October 25, 2026
Minister Seeks Loan Rescheduling as Rates Bite at 25pc
Abdul Aleem Khan has put proposals to the prime minister, saying businesses cannot run while borrowing at 25 per cent.
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August 16, 2026
Goods Transporters Suspend Their Strike for 40 Days After Assurances on Fuel Pricing
The All Pakistan Goods Transport Alliance has suspended its nine-day stoppage for 40 days after the federal and Sindh governments gave assurances, including that petroleum prices would be revised fortnightly or monthly rather than daily.
August 16, 2026
Aleem Khan Wants Four Units in Every Province; Sanaullah Asks to See a Plan
The IPP president says there is nothing wrong with dividing each of the four provinces into four administrative units. Rana Sanaullah says nobody has produced a plan, and that outside Hazara there is no public demand.
August 16, 2026
The Transport Strike Splits: Smaller Carriers Settle, Container Trucks Stay Off the Road
The Pakistan Transport Council has called off the strike after 15 associations signed an agreement, and oil tankers withdrew after OGRA accepted a 7-8 per cent freight increase. Container trailers, inter-provincial trucks and edible oil tankers remain out.
August 12, 2026
Transporters Keep the Wheel-Jam Strike On After Talks Produce Two Accounts of the Same Meeting
The goods transport association says its strike continues after talks with the government produced no breakthrough. The Communications Ministry issued a statement saying decisions had been finalised and thanking the transporters.
August 10, 2026
Textile Mills Warn the Transport Strike Threatens Exports and Cotton Supplies
APTMA has written to the communications minister warning that the indefinite goods transport strike has left export containers, imported cotton and local cotton stranded, with mills already holding low stocks at the end of the season.
March 7, 2022
Media Mogul Aleem Khan may join Tareen’s group
LAHORE: Billionaire media mogul and real estate tycoon, Abdul Aleem Khan may join sugar baron Jahangir Tareen’s group according to credible sources. Both Tareen and Aleem Khan were once considered to be Imran Khan’s closest allies however since Khan formed the government, both billionaire politicians have been sidelined. Tareen faced a sugar inquiry while Aleem Khan also faced various NAB cases and had to resign as a provincial minister. It is believed that with Aleem Khan joining hands with Tareen, the JKT group will have at least 40 PTI parliamentarians within its ranks. The joint opposition is preparing to file
October 3, 2021
Shaukat Tarin, Faisal Vawda, Khusro Bakhtyar, Moonis Elahi among over 700 Pakistanis named in ICIJ’s Pandora Papers
ISLAMABAD: The International Consortium of Investigative Journalists (ICIJ) has released 11.9 million leaked documents to expose the financial secrecy of world leaders, including 700 Pakistanis. Pandora Papers reveal that key members of Prime Minister Imran Khan’s inner circle have secretly owned an array of companies and trusts holding millions of dollars of hidden wealth. Most prominent figures include Finance Minister Shaukat Tarin, Minister for Water Resources Moonis Elahi, Senator Faisal Vawda, Ishaq Dar’s son Ali Dar, PPP’s Sharjeel Memon, the family of Minister for Industries and Production Khusro Bakhtiar, PTI leader Abdul Aleem Khan. Some retired army officials, businessmen, and media
September 26, 2021
Aleem Khan officially buys Samaa TV
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) senior leader and provincial minister Abdul Aleem Khan has officially bought Samaa TV. According to the details, the deal was finalized after the Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority (PEMRA) has allowed the change of management and transfer of shares to Punjab minister Aleem Khan’s company. According to the sources, the channel was sold at Rs3.56 billion. During the 165th PEMRA meeting presided over by its chairman, Mohammad Saleem Baig, the meeting unanimously approved the application of Messrs Jaag Broadcasting Systems Limited, which runs Samaa TV, for change of management and transfer of its shares. Meanwhile, the
September 12, 2021
Abdul Aleem Khan decides to resign from ministry
LAHORE: Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) senior leader and provincial minister Abdul Aleem Khan has decided to resign from his ministry. Taking to Twitter, Aleem Khan said, “My relationship with Prime Minister Imran Khan is not political but personal and fraternal. I am proud to have stood by the side of the PTI in the struggle for a ‘Naya Pakistan’ for the last 10 years. Even today, my relationship with Imran Khan, apart from politics, is purely personal and fraternal, which will last forever.” The provincial minister has decided to resign from his ministry once again. He tendered his resignation in a
