The Chief of Army Staff, General Qamar Javed Bajwa, has requested assistance from Washington in achieving an early transfer of funds from the International Monetary Fund in order to help stabilize Pakistan's shrinking economy. Deputy Secretary of State Wendy Sherman, according to security sources, spoke with the army chief earlier this week. It is stated that the army chief made a plea to the White House and Treasury Department to get the IMF to immediately supply the almost $1.2 billion that the country is slated to receive under a reopened loan program. "Staff-level approval" for the loan was granted by the International Monetary Fund (IMF) on July 13. IMF Executive Board clearance is required before the transaction can be completed as part of Pakistan's $6 billion Extended Fund Facility. The International Monetary Fund (IMF) will be on vacation for the next three weeks, and its board will not meet until late August at the earliest. According to an IMF official wh...
Dania, Amir Liaquat's third wife, petitions the court for the exhumation of her late husband.
Dania Malik, the third wife of late televangelist and politician Aamir Liaquat Hussain, petitioned the Sindh High Court (SHC) for permission to exhume her husband's remains following his death.
Aamir Liaquat, a well-known politician and television personality, was found dead at his home on June 9—just 9 days after a fight with Dania.
A two-judge bench comprised of Justices Kousar Sultana Hussain and Mohammad Iqbal heard the plea. The court allowed her request to join a similar petition as a party.
According to a lawyer for Aamir Liaquat's family, no markings were detected on the deceased's corpse, and his children did not want a postmortem on their father.
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