$650bn SDR allocation to be completed by August-end: IMF MD
WASHINGTON: Welcoming the executive board’s backing for a new $650 billion special drawing rights (SDRs) allocation, Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund (IMF)...
Analysis: Biden lost faith in the U.S. mission in Afghanistan over a decade ago
WASHINGTON: President Joe Biden's frustrations with Afghanistan boiled over more than a decade ago, and they never again eased.
On a trip to Kabul in...
Pfizer pushes for third shot as Delta variant drives global outbreaks
Pfizer and BioNTech announced on Thursday they would seek authorisation for a third dose of their Covid-19 vaccine to boost its efficacy, as the Delta...
PCRWR finds 22 brands of bottled water unsafe for human consumption
22 brands of bottled water were identified by the Pakistan Council for Research in Water Resources (PCRWR) to be unsafe for human consumption, Dawn...
Taliban capture key border crossing with Iran: spokesperson
KABUL: The Taliban said on Friday they had captured Afghanistan's biggest border crossing with Iran, as the insurgents continued a blistering offensive across the...
Govt to link performance reports of officials to resolution of public complaints
Prime Minister Imran Khan decided on Friday to make performance reports of government officials conditional to their resolution of public grievances.
According to a letter...
Pakistan welcomes Iran’s mediation efforts between Taliban and Afghan govt
Pakistan on Friday welcomed Iran's engagement with the Taliban and the Afghan government in search of a negotiated settlement in the war-torn country.
"Pakistan welcomes...
Akhtar Mengal thinks govt isn’t serious about talking to insurgents
Sardar Akhtar Mengal, the chief of the Balochistan National Party-Mengal, has expressed skepticism over the possibility of a dialogue between the government and the...
PM accused by Maryam of buying votes ahead of AJK election
Prime Minister Imran Khan has been accused by Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz Vice President Maryam Nawaz of buying votes for the upcoming Azad Jammu and...
Islamabad IGP briefs PM about progress in couple harassment case
Islamabad Inspector General of Police Qazi Jameel-ur-Rehman called on Prime Minister Imran Khan in the federal capital on Friday and briefed him about the...
Pakistanis stranded in Europe, Middle East to be brought back by July 20, NA told
ISLAMABAD: Minister for Aviation Ghulam Sarwar Khan has assured that all the stranded Pakistanis in Europe and the Middle East will be brought to...
Taliban say they control 85pc of Afghan territory
MOSCOW: The Taliban said on Friday they now control 85 per cent of Afghanistan's territory as the group mount an offensive amid a US military...
‘Clear early signs of fourth wave starting’, says Asad Umar
Federal Minister for Planning, Development and Special Initiatives Asad Umar on Friday said that “there are clear early signs of fourth wave starting” in...
Power sharing best way to avert civil war in Afghanistan: FM
ISLAMABAD: Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi on Friday told a Senate panel that a power-sharing formula in Afghanistan is the best way to avoid...
