Tag: Funding

Pompeo urges allies to cut off funding to Iran

BRUSSELS: US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo called on American allies on Thursday to help impose economic pressure on Iran, and accused Tehran of...

Committee scrutinising PTI’s sources of funding to continue its work: ECP

ISLAMABAD: The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) on Wednesday ordered the scrutiny committee probing the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf’s (PTI) sources of funding to continue its...

ECP to begin PTI funding probe on April 3

ISLAMABAD: The probe committee formed to scrutinise the funding sources of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) will start investigations on April 3, the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) said...

US lawmakers grapple with immigration, averting funding fight

WASHINGTON: Legislation to help young “Dreamer” immigrants struggled to gain footing in the US Congress on Monday, as lawmakers prepared to hold a Tuesday...

US to continue funding military training in Pakistan: report

ISLAMABAD: Foreign Secretary Tehmina Janjua informed the Senate’s foreign affairs committee on Wednesday that the United States (US) will continue funding the military training...

Journalists meet Bilawal, CM, asks for funding

BADIN: A delegation of Badin Press Club journalists met Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) Chairman Bilawal Bhutto Zardari and Sindh Chief Minister Murad Ali Shah...

ECP asks PPP, PML-N to submit replies to PTI’s funding allegations

ISLAMABAD: The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) on Monday directed the leaders of Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PM-N) and Pakistan People's Party (PPP) to submit...

US lifts funding ban on studies that enhance dangerous germs

CHICAGO: The US government on Tuesday lifted a 2014 temporary ban on funding research involving the flu and other pathogens in which scientists deliberately...

China rules out halting of funds for CPEC

ISLAMABAD: China has ruled out any possibility of abandoning funding for any of the projects related to China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) confirming that all...

New Jersey woman raises almost $60K for homeless man

A New Jersey woman who was helped by a homeless man after she ran out of gas on an interstate in Philadelphia has raised...

EU cuts funding to Turkey in 2018 budget

  BRUSSELS: An EU 2018 budget deal was announced Saturday that cuts funds destined to Turkey, citing doubts about Ankara’s commitment to democracy and human...

Families of slain, jailed IS operatives getting monetary support in Peshawar:...

Citing a report available with it, a local media outlet reported Friday that Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS) militants in Peshawar have...

Pak Railways poised to get massive funding from CPEC and CAREC

    After decades of neglect, a silver lining is on the horizon for Pakistan Railways as it may be able to attract multi-billion dollar investment...

French PM ‘open’ to interim ban on foreign funding of mosques

France’s prime minister said Friday he was “open” to a temporary ban on the foreign financing of mosques, after a spate of attacks in...

Mastermind of Safoora carnage received funding from IS: JIT report

A joint interrogation team (JIT) report on the mastermind of the deadliest attack on the Ismaili community in the metropolis, the Safoora carnage, revealed...

Bangladesh arrests top lawyers for ‘funding’ militants

Bangladesh has arrested three Supreme Court lawyers for allegedly passing thousands of dollars to a new Islamic militant group in the port city of...

Reveal funding source, Malik asks Qadri

Interior Minister Rehman Malik on Saturday said he had received information related to security threats to Dr Tahirul Qadri and it could be produced...