HERAT: The Taliban launched an offensive on Friday against a key city in western Afghanistan, authorities said, the latest in a wave of attacks while the United States pushes for an agreement that allows it to begin withdrawing troops. The fight began early in the morning when insurgents briefly seized an Afghan army recruitment center […]
ISLAMABAD: The government said Friday that its reform agenda signed with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) was on track and that progress so far in almost all performance and structural benchmarks for the first quarter of the current fiscal year were Very encouraging with a strong indication that all objectives will be met. “The progress
LAHORE: A lawyer has approached the Superior Court of Lahore, seeking a directive for the Punjab government to establish a judicial commission on the death in custody of the mentally ill Salahuddin Ayubi and to make public investigation reports of all extrajudicial killings occurred during the last four years. "Deprivation of liberty, extrajudicial executions and
ISLAMABAD: The National Office of Responsibility (NAB) approved the submission of three references on Friday. One of the references will be presented against former information minister and leader of the People's Party of Pakistan (PPP) Sharjeel Inam Memon and before the former managing director of the State Petroleum of Pakistan (PSO) Irfan Khalil Qureshi. The
ISLAMABAD: Amid criticism from a Senate committee about the inclusion of 44 unapproved projects in the development program, the federal government promised on Friday to launch a $ 3 billion investment in Karachi to improve its systems and supply infrastructure of water and sewer. The president of the Standing Committee on Planning and Development of
WASHINGTON: A senior US official said on Friday that China can certainly play a constructive role in calming the tensions between India and Pakistan that have been triggered by New Delhi's recent decision to annex Kashmir. Speaking at a Defense Day reception at the Pakistani embassy, Deputy Defense Secretary Randall Schriver also said ties between
ISLAMABAD: The National Committee for Price Monitoring (NPMC) on Friday suggested that provincial governments and the administration of the Islamabad Capital Territory expand the network of the Sasta Bazaar to ensure the availability of essential foods at lower prices for a larger population wide. The committee made the recommendation after noting that the prices of
ISLAMABAD: Two days after surrendering to the public protest by withdrawing a controversial ordinance that offered an amnesty of Rs210 billion to large companies without a prior audit, the federal government asked the Supreme Court for a hearing out of turn of pending cases related to Gas Cess Infrastructure Development Tax (GIDC). On Friday, Attorney
(Via the image https://twitter.com/AFCWimbledon) The AFC mble bledon story is actually dealt with death, but if you don't know, they are the clubs that were originally born after mble bledon fc moved to Milton Keynes. The owner ignored the fan protest and changed the name, color. The badge is similar to the American franchise and
According to the Palestinian Health Minister, two Palestinian teenagers were killed by Israeli forces along the Gaza border on Friday. Relatives of Palestinians killed at the Israeli Gaza border fence react in a hospital in northern Gaza on September 6, 2019. (Reuters) On Friday, health officials say two Palestinian youths were killed in Israeli fires
