Ismail Dilawar

Pakistan’s former Prime Minister Imran Khan’s party has announced a sit-in after thousands of his supporters breached roadblocks and clashed with police for two days to converge in Islamabad in deadly protests that killed at least six people.

Pakistan’s authorities have arrested hundreds of supporters of incarcerated leader Imran Khan amid skirmishes with the police in multiple cities and blocked highways after the former premier’s call to converge in the capital Islamabad.

Pakistan’s stocks are expected to advance by more than a quarter by the end of next year as the nation’s economy shows improvement under loan program with the International Monetary Fund and the currency stabilizes, according to two brokerage houses.

A security guard shot and injured two Chinese nationals at a textile factory in Pakistan’s commercial hub of Karachi, an attack that is not linked to militancy according to initial probe, a police spokesman said.

Pakistan’s smaller textile companies are curtailing production or selling assets to pay debt after high energy and borrowing costs hurt businesses.

Pakistan’s ruling coalition approved a set of changes in the Constitution early Monday morning, in a show of strength in parliament by cutting the powers of the top judiciary to appoint its chief.

The International Monetary Fund asked Pakistan to stop setting up any industrial zone that offers incentives for investment, in a move that may undermine Islamabad’s efforts to attract more Chinese industries into the country.

Pakistan cut its benchmark interest rate for a second consecutive meeting as slowing price gains give policymakers room to focus on shoring up growth in the cash-strapped South Asian nation.

Fire broke out on the front landing gear of a Saudia plane in Pakistan, prompting passengers to evacuate using slides.

Former Pakistan Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi launched a new party on Saturday as part of his fallout with the country’s powerful Sharif clan, amid growing public anger with the government’s austerity measures.