Had Ukraine made it clear to Russia before the war started that they would not fight back militarily, but instead engaged in talks and negotiations, the war might not have begun. It is likely that Russia will win the current war in the east and south of Ukraine, but lose sympathy worldwide. Furthermore, we must realise that the current war is not only a Russian War in Ukraine; it is a war between Russia and the West, notably USA and NATO countries in Europe. It is good that here will be some more time for the Swedish public to discuss the NATO membership issues. We know that Sweden has stayed outside direct military conflicts for some 200 years, and that during the Cold War, Sweden felt independent and free to criticise both the Soviet Union and USA, indeed the American War in Vietnam.

After assuming the Office of Prime Minister in August 2018, Imran Khan rather felt self-pleasingly delighted by them. While in power, Imran Khan keeps insisting, they ruthlessly abused their authority to amass millions like compulsive kleptocrats. After entering Islamabad, Imran Khan had not moved towards the spot designated for his rally by the Supreme Court. But if true, you and I don’t need to scratch our brains to imagine people, presumably transmitting assuaging “assurances” to Imran Khan. But in spite of trying too hard, I miserably failed to get any plausible idea regarding the “guarantor” of the real or presumed “assurances.”

The oil prices were kept unchanged from March 2022 despite massive increase in prices in international market. Former Prime Minister Imran Khan had announced to keep oil prices fixed from March to June by giving massive subsidy. Later, the new coalition government has also followed the previous government policy to keep oil prices unchanged. Miftah noted that financial market would be stable, rupee value would improve and economy would get a boost following the decision to increase oil prices. However, the government has no other option than to increase prices following massive hike in prices in international market.

She said that the nation had said 'absolutely not to Imran Khan.' Maryam said that Imran Khan did not get off the helicopter until the Supreme Court’s decision. She said Imran Khan had no answer for his performance and that was why people had rejected him for staging dramas. The PMLN leader said Imran Khan should spend time in Bani Gala in remembrance, as his politics had ended. She said Imran Khan used the religion card and there can be no greater hypocrisy than this.

The government on Thursday jacked up the price of petrol by Rs 30 per litre with immediate effect. Federal Finance Minister Miftah Ismail told a press conference that the IMF program could not move forward without raising the prices of petroleum products. Earlier today, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) urged Pakistan to end subsidies on electricity and petroleum products to revive the program. In this regard, the implementation of the policy rate hike from May 23 was a welcome step. “The IMF team looks forward to continuing its dialogue and close engagement with Pakistan’s government on policies to ensure macroeconomic stability for the benefit all of Pakistan’s citizens.”

Looks like there’s a lot for Pakistanis to love in the upcoming Ms Marvel series! Journalist Haroon Rashid recently shared a picture with the cast members on Twitter, writing, “LOVED the first 2 eps of Ms Marvel. Marvel Studios’ Ms Marvel to be released in cinemas in Pakistan." Marvel Studios' new original series Ms Marvel will be released exclusively in cinemas only in Pakistan, through their licensee HKC Entertainment." Disney and Marvel did not want Pakistani audiences to miss out on seeing Ms Marvel and her story as Disney+ has not yet launched in their country."

The KSE 100-index of the Pakistan Stock Exchange (PSX) continued with bullish trend on Thursday, gaining 529.05 points, with a positive change of 1.26 percent, closing at 42,541.71 points against 42,012.66 points on the last working day. A total of 347,068,781 shares were traded during the day compared to the trade of 240,046,117 shares the previous day, whereas the price of shares stood at Rs 9.042 billion against Rs 7.570 billion on last trading day. As many as 351 companies transacted shares in the stock market, 263 of them recorded gain and 63 sustained losses, whereas the share price of 25 companies remained unchanged. Siemens Pak witnessed a maximum increase of Rs.45 per share, closing at Rs.645 whereas the runner-up was Philip Morris Pak, the share prices of which climbed up by Rs38.87 to Rs580. Colgate Palm witnessed a maximum decrease of Rs76.71 closing at Rs2,123.28 followed by Indus Motor Co, the share price of which declined by Rs18.43 to close at Rs1,268.17.

Imran Khan's protest aimed at distracting nation from Yasin Malik’s case: AhsanMinister for Planning and Development, Ahsan Iqbal says Imran Khan's protest was aimed at distracting the nation from the case of Kashmiri Hurriyat leader, Yasin Malik. Addressing a news conference in Islamabad on Thursday, he said Imran Khan's protest was a part of enemy's hybrid warfare campaign against Pakistan to create polarization in the society and country's institutions. Questioning the deteriorated economic situation of the country's economy at the hands of PTI's leadership, Ahsan Iqbal said the incompetent PTI government allocated zero development budgets in fourth quarter of the current fiscal year. He said PTI leadership cannot even count a single project that was conceived and completed in four years. Contrary to this, PML-N government completed many projects in just two years during their previous tenure.

