Tag: Focus

US-led coalition against IS ‘shifts its focus’ in Iraq

WASHINGTON: The US-led coalition against the extremist group Islamic State (IS) says it will "shift its focus" in Iraq away from combat operations against...

PM Sharif, Lankan president focus on enhancing military cooperation

  Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif and Sri Lankan President Maithripala Sirisena met here Tuesday and emphasised on enhancing cooperation in bilateral trade, defence production and...

Khan finally decides to focus on KP first

PTI decides to let go of politics of sit-ins, focus on development, reforms in KP PTI VP Qureshi voices doubt over govt’s intention regarding JC...

PML-N to focus on urban Sindh to check PTI’s advances

  Some senior PML-N leaders have advised the party to focus more on urban Sindh instead of its interior part in an attempt to create...

‘Intelligence agencies should focus on criminals instead of politicians’

Punjab Law Minister Rana Sanaullah has advised intelligence agencies to concentrate on collecting data and carrying out surveillance of criminal elements, instead of involving...

Pakistan urges OIC to focus on SME sector

The 28th session of the Standing Committee for Economic and Commercial Cooperation (COMCEC) of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) was held in Istanbul...

PCB needs to focus on financial benefit also: Rashid

Former Pakistan wicketkeeper Rashid Latif has stressed that while the resumption of Indo-Pak ties is a welcome move, the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) also...

US vows commitment to Europe despite Asia focus

US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said Saturday that Europe remains Washington's "partner of first resort" despite US budget cuts, troop withdrawals and a...

Harbhajan losing out for too much focus on T20

‘Too much focus on Twenty20’ is harming Harbhajan Singh's international cricket career but the out-of-favour Indian off-spinner needs to be supported instead of being...

Focus shifts from Manchester to London

Everton vs. Man Utd Everton might fear a major backlash, but the ingredients aren’t there to suggest that United can immediately bounce back from...

British Council organises focus group for English teachers

The British Council under its English programme organised a focus group on English language teacher training, which was attended by teachers from government and...

Nawaz needs to focus on flood relief, says Firdous

Federal Information and Broadcasting Minister Dr Firdous Ashiq Awan has advised Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz chief Mian Nawaz Sharif to assist in the relief and...

Pakistan shifts policy focus to growth acceleration

The government is likely to overshoot the FY12 budget deficit target of four per cent of GDP, with estimates indicating that it will be...

ICCI stresses focus on Asian markets

The Islamabad Chamber of Commerce and Industries (ICCI) has called upon the government to make a paradigm shift in its export strategy from western...

Pakistan should focus on overcoming problems: seminar

Participants of a sitting on ‘Current Situation and Quaid’s Pakistan’ arranged at Aiwan-e-Iqbal on Saturday unanimously agreed that people should focus on resolving the...

Japan in ratings cross-hairs as debt in focus

In the guessing game of which Asian sovereign credit will be downgraded next, after the United States this weekend, Japan is almost everyone's top...

Focus on Islamists lets other extremists go unnoticed

Security services in Norway and elsewhere in the region had recently shifted their focus to Islamist extremism, letting other forms of terror slip under...