Abdul Jabbar, who lost four members of his family, shows the list of villagers who died in an air raid on September 19 in Jalalabad, Afghanistan. WASHINGTON: A US defense group, Human Rights Watch (HRW), accused Afghan paramilitaries backed by the CIA on Thursday of committing extrajudicial executions, orchestrating forced disappearances and attacking medical facilities. […]
Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi. – AP BEIRUT: The militant group of the Islamic State confirmed the death of its leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi in a statement Thursday and named his replacement as Abu Ibrahim al-Hashimi al-Quraishi. "We cry to them … commander of the faithful," said Abu Hamza al-Quraishi, introduced as the group's new spokesman, in
ISLAMABAD: A delegation from the World Bank Group led by its president David Malpass meets with Prime Minister Imran Khan. – APP ISLAMABAD: The president of the World Bank Group, David R. Malpass, said Thursday that the reforms carried out by Pakistan to facilitate business would help create jobs, attract investments and generate more tax
KARACHI: The Pakistani authorities sent more than 200 content removal requests to Twitter in the first half of this year, the highest so far, according to a semi-annual report from the social media website. The website's transparency report published on Thursday said that between January and July 2019, the government sent 273 content removal requests
ISLAMABAD: The Azad march of the opposition parties led by Jamiat Ulema-i-Islam-Fazl finally entered Islamabad on Thursday, but not before exposing the lack of coordination between them. JUI-F's decision to keep his royal plan secret until the last moment not only perplexed the government and the local administration of the capital, but was also criticized
The participants in JUI-F Azadi March listen to the speeches of their leaders in Azadi Chowk before leaving for Islamabad. – White Star / M. Arif LAHORE: The "thin" participation of PML-N in the JUI-F "Azadi March" in the city, which was once considered a fortress of the Sharifs, belies its previous claim to appear
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan has asked the International Monetary Fund (IMF) to relax conditionalities under the $ 6 billion Extended Fund (EFF) related to the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) and the issuance of sovereign guarantees to help raise more than $ 4 billion of national and international funds markets Pakistan has budgeted around $ 3 billion
ISLAMABAD: The Ministry of Foreign Affairs regretted on Wednesday that the Afghan government, instead of responding to the Pakistani proposal to address the cause of the recent border skirmishes, has resorted to complaints launched through the media. "It is very unfortunate that, despite the mutual agreement on the use of recognized communication channels, Afghanistan has
UNITED NATIONS: China's treatment of ethnic Uyghurs in Xinjiang province was debated at the United Nations on Tuesday, with 54 nations praising "Beijing's remarkable achievements in the field of human rights," but 23 states attacked its record . It all started when the 23 nations, mostly Western, backed a British statement condemning Beijing's history. However,
ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Imran Khan rebuked some federal ministers and senior leaders of the ruling Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) on Tuesday for his statements against the recent move by the Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority (Pemra) to prevent television presenters from appearing as "experts" on their own channels and on others. In chairing a meeting of