When it comes to a target, Elliotte primarily speaks about goaltending, and we’ll get into that much more below. Jack Campbell potentially outElliotte Friedman had mentioned it earlier in the offseason that the Leafs offered Jack Campbell a 3 year, $2.75M AAV and to the surprise of absolutely no one, that deal didn’t get signed. No matter what, it certainly seems that the Leafs are not particularly interested in Jack Campbell unless they can get him below market, and there are some sound reasons for that. Advertisement - Continue Reading BelowThis issue here is that Gibson hasn’t been Gibson of late. The Ducks are going to be looking for youth and the Leafs can provide them with that.

Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif urged the people on Wednesday to reject the politics of sit-ins and immorality because that had inflicted huge loss to the national economy in the past and could jeopardise the country’s future. The prime minister said that the government was trying to improve a bad economy and inflation which it inherited from the previous government. During the visit, Shehbaz reviewed progress on the 720 megawatt power project, which is part of the China Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC). Meanwhile, Prime Minister Shehbaz met a delegation of the Balochistan National Party (BNP), comprising Science and Technology Minister Hassan Baloch, State Minister for Energy Hashim Notezai, Senator Qasim Ranju and party Secretary General Jahanzeb Hussain. During the meeting, the prime minister discussed the overall political situation.

The cut-off yields would have gone further up had the ministry raised the targeted amount of Rs100 billion or more. The government, however, rejected the bids of commercial banks for 10 and 15-year PIBs apparently after they demanded significantly higher yields compared to expectations. Commercial banks offered total bids of Rs614 billion against the auction target of Rs100 billion, according to the auction data. Abbas, however, said the uptick in cut-off yields was not huge, while the borrowing was close to the target. The cut-off yields on the long-term (three- to 30-year) PIBs remained lower compared to the short-term (three to 12-month) treasury bills.

QUETTA – The Met Office has forecast hot and dry weather in most parts of Balochistan during the next 24 hours. According to the Met Office, the minimum temperature in Quetta was recorded at 14.5 degrees centigrade and 5.0 degrees centigrade in Ziarat on Wednesday. While, gusty, dust rising winds is also expected in southern areas of the province during afternoon for next 24 hours.

Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif Wednesday said he gets ‘goosebumps’ when he recalls the disruption caused by the PTI sit-in during the PML-N government in 2014. “We should not waste time in dividing the nation and staging sit-ins. Whenever I recall the 2014 sit-in, I get Goosebumps,” he said while addressing the workers of Karot Hydropower Project on Wednesday. The prime minister, who reviewed the progress on the project, said the project faced some delay due to COVID and other related issues. The prime minister called for emulating the Chinese model of development.

ISLAMABAD – Adviser to the Prime Minister on Kashmir affairs and Gilgit Baltistan Qamar Zaman Kaira has strongly condemned the unfortunate verdict issued by an Indian court against Yasin Malik and termed it as totally outrageous and unjustified. According to a media release issued on Wednesday, Kaira said the conviction of Yasin Malik based on flimsy and fabricated grounds was a blatant violation of basic human rights. The Adviser said when Indian authorities failed in subduing the firm resolve of Yasin Malik for right to self-determination, they framed baseless charges in vengeance against him in order to muffle his voice and to overthrow the real leadership of Kashmiri people. He said Yasin Malik never had the right to a fair trial and hearing as all state organs and agencies of Modi-led Indian government were busy in anchoring the Hindu extremist ideology of Hindutva. The Adviser also called on all international human rights organizations including Amnesty International, United Nations Office of High Commissioner for Human Rights, and Human Rights Watch to condemn and expose this cruel act and murder of justice by Indian government at all international forums.

LAHORE – Small and Medium Enterprises Development Authority (SMEDA) has signed a tripartite memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Higher Education Commission (HEC) and the five universities selected for implementation of its National Idea Lab (NIL) Programme to promote entrepreneurship among educated youth. SMEDA CEO Hashim Raza, while addressing the signing ceremony, said that the National Idea Lab (NIL) would promote entrepreneurship development and new enterprise creation to nurture and promote the creative ideas of young entrepreneurs. Earlier, HEC Executive Director Shaista Sohail, in her address of welcome, thanked SMEDA CEO to repose confidence in the HEC for implementation of an innovative program for promotion of entrepreneurship among the educated youth. She was confident that National Idea Lab (NIL) programme would bring the tangible results in creating new and non-conventional enterprises. She said that youth of Pakistan were full of exclusive business ideas, which would be transformed into working enterprises with the support of NIL.