The death toll from a suicide Taliban attack late at night in the Afghan capital rose to 16 civilians on Tuesday, with 119 people injured, an official said. The angry residents of Kabul climbed the wall towards the international complex, which has been frequently attacked, and set fire to part of it. The thick black […]
Almost a month later, the human tragedy that is Kashmir continues to dominate India and Pakistan, and elsewhere, despite the multitude of crises that surround the world. In the midst of global attention focused on the protests in Hong Kong, Brexit and the US-China trade war, there have been considerable reports, as well as statements
PESHAWAR: The government is outsourcing six health centers in tribal districts to non-governmental organizations under the public-private partnership program, according to sources. "A proposal has been submitted to the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Health Foundation, which will likely submit tenders after completing the necessary formalities and invite NGOs with experience in the provision of health services under
KARACHI: Karachi remained under thick, dark clouds on Monday and different parts of the metropolis received light and moderate rains during the second half of the day. The downpour continued to wreak havoc on the poorly maintained traffic, electricity and sewer systems of the metropolis amid the Met office's warning that the current system "is
ISLAMABAD: The government defended on Monday its decision to cancel around Rs210 billion to large companies from its outstanding Rs420bn bills because of Gas Infrastructure Development Cess (GIDC), saying it gave up past invoices & # 39; uncertain & # 39; ; to ensure a low but more certain flow of future income. "It is
ISLAMABAD: The Large Taxpayers Unit (LTU), Karachi, requested ARY Communications (ARY) to pay Rs992 million as taxes for 2013 claiming that the media house had evaded taxes through "misrepresentation, concealment and misuse of exemptions" . The alleged tax evasion for 2013 came to light at a time when FYY already questioned the findings of the
RAWALPINDI: Sardar Latif Khosa, former governor of Punjab and lawyer for PPP leader Asif Ali Zardari, lamented on Monday that, despite court orders, the former president was not provided with air conditioning, refrigerator and personal assistant facilities in the jail. Aseefa Bhutto-Zardari, Sardar Khosa, Shahbaz Khosa and Shazia Khosa met Monday with the former president
TAXILA: Federal Aviation Minister Ghulam Sarwar Khan has said that a decision has not yet been made to close Pakistan's airspace to India. At a press conference at the PTI secretariat here on Monday, the minister said: “All options regarding the closure of airspace were considered during the last cabinet meeting; however, no final decision
KABUL: The US ambassador leading the efforts to forge an agreement with the Taliban met Monday with Afghan President Ashraf Ghani in Kabul and showed him the draft of a proposed agreement with the insurgents. Zalmay Khalilzad has spent about a year meeting with the Taliban in Doha in a series of talks aimed at
ISLAMABAD: Despite the tension with New Delhi over the Kashmir problem, Pakistan provided consular access on Monday to serve the Indian naval commander and intelligence operation Kulbhushan Jadhav in organizing his meeting with the official in charge of the High Commission of India Gaurav Ahluwalia in line with the Vienna Convention and the July 17
