An Indian man charged with orchestrating an unsuccessful Indian government-backed plot to kill a Sikh separatist in New York City pleaded guilty on Friday to three criminal charges, a spokesperson for the US Attorney’s Office in Manhattan said. Nikhil Gupta, 54, pleaded guilty to murder-for-hire, conspiracy to commit murder-for-hire and conspiracy to commit money laundering,…
Overseas Pakistanis have expressed their confidence in the government by sending record remittances, contributing to a significant increase in foreign inflows. According to the State Bank of Pakistan, remittances in the current fiscal year have risen by 11 percent. In the first seven months of this fiscal year, Pakistan’s remittances have exceeded $23 billion, reaching…
The government has proposed a downward revision of up to Rs1.53 per unit in the base electricity tariff for some domestic power consumers, while recommending higher fixed monthly charges for certain protected and unprotected households, according to a motion filed with the National Electric Power Regulatory Authority (Nepra). The move aims to rationalise tariffs for…
Argentina’s government on Thursday declared an emergency in Patagonia, where wildfires have ripped through vast tracts of forest since the start of the Southern Hemisphere summer. The biggest blazes are in southern Chubut province, where at least 45,000 hectares of forest — an area roughly the size of San Francisco — have gone up in…
The Government will continue engagement with the textile sector to address key challenges facing this industry. This assurance was given by Finance Minister Muhammad Aurangzeb and Minister for Petroleum Ali Pervaiz Malik during a meeting with a delegation of the All Pakistan Textile Mills Association in Islamabad today. The Ministers emphasized that the textile industry…
An artificial increase in the prices of wheat and flour has prompted the government to initiate action against 218 employees of the Food Department, including officers. Sources told that preliminary report in 154 cases had been presented to the senior officials while investigation in 64 cases was ongoing. They informed that these employees allegedly had…
Federal Minister for Finance and Revenue Senator Mohammad Aurangzeb has said that the government is fully aware of the challenges facing the economy, admitting that some companies are leaving the country due to high taxes and expensive energy. Addressing the Pakistan Policy Dialogue in Islamabad on Wednesday, Senator Aurangzeb, however, said there were 20 new…
US President Donald Trump urged Iranians on Tuesday to keep protesting and said help was on the way, without giving details, as Iran’s government tackled the biggest demonstrations in years. “Iranian Patriots, KEEP PROTESTING – TAKE OVER YOUR INSTITUTIONS!!!… HELP IS ON ITS WAY,” Trump said in a post on Truth Social, adding he had…
US President Donald Trump said on Sunday he was considering potential military action against Iran, amid mounting mass anti-government protests in the country. “They’re starting to, it looks like,” Trump said, when asked by reporters aboard Air Force One if Iran had crossed his previously stated red line of protesters being killed. “We’re looking at…