ISLAMABAD, June 06(ABC): Pakistan is seeking financial assistance from Saudi Arabia, Qatar and UAE to stabilise the economy and is hopeful for a positive result, revealed Finance Minister Miftah Ismail. “Saudi Arabia, hopefully, will reload [deposit money in Pakistan’s central bank] before December,” the minister told Jirga’s host, “Also, the Kingdom may extend Pakistan’s limit to buy oil on credit.” The government …

ISLAMABAD, June 06(ABC): A terror financing case has been registered against Hebtan Bashir, the husband of the female suicide bomber Shari Baloch, who had blown herself up outside the Confucius Institute in Karachi University on April 26. Four people, including three Chinese nationals, were killed and four others sustained injuries in the suicide attack carried out by Shari. In a major development …

ISLAMABAD, June 05(ABC): Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Chief and former PM Imran Khan on Sunday chaired a meeting of PTI core committee at Bani Gala in which current political situation ,long march strategy were reviewed while the committee also decided  not to appear before the NA Speaker to confirm the resignations while to participate fully in the Punjab by-elections. Sources privy …

ISLAMABAD, June 05(ABC): Awami Muslim League Pakistan (AML) leader and former Interior Minister Sheikh Rashid on Sunday said that they have decided on a plan even in case of PTI Chairman Imran Khan’s possible arrest. PTI will not accept the incumbent government and elections are the only solution. Talking to media, the former interior minister announced that they will not …

LAHORE, June 05(ABC): Newly appointed Punjab governor Baligh Ur Rehman on Sunday called on Pakistan Muslim League – Nawaz (PML-N) vice president Maryam Nawaz and discussed the current political situation. During the meeting held in Jati Umra, Maryam congratulated Baligh on assuming the office. On the occasion, Maryam while lashing out at former government said the PTI government remained failed …

LAHORE, June05(ABC): Spokesperson for the Government of Punjab Attaullah Tarar on Sunday said that if PTI Chairman Imran Khan was an honest man, then his wife’s close aide Farah Gogi — who is in Dubai since corruption allegations were levelled against her by the government — should take the next to Pakistan. Speaking during a press conference alongside PML-N’s Secretary Information …

ISLAMABAD, June 05(ABC): The PTI on Sunday rejected Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif’s offer of holding a “grand dialogue” between all stakeholders of the country. PTI’s Central Information Secretary Farrukh Habib, in a video statement, said that the idea of a grand dialogue has been offered by the incumbent government to hide its failures as well as the inflation that has …

KARACHI, June 05(ABC): A diesel-hybrid bus on Saturday successfully completed its test run in Karachi before the formal launching of the service to the public. The first technical test drive of the vehicle in the metropolis was performed on the route between Model Colony and Tower. The intracity bus service under Sindh People’s Bus Service will ply the roads in …

ISLAMABAD, Jun 05 (ABC): Efforts on card by the Ministry of Federal Education and Professional Training for operating two-way special flight between Pakistan and China in order to facilitate the Pakistani students enrolled in Chinese universities. The relevant Chinese authorities, in that regard, would be requested for two-way operating special flight so that students in China could also be facilitated …

ISLAMABAD, June 05(ABC): Minister Information and Broadcasting Marriyum on Saturday told Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Chairman Imran Khan to get a grip on his paranoia of being dominated by Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif’s performance and take a backseat till 2023 elections. In a statement, responding to Imran’s recent speech, Marriyum said Imran was fearing that if Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif would …