) said Sunday. “Sipahi Shahzaib Imtiaz embraced martyrdom while fighting bravely during a crossfire with terrorists,” a brief statement issued by the military’s media wing read. It said that …