Foreign

Afghan government says Taliban attacking city of Kunduz

Kabul: The Afghan government says the Taliban once again attacked Kunduz, one of the largest cities. A spokesman for the spokesman, Cediq Sediqi, says Afghan security forces are fighting off attacks in parts of the city. A spokesman said the rebels took a stand in private areas. The officials of Kunduz cannot contact you by […]

Pakistan

Manhandled by police for trying to meet ailing father: Aseefa – Pakistan

ISLAMABAD: Aseefa Bhutto-Zardari, calling it a violation of basic human rights, attacked Friday against the government of Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) for moving former president Asif Ali Zardari of the Institute of Medical Sciences of Pakistan (PIMS) to Adiala prison despite having serious heart problems and warned that if something happened to Mr. Zardari, then the

Pakistan

NAB pledges to complete probe against Miftah in 14 days – Pakistan

ISLAMABAD: The National Office of Accountability (NAB) pledged on Friday to an accountability court to complete the investigation against former finance minister Miftah Ismail in the next 14 days. The interim judge of the accountability court Raja Jawad Abbas Hassan, with the safety of the NAB investigative officer, extended Mr. Ismail's pretrial detention until September

Pakistan

Time for Pakistan to pull out of OIC, says Rabbani – Pakistan

ISLAMABAD: It was time for Pakistan to withdraw from the Islamic Cooperation Organization (ICO), as it was worse than the United Nations, former Senate President Mian Raza Rabbani said Friday. Participating in a discussion about Kashmir in the Senate, he said that "the bubble of an Islamic Ummah had burst" and that Pakistan should reassess

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SBP prepared to meet any external challenge: Baqir – Newspaper

KARACHI: Dr. Reza Baqir, governor of the State Bank of Pakistan (SBP), said on Friday that the International Monetary Fund (IMF) had set the GDP growth target at 2.4{7be40b84a6a43fc4fae13304fce9a2695859798abfc41afd127b9f8b21c5f9c5} for Pakistan, but "we expect a growth of 3.5 pc for fiscal year 2019 -20 ". He also said that the State Bank was prepared to

Pakistan

Nearly 1,000 ‘surplus’ PIA employees laid off – Pakistan

RAWALPINDI: The Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) administration has laid off almost 1,000 surplus employees and has taken other measures to reduce the operating cost of the airline. This was reported by the president and chief executive of the PIA, air marshal Arshad Malik, during a meeting with the advisor to the prime minister of Finance,

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