Tag: Links

Afghan officials arrest three with ‘links’ to Pakistan

KABUL: Afghan security forces have detained three insurgents they blame for an attack on a UN compound last month and believe they have links to the Afghan Taliban leaders based in Pakistan, security officials said here on Saturday.
Four Taliban suicide bombers, dressed as police and women, attacked the United Nations compound in Herat city, a commercial hub in Afghanistan's west, on October 23. All four were killed and there were no casualties among the UN staff.
The attack

IMF links giving aid to reformed GST legislation

ISLAMABAD: The International Monetary Fund (IMF) team on Wednesday linked the release of next tranche of $1.7 billion with the presentation of draft legislation on the reformed general sales tax (RGST) in the national and provincial assembles prior to the next IMF board meeting.
Annoyed with the non-implementation of the reforms in the power sector and the reformed GST, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) has stressed upon the government to give a clear implementation plan on

Militant links hindering arrest of Harbanspura killers

LAHORE
The police have not been able to arrest the accused who murdered four people in the Harbanspura police precincts on Sunday because the accused were the office bearers of a banned militant organisation, investigating officials told Pakistan Today on Tuesday.
Harbanspura police have registered a case (No 1132/10) against six identified and two unidentified accused on the complaint of Athar Mehmood Shahid Khan, the head of Shahid Khan group and a resident of Afzaal