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2 weeks ago | 
arab.news | Azeem Rafiq |Muhammad Ibrahim |Hasaan Ali Khan |Ismail Dilawar
ISLAMABAD: State Minister for Interior Talal Chaudhry said on Thursday the government was not considering extending the deadline for illegal foreigners to leave the country, with over 850,000 people repatriated since a deportation drive was launched in late 2023. Earlier this year, Pakistan’s interior ministry asked all “illegal foreigners” and holders of Afghan Citizen Cards — a document launched in 2017 to grant temporary legal status to Afghan refugees — to leave the country before Mar.
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2 weeks ago | 
arab.news | Azeem Rafiq |Ismail Dilawar |Hasaan Ali Khan |Muhammad Ibrahim
DUBAI: The 10th edition of the Pakistan Super League is set to open in Rawalpindi on April 11. Islamabad United, defending champions and the most successful franchise in PSL history with three titles, will face-off against the Lahore Qalandars. Sadly, it has been hard to ignore the off-field issues which have overshadowed the anticipatory excitement. The PSL finds itself at a crossroads.
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1 month ago | 
arab.news | Reem Abulleil |Azeem Rafiq |Kashif Imran
KARACHI: Title-holders and hosts Pakistan crashed out in the group phase of the Champions Trophy after losing to New Zealand and arch-rivals India. They still have a match to play, against Bangladesh on Thursday, but their tournament is over — a disappointing end to their first hosting of a major international cricket event in three decades.
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1 month ago | 
arab.news | Azeem Rafiq |Ismail Dilawar |Naimat Khan
KARACHI: The Competition Commission of Pakistan (CCP), a government agency for the enforcement of economic competition laws, said on Monday it would pay cash rewards to people who exposed cartels involved in the manipulation of various markets. The development comes ahead of the holy month of Ramadan, during which various elements hoard essential items and artificially increase prices at local levels to make unjust profits.
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1 month ago | 
arab.news | Azeem Rafiq |Ismail Dilawar |Naimat Khan
KARACHI: Pakistan’s finance minister Muhammad Aurangzeb on Monday urged commercial banks to help the government with its plans to privatize loss-making, state-owned enterprises (SOEs). The minister’s comments came ahead of the visit of an International Monetary Fund (IMF) team to Islamabad to review Pakistan’s progress on a $7 billion bailout it secured in September last year. A successful review will see the Washington-based lender release around $1 billion tranche to cash-strapped Pakistan.
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1 month ago | 
arab.news | Azeem Rafiq |Ismail Dilawar |Naimat Khan |Shahjahan Khurram
Pakistan watchdog announces up to Rs2 million rewards for exposing cartels manipulating markets /node/2591444/pakistan February 24, 2025 16:18 Pakistan watchdog announces up to Rs2 million rewards for exposing cartels manipulating markets The initiative is aimed at promoting public participation in eliminating illegal business practices, competition commission says The scheme would not only provide a legal avenue but also encourage public to be part of protecting economy, their economic...
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1 month ago | 
arab.news | Azeem Rafiq |Shahjahan Khurram |Rehmat Mehsud |Falak Khan
ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan Petroleum Dealers Association (PPDA) said on Monday it would launch a countrywide strike against the government’s decision to deregulate oil prices, warning that the move would trigger an increase in smuggling, inflation and cartels dictating oil prices.
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1 month ago | 
arab.news | Azeem Rafiq |Mark Lomas
India’s inevitable win over Pakistan reveals a rivalry running on empty /node/2591429/sport February 24, 2025 13:51 India’s inevitable win over Pakistan reveals a rivalry running on empty Champions Trophy clash in Dubai showed two teams moving in opposite directions It was not until the 42nd over that a Pakistani batter hit a six, through Khushdil Shah DUBAI: Living within a stone’s throw of the Dubai International Stadium, I was able to watch and experience how the atmosphere started to...
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2 months ago | 
politicshome.com | Sophie Church |Alex Sobel MP |Azeem Rafiq
4 min read
Stronger protections for whistleblowers are good for employees and employers, and will help prevent scandals like the Post Office disgrace from happening again.
Anyone who has been, or supported, a whistleblower knows the playbook. The whistleblower is subject to smears, initially deemed a nuisance who should be ignored and then an opponent to be attacked.
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Jun 23, 2024 | 
arab.news | Azeem Rafiq |Saima Shabbir |Aamir Saeed |Khurshid Ahmed
ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) said on Sunday the latest round of negotiations with the ruling Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) party continued in a “positive way” after the PPP expressed reservations about a range of issues following the presentation of the federal budget earlier this month.
