ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif and the Chief Executive Officer of Saudi Fund for Development (SFD), Sultan Abdulrahman Al-Marshad, witnessed the signing of two significant agreements between Pakistan and SFD, valued at $1.61 billion. The agreements were signed on Monday, further strengthening bilateral economic cooperation between the two nations. They include a deferred payment facility for oil imports from Saudi …
ISLAMABAD: Chief Justice of Pakistan Yahya Afridi on Monday welcomed the transfer of judges to the Islamabad High Court (IHC) amid opposition from the capital’s legal fraternity, terming the move a “fair chance” for judges from other provinces. President Asif Ali Zardari on Saturday approved the transfer of one judge each from the high courts of Lahore, Balochistan and Sindh …
QUETTA: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Monday saluted the sacrifices of the armed forces and said that Pakistan needed unity now more than ever before in its 78-year history. His remarks came after 18 soldiers were martyred and 23 terrorists were killed in various sanitisation operations across Balochistan on Friday. The Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR), the military’s media wing, said …
ISLAMABAD: The son of the deputy governor of Afghanistan’s Badghis province was among four terrorists killed during a counterterrorism operation last week in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, state-run Radio Pakistan reported on Monday. Islamabad has consistently voiced concerns that the banned Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) uses Afghan soil to launch attacks in Pakistan, asking the Afghanistan government to rein in the group. Kabul …
RAWALPINDI: PTI Chairman Barrister Gohar Ali Khan said on Monday that party founder and former prime minister Imran Khan has written a letter to Chief of Army Staff (COAS) General Asim Munir regarding the “need to reevaluate policy”, adding that the text of the letter will be made public today. Last month, the issue of a meeting between Gen Munir …
ISLAMABAD: The Foreign Office (FO) on Monday confirmed that President Asif Ali Zardari will embark on a four-day state visit to China, starting on February 4 at the invitation of Chinese President Xi Jinping. In November, the president had been unable to proceed to China on a scheduled official visit due to a foot fracture as the doctors had advised …
KURRAM: Four more bunkers were demolished as part of ongoing efforts to enforce a peace agreement in parts of Lower Kurram, on Sunday. So far, 22 bunkers have been demolished as per the peace accord signed between the warring sides last month. However, locals have complained that helicopter flights from Parachinar to Peshawar are too few and far between, while …
ISLAMABAD / LAHORE: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif met National Assembly Speaker Ayaz Sadiq on Sunday after Mr Sadiq’s meeting with Interior Minister Mohsin Naqvi and discussed the scenario following the collapse of government negotiations with the Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI). A source in the government told that the prime minister was advised to dissolve the dialogue committee formed to negotiate with …
PESHAWAR: The President of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) in Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa, Junaid Akbar, has confirmed ongoing communication between the party leadership and institutional bodies while emphasizing that such communications have always taken place at PTI’s discretion in the past. Speaking to the media after presiding over the first meeting of PTI leaders in Peshawar on Sunday, Akbar stated that the gathering focused …
ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Sunday launched the year’s first nationwide anti-polio campaign, running from February 3 to 9, by administering polio drops to children under five and vowing to eradicate the disease from the country. Pakistan is one of the last two countries in the world, alongside Afghanistan, where polio remains endemic. Despite global efforts to eradicate the …