PP-206 by-poll: PPP candidate claims house attacked by PML-N workers

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) candidate for PP-206 (Khanewal) Mir Syed Wasiq Sirjees Haider claimed on Tuesday that Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) supporters attacked his house. Wasiq told Bol News that a large number of alleged PML-N supporters while chanting slogans, broke the main entrance of his house and attempted to enter the second gate … Read more

PPP has become security risk for Sindh, says Haleem

Haleem Adil Sheikh

KARACHI: Leader of the Opposition in Sindh Assembly Haleem Adil Sheikh on Sunday said that Pakistan Peoples Party has become security risk for Sindh as it has destroyed the whole province during the last thirteen years. Criticizing the passage of Sindh Local Government [amendment] Bill 2021 by the provincial government, the opposition leader said that … Read more

Haleem Adil Sheikh claims PPP has transformed into an ‘anti-democratic party’

KARACHI: Opposition Leader in the Sindh Assembly Haleem Adil Sheikh claimed on Tuesday that the ruling Pakistan Peoples Party has transformed into an “anti-democratic party”. “The manner in which PPP has been conducting assembly proceedings is an undeniable evidence of the violation of democratic norms and traditions in the province,” said Sheikh. The opposition parties … Read more

Profiteers fleecing Sindh dwellers with PPP support: Farrukh Habib

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ISLAMABAD: The profiteers are fleecing the public in Sindh with the support of the Pakistan Peoples’ Party (PPP) government, which failed to ensure good governance, despite being in power there for the last 13 years, an official said. Reacting to PPP Chairman Bilawal Bhutto Zardari’s speech, Minister of State for Information and Broadcasting Farrukh Habib … Read more

Poverty, unemployment rampant in Sindh: official

Sindh

ISLAMABAD: Poverty and unemployment are rampant in Sindh, despite 13 years consecutive rule of the Pakistan Peoples’ Party (PPP) in the province, an official said. Responding to the statement of PPP Chairman Bilawal Bhutto Zardari, Minister of State for Information and Broadcasting Farrukh Habib said that Sindh is still the most deprived province where unemployment … Read more

Distances between PPP, PDM slowly diminishing: Khursheed Shah

SUKKUR: Senior Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) leader Khursheed Ahmed Shah on Saturday said distances between the PPP and the Pakistan Democratic Movement (PDM), an alliance of the opposition parties against the Pakistan Tehreek e Insaf (PTI) government, were slowly diminishing. “There may be differences, however our goal is the same. We will not allow this … Read more

PPP, PDM decide to give govt tough time in parliament

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) Chairman Bilawal Bhutto Zardari met Jamiat e Ulema Islam (JUI-F) and Pakistan Democratic Movement Chief Maulana Fazl ur Rehman, after the ice started melting between them. During the meeting in Islamabad, both the leaders decided to give the government a tough time in the parliament. The PPP chairman was accompanied … Read more

PPP didn’t want to separate from PDM, says Saeed Ghani

KARACHI: Sindh Minister for Information and Labour Saeed Ghani on Friday said the Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) did not want to part ways with the Pakistan Democratic Movement (PDM), an alliance of opposition parties against the federal government. “Some parties of the PDM pressurised us to resign from the assemblies, while the PPP thought that … Read more

Top military brass briefs legislators over national security issues

National Assembly

The top military brass is briefing the lawmakers from the government and the opposition on national security issues at a meeting of the Parliamentary Committee on National Security (PCNS) in Islamabad on Monday. The meeting is underway in the capital with the National Assembly Speaker Asad Qaiser in the chair and Chief of Army Staff … Read more

Senior PPP leader Khursheed Shah likely to be released today from Sukkur prison

Syed Khursheed Shah

Senior Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) leader Khursheed Shah is expected to be released from Sukkur Central Jail on Saturday after his son deposited Rs10 million surety bond in the Sukkur Accountability Court as per the Supreme Court a day earlier. In 2019, the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) had arrested the veteran opposition leader in an … Read more

Pakistanis need relief from this govt, says Sherry Rehman

Sherry Rehman

LAHORE: Slamming the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) government over increasing inflation, Vice-President Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) Sherry Rehman said, “It is no surprise that Pakistan has been ranked at 4th out of 43 countries by The Economist for the highest inflation rate in the world, which was already at 9% in September.” “The government needs to … Read more

Mustafa Kamal slammed Sindh govt for ignoring Karachi

Mustafa Kamal lambastes Sindh govt for Karachi's sorry state of affairs

KARACHI: Pak Sarzamin Party (PSP) Chairman Mustafa Kamal on Saturday slammed the Sindh government over the poor condition of the port city. Speaking to the media in Karachi, he said the Pakistan People’s Party’s (PPP) government had been ignoring the citizen of Karachi. “PPP has made Sindh its fiefdom, and the centre has left the … Read more

PPP slams government over power price hike

Sherry Rehman

LAHORE: Slamming the government over back-to-back price hikes, Pakistan Peoples Party vice president Sherry Rehman said, “Over the past three years, this government has been responsible for increasing electricity prices up to 40%. Now they have increased the rates by Rs1.68 per unit, while the Federal cabinet has also approved this price hike. Is anyone … Read more

Zardari confident about PPP forming govt in next elections

Asif Ali Zardari

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) Co-Chairperson and former president Asif Ali Zardari is confident that his party will form the next government in the country. Speaking to the media after an appearance before an accountability court in Islamabad on Thursday, Zardari said the “next turn” to form a government in the country will be of … Read more

