The National Cyber Crime Investigation Agency (NCCIA) says around 350 call centres in Karachi are involved in scamming, as it announced the arrest of 273 people in a single raid on Shahrah-e-Faisal, where a court has since freed women and minors on bail. The nine key suspects have been handed to the agency for two...
The Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) says jailed founder Imran Khan’s blood pressure has not returned to normal, citing a reading of 192, and has demanded his immediate transfer from Adiala Jail to Shifa International Hospital for treatment under his personal physicians. The claim has not been independently confirmed, and the coverage reviewed includes no public response...
The armies of Pakistan and Tajikistan have concluded the third edition of their joint counterterrorism exercise, Dosti-III, at the Special Operations School in Cherat, the military’s media wing said on Friday. The exercise, which began on October 26, is the latest in a series that both sides describe as a cornerstone of their defence relationship....
Gold prices in Pakistan have jumped Rs23,500 per tola in two days, reaching Rs435,636 for 24-karat gold on Thursday as global bullion rallied after the US midterm elections. The rise reverses a slide that had taken local prices to Rs412,136 on Tuesday, and it comes at a time when household budgets are already stretched by...
A meeting between jailed PTI founder Imran Khan and his lawyer, Barrister Salman Safdar, at Adiala Jail has produced competing accounts of what the former prime minister knew and how he reacted to the imposition of emergency and governor’s rule in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. The differences matter because the meeting was one of the few direct...
Pakistan has said it has repatriated more than 2.8 million Afghans since it launched a nationwide deportation campaign three years ago, a day after a US federal judge temporarily blocked plans to deport detained Afghan nationals through Pakistan. The two developments are separate, but together they show how Pakistan has become a central point in...
The government has cut petrol and diesel prices for the third consecutive day, bringing petrol down to Rs362.00 per litre and high-speed diesel to Rs387.81 per litre from November 5. Taken together, the three revisions have taken Rs15.91 off the price of petrol and Rs15.15 off diesel since the start of the week, the sharpest...
Pakistan has conducted the first flight test of its indigenously developed Fa’az air-to-air missile, the military’s media wing announced on Tuesday, describing the test as a milestone for the country’s aerospace and defence capabilities. The announcement is significant for what it signals about local weapons development, though many technical details remain undisclosed. According to a...
The Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) is preparing a phased enforcement drive against retailers who have stayed outside the tax net, after its simplified Asaan Tax Scheme attracted far fewer shopkeepers than the government had hoped. According to sources cited by ProPakistani, the first phase would target around 6,000 unregistered retailers, with gas and electricity...
Pakistan is exploring blockchain-based payment systems that its virtual assets regulator says could cut the cost of sending money home from abroad and unlock close to $1 billion in additional benefits. The proposal, outlined by Minister of State and Pakistan Virtual Assets Regulatory Authority (PVARA) Chairman Bilal Bin Saqib, includes regulated stablecoins and a pilot...