MANSEHRA, May 29(ABC): Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif said Saturday the burden of foreign debts on Pakistan is such that it could not be paid off by generations to come. “[Ex-premier] Imran Khan’s government took such hefty amount of loans that our generations might not be able to pay them,” the prime minister told a public gathering in Manshera. The prime …

DAVOS, May 29(ABC): Israel President Isaac Herzog has said that he had had an “amazing experience” while meeting a delegation of Pakistani expatriates living in the United States. The Israeli president was speaking at the World Economic Forum (WEF) — held in Davos, Switzerland, on Thursday — about the Abraham Accords, a US-backed deal that led to the normalisation of Israel’s …

ISLAMABAD, May 29 (ABC): Prime Minister Muhammad Shehbaz Sharif Sunday said that the recently surfaced purported audio tape exposed Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf chief Imran Khan’s hypocrisy and double standards. The prime minister, on his twitter handle, said that in the surfaced audio tape, the PTI chief allegedly sought NRO for himself and his previous government. Imran Khan manufactured fake foreign conspiracy …

LAHORE, May 29(ABC): Amid sizzling hot weather, Power outages have severely hit Pakistan as Pakistanis have been suffering up to 12 hours of power load-shedding. All urban centers, such as Karachi, Hyderabad, Rawalpindi, Lahore, Faisalabad, and Sialkot have been severely hit with load-shedding and situation in rural areas of the country is even worse. Sources have said that power shortfall …

ISLAMABAD, May 28 (ABC): Minister for Religious Affairs and Interfaith Harmony Mufti Abdul Shakoor has urged the Iranian government to finalize the draft of ‘Ziarat Policy’ to promote the religious tourism. There were a number of people who pay homage at the mausoleums of sacred religious figures located in Iran every year. In this regard, the government of Pakistan had …

ISLAMABAD, May 29(ABC): Chairman Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Imran Khan on Sunday condemned the police action against his party protestors. Former prime minister, in a tweet, said that ‘imported govt’ while flouting constitution and Supreme Court of Pakistan, unleashed police brutality on our peaceful Azadi March protestors. Imran Khan further claimed that night before PTI long march, Punjab and Sindh police …

QUETTA, May 29(ABC): Polling is underway for local body elections in 32 districts of Balochistan. The polling started at 8am and will continue until 5pm without any break. As per the ECP, candidates in 1,584 wards have been elected unopposed while 14,611 candidates are contesting elections in 4,456 wards today. A total of 5,226 polling stations have been set up …

PESHAWAR, May 28(ABC): PTI Chairman Imran Khan announced Saturday his party would move the Supreme Court of Pakistan on Monday seeking clarity on holding public rallies after the government crackdown and clashes across the country. “I just want the clarity from the Supreme Court […] I just want its protection, then you will see that we will take out a …

ISLAMABAD, May 28(ABC): Finance Minister Miftah Ismail assured Saturday the government would reach the staff-level agreement with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) by next month — June. Hopes of the IMF programme’s revival rose Thursday after the federal government decided to raise the price of petroleum products by Rs30 as the Fund did not resume the programme due to the …

ISLAMABAD, May 28 (ABC): Federal Finance Minister Miftah Ismail announced Saturday the process for the deserving families to avail the subsidies on petrol and diesel under the relief program announced by Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif in his address to the nation Friday. Addressing a press conference here, the finance minister said families who are part of the Benazir Income Support …