Bilawal claims PPP has solutions to control inflation, reduce poverty

KOTLI: Chairman Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) Bilawal Bhutto Zardari on Tuesday said that the answers to soaring inflation and rising poverty in the country lied with his party. Addressing an election campaign rally in Kotli, Bilawal said, “Our opponents are unable to show their faces as those who have been defeated in elections cannot show … Read more

Sherry Rehman flays the government over economic crisis

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ISLAMABAD: Highlighting the unfolding economic crisis in Pakistan, Senator Sherry Rehman said that the country is facing an economic crisis with no respite in sight. “It comes as no surprise that according to a recent Ipsos survey, 62% of Pakistanis have expressed dissatisfaction with the federal government’s performance when it comes to controlling inflation. The … Read more

PM Imran asks to prepare analytical report on results of cantonment board polls: sources

Prime Minister Imran Khan on Tuesday asked to prepare an analytical report on the outcome of the cantonment board elections in the country, stated sources. According to the sources, PM Imran has required the details of election results in Lahore, Rawalpindi, Multan, and Peshawar. The analytical report is intended to disinterring the details for the … Read more

PPP’s Sherry Rehman slams PTI over threats issued to ECP

PTI

LAHORE: PPP Senator Sherry Rehman on Friday slammed the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) government over the threats issued to the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP). “The PTI government’s comments and allegations on the ECP are completely disgraceful. A constitutional institution has refused to bow down to their demands so, they want to burn it down? Do … Read more

Raja Pervaiz Ashraf claims PPP will form next govt in Punjab

LAHORE: Former prime minister Raja Pervaiz Ashraf said on Wednesday that the PPP is on a mission to revive the party in Punjab and is hopeful of forming the next government in Punjab. Ashraf, who is the president of PPP’s central Punjab wing, said that he had reached Lahore a day earlier and was overwhelmed … Read more

PPP claims ‘electables’ from Punjab willing to join party

LAHORE: PPP Chairman Bilawal Bhutto Zardari has extended his stay in south Punjab for three more days, and will now visit Lodhran and Layyah too, with the opposition leader claiming that many people are willing to join his party. According to sources, all the “electables” who had joined Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) before the 2013 and … Read more

PML-N calls for joint opposition committee to block establishment of PMDA

Govt Withdraws Appeal Against Allowing Shehbaz Sharif To Go Abroad

LAHORE: The Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) has decided to approach other opposition parties to form a joint committee to stop the PTI government from establishing the Pakistan Media Development Authority (PMDA). The decision was taken by PML-N President Shehbaz Sharif while chairing an important consultative meeting of his party over the PMDA. The party decided … Read more

Raja Pervaiz Ashraf appointed PPP Central Punjab president

Raja Pervaiz Ashraf

LAHORE: Pakistan Peoples’ Party (PPP) Chairman Bilawal Bhutto Zardari on Wednesday appointed party’s stalwart from Gujar Khan and former premier Raja Pervaiz Ashraf as the new PPP Central Punjab president. Additionally, the PPP’s parliamentary leader Syed Hassan Murtaza was appointed general secretary of the central Punjab and Shahzad Saeed Cheema as information secretary of the … Read more

South Punjab back in focus for Bilawal Bhutto

Bilawal Bhutto Zardari Arrived In New York On Private Visit

LAHORE: Realising the importance of South Punjab in the next general elections, Pakistan Peoples’ Party (PPP) Chairman Bilawal Bhutto Zardari has finally decided on initiating a mobilisation campaign in South Punjab from September 3. Earlier on Sunday, talking to the media, former premier and leader of the opposition in Senate Yousaf Raza Gilani had confirmed … Read more

‘Opposition rejects poll reforms, PDMA without reading draft proposal’

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Federal Minister for Information and Broadcasting, Chaudhry Fawad Hussain said PML-N President Shahbaz Sharif and PPP Chairman Bilawal Bhutto Zardari were opposing the election reforms and Pakistan Media Development Authority without reading a word of the draft proposals. In a tweet on Tuesday, the minister said that the two leaders do not even know what … Read more

Shahbaz keen to sort out party crisis in Sindh after Miftah’s resignation

Lahore High Court allows Shahbaz Sharif to fly abroad

LAHORE. President Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) Shahbaz Sharif will be reaching Karachi today [Friday] to attend a meeting of the Pakistan Democratic Movement (PDM) leadership which is scheduled for Saturday. He will also represent the PML-N at PDM’s rally, scheduled for Sunday. During his stay, Shahbaz will also meet key political figures and businessmen in … Read more

Cryptocurrency adoption globally increased

Cryptocurrency

Globally the adoption of cryptocurrency is increased by 880% in the last year as Vietnam, India, and Pakistan have become the quickest crypto adopters.

“Geography of Cryptocurrency,” the company’s 2021 Global Crypto Adoption Index, differentiated the countries’ cryptocurrency adoption based on three main parameters, on-chain retail value transferred, the on-chain crypto value received, and peer-to-peer(P2P).

The number one country on the overall index is Vietnam in the adoption of cryptocurrencies, And India(0.37), Pakistan (0.36), Ukraine (0.29), and Kenya (0.28) followed it.

Pakistan and India come in the top ten on the list.

Economies play a great role in the increase in the adoption of crypto.

The report wrote “Several countries in emerging markets, including Kenya, Nigeria, Vietnam, and Venezuela rank high on our index in large part because they have huge transaction volumes on peer-to-peer (P2P) platforms when adjusted for PPP per capita and internet-using population,”

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