Tag: Pakistan

Pakistan welcomes EU’s offer over FATF plan

Pakistan has appreciated the European Union’s (EU) offer for technical assistance in the implementation of the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) action plan. Following the...

Pakistan condemns Israel’s killing of Palestinians

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan on Friday condemned the killing of Palestinians by Israel’s armed forces. In a statement, the Foreign Office (FO) said, “The international community has...

Pakistan won’t fight anyone else’s war, reiterates PM

--Imran says flawed policies of 80s and 90s are responsible for the problems plaguing Pakistan today --Warns of catastrophe if int’l community doesn’t intervene to...

Pakistan leads in global censorship requests to Facebook

--Facebook’s transparency report reveals 31pc of total requests for content restriction originated from Pakistan On the request of Pakistan’s government, Facebook restricted 5,690 items within...

ISI DG, foreign secy visit Afghanistan to repair relations

Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) Director General Lt Gen Faiz Hameed and Foreign Secretary Sohail Mahmood held talks with Afghan intelligence chief, national security adviser and...

China says division of IOK into union territories illegal, ineffective

ISLAMABAD: China on Thursday deplored and firmly opposed India’s formation of Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh union territories as illegal, invalid and ineffective and...

Pakistan to earn $36m annually from Kartarpur pilgrims

ISLAMABAD: Since 5,000 pilgrims are allowed to visit the Gurdwara Darbar Sahib Kartarpur, Pakistan, by charging $20 service fee per pilgrim, will earn $1,00,000...

Pakistan, India sign Kartarpur Corridor agreement

--Corridor to provide visa-free access to Indian Sikh pilgrims to Gurdwara Darbar Sahib in Kartarpur --Prime Minister Imran Khan and former Indian PM Manmohan Singh...

Three new polio cases emerge as tally reaches 76

Three new polio cases have been reported from Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Balochistan, taking the tally to 76 since January 1, 2019. The cases were detected...

India to build solar, wind farms along Pakistan border

MUMBAI: India plans to build a string of renewable energy projects along its sun-baked, wind-whipped western border, officials said on Monday, as New Delhi...

Six, including soldier, martyred in LoC shelling

--Pakistan Army 'destroys two Indian army bunkers, kills nine troops' in response --FO rejects Indian media reports of 'militant launchpads' along the LoC, invites international...

Modi govt resorts to warmongering for short-term gains, says Qureshi

ISLAMABAD: Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi on Thursday censured the Narendra Modi-led Indian government for resorting to a war-mongering narrative for short-term domestic electoral...

Modi says work to stop water flow to Pakistan has started

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi has said that New Delhi will stop water from Indian rivers that had been flowing to Pakistan and give...

US urges Pakistan to nip militancy in the bud for own...

--Wells says LeT chief Hafiz Saeed must face prosecution for ‘vicious attacks’ WASHINGTON: The United States has appreciated Pakistan’s efforts to curb militancy but reminded...

Pakistan offers to assist talks between Iran, Saudi Arabia

--PM says Islamabad will play role of facilitator rather than mediator in this 'complex' issue, calls offer Pakistan's 'own initiative'  --Rouhani welcomes tour, says end of...

China reaffirms support to Pakistan over core issues

--Xi asks Islamabad, New Delhi to resolve Kashmir dispute via dialogue --PM Imran thanks China for consistent support, says CPEC is his govt’s top priority...

Imran takes charge of CPEC, other foreign investments

--PM says he wants to send ‘500 corrupt individuals to jail’, aspires to follow President Xi’s crusade against corruption --Chinese PM says 2nd phase of...