Pakistan

The Taliban’s ruling council agreed Sunday to a temporary cease-fire in Afghanistan, providing a window in which a peace agreement with the United States can be signed, officials from the insurgent group said. They didn’t say when it would…
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ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Imran Khan has directed the governments of Punjab and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa to set up temporary shelters for homeless people, who could not be accommodated in the existing Panaghs. In a tweet on Sunday, the prime…
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On the completion of first review of Pakistan’s economic performance, IMF has acknowledged that Pakistan’s reform program is on track and already producing results. Decisive policy implementation has started to address the deep-seated…
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British Backpackers Society (BBS) on Saturday declared Pakistan as the world’s third highest potential adventure destination for the 2020. After counting the votes from its membership of adventure travel experts from around the world, the…
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In an impressive display of firepower, Pakistan Navy demonstrated its combat readiness through live firing of missiles from surface, subsurface and air platforms in North Arabian Sea. Moreover, Short Range Air Defense System firing was also…
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Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) chairman Bilawal Bhutto Zardari has said that Shaheed Mohatra Benazir Bhutto was the strongest chain of Federation of Pakistan and those who assassinated her had planned to break the chain but failed due to…
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BEIJING: China on Friday called on Pakistan and India to exercise restraint and refrain from taking actions that might escalate tensions between the two nuclear-armed South Asian countries. “As a neighbor to both India and Pakistan, we…
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ISLAMABAD: President Arif Alvi has said that Pakistan and UAE enjoy close and cordial fraternal relations based on the solid foundations of a shared faith, culture and heritage. President Alvi was talking to the Minister of Tolerance of…
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Prince Faisal bin Farhan Al Saud, Foreign Minister of Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, called on Prime Minister Imran Khan on Friday. During the meeting, views were exchanged on bilateral relations as well as regional developments. While…
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RAWALPINDI: Two Pakistani troops have been martyred in ceasefire violations being carried out by India along the Line of Control (LoC). According to a statement issued by the ISPR, the media wing of Pakistan army, Naib Subedar Kandero andn…
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NEW DELHI: Indian army chief General Bipin Rawat has drawn criticism from opposition political parties for his public statement about the protests sweeping the country over a controversial law that appears to target minority Muslims.…
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ISLAMABAD: The government on Thursday filed a review petition in the Supreme Court of Pakistan (SCP) challenging its verdict about the extension granted to the Chief of the Army Staff (COAS) Gen Qamar Javed Bajwa. The review petition has…
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Pakistan has rejected the U.S. State Department's unilateral and arbitrary designation under the religious freedom report announced on 20 December 2019. "This pronouncement is not only detached from ground realities of Pakistan but also…
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Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi and his Saudi counterpart Faisal bin Farhan Al-Saud met here Thursday and discussed issues of bilateral and regional importance. In a meeting held at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, FM Qureshi said…
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Reacting to Indian external affairs minister’s refusal to meet her for introducing a resolution in the U.S. Congress on the situation in Indian occupied Kashmir, an India-born American lawmaker Tuesday vowed to continue speaking out on the…
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