The central bank’s foreign reserves rose by $25 million to $8,006 million during the week under review, according to a statement released by the SBP here on Thursday.

It also stated that commercial banks reported holding $5,310 million in net foreign reserves. As of the previous week, which ended on April 19, 2024, the nation had $13,280.5 million in total liquid foreign reserves.

Among them, the central bank had foreign reserves of $7,981.2 million, while commercial banks had net foreign reserves of $5,299.3 million.

According to the State Bank of Pakistan (SBP), Pakistan got the much expected $1.1 billion last payment from the International Monetary Fund (IMF) as part of the $3 billion standby agreement on Tuesday.

The Special Drawing Rights (SDR) 828 million, or $1.1 billion in worth, were given to the SBP “after the successful completion of the second review by the Executive Board of IMF under Stand By Arrangement (SBA),” according to the SBP.

According to the central bank, the payment will show up in SBP reserves for the week that ends on May 3, 2024.

For the SIC reserved seat case hearing, the top court assembled a three-member bench, according to the details.

Justice Muhammad Ali Mazhar and Justice Athar Minallah round out the three-person bench led by Justice Mansoor Ali Shah.

The ruling of the Peshawar High Court (PHC) on reserved seats in the upper court was earlier declared to be challenged by Barrister Gohar, the chairman of the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI).

Barrister Gohar stated that in regards to the reserved seats issue, they will ask the supreme court to assemble a larger bench.

The Sunni Ittehad Council’s (SIC) petitions regarding reserved seats in legislatures were denied by the Peshawar High Court (PHC), which is noteworthy to highlight here.

Justice Ishtiaq Ibrahim read the reserved verdict as the five-member high court panel made a unanimous decision regarding the petition.

Barrister Ali Zafar apologized for missing the hearing when he came to the rostrum.

According to him, the candidates must run as independents because the PTI’s election emblem, “bat,” was taken before the poll.

Regarding the inquiry concerning the quantity of seats in the national assembly and regional assemblies. According to the SIC lawyer, the party is represented by 86 members in the National Assembly, 90 in the Punjab, 107 in Sindh, and 1 in the Balochistan Assembly. “The SIC has 226 seats in assemblies overall, and it is eligible for 78 reserved seats,” he continued.

“We were kept apart by the election commission, and the remaining political parties were given reserved seats,” the attorney claimed. Since it was an empty piece of land, some political parties asked the ECP to give us these seats.

The study claims that 179 terrorist attacks took place in the province this year, with 91 terrorists losing their lives as a result.

According to the report, there were 60 instances in January, 38 in February, 33 in March, and 48 in April. With 31 terrorists slain, February saw the highest number of terrorist deaths.

In addition, 14 terrorists were slain in North Waziristan and 19 in Dera Ismail Khan.
The investigation also shows that Mohsin Qadir, Azmatullah, and Fareedullah were among the 16 most wanted terrorists that were slain.

In addition, 2 suicide vests, 36 hand grenades, and 247 kg of explosives were found, according to the CTD investigation.

To add to the difficult security situation in the province, the study also showed that 10 attacks against police teams were documented this year.

Up to 563 terror attacks happened in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa in 2023, and out of those instances, police were targeted 243 times, according to a report released by the Anti-Terrorism Department (CTD) last year.

The study indicates that Dera Ismail Khan reported the largest number of terrorist occurrences at 132, followed by Khyber with 103 and Peshawar with 89 terror incidents.

The study additionally disclosed that terrorists targeted North Waziristan 86 times and South Waziristan 50 times. Eighty-seven terrorists were detained, according to the report.