US, Iran report ‘positive progress’ in Doha talks, next round to follow Khamenei funeral
ISLAMABAD: Iran and the United States made ‘positive progress’ in two days of indirect talks in Doha this week aimed at shoring up a fragile ceasefire, mediators Qatar and Pakistan said on Thursday, though officials on both sides gave no indication the broader dispute over Tehran’s nuclear program had moved closer to resolution.
Pakistan says it downs four Afghan drones as Taliban claims strikes on its soil
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s military said on Wednesday it had shot down four drones launched from Afghanistan into the southwestern province of Balochistan, hours after Afghanistan’s Taliban administration claimed its forces had carried out airstrikes on Pakistani territory, in the latest flare-up along a border that has seen months of deadly clashes.
Militant violence in Pakistan declines in June, though high-profile attacks continue – report
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan recorded a broad decline in militant violence and security force casualties in June even as a string of high-profile suicide bombings underscored the persistent threat facing the country, according to data published on Wednesday by an Islamabad-based research group that tracks conflict trends.
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- Mobile broadband services restored
- LPG prices rise by 29.2pc for February
- Cabinet swells to 75 members
- Govt allows TCP to import wheat via all ports
- World Bank approves $200 million in loan for Punjab’s farm development project
- PM Sharif’s party decides to get tough on hecklers
- Apex court overturns PHC ban on poultry exports
- Shahbaz Gill declined bail
- IHC disposes of PTI employees petition against FIA notices
- Rupee plumbs new lows against dollar
- Punjab gets new policy chief
- Loans under Mera Ghar scheme to continue
- Senior army official shot dead in Balochistan rescue operation
- Bani Gala Firing: Man shot, wounded by PTI leader’s gunman
- Turkish commander calls on CJCSC
- Inquiry commission to probe reasons of energy crisis
- ANP set to fly Sharif’s coop
- Member Communist Party of China calls on COAS
- CHE to be renamed, HQ shifted to Karachi
- Pakistan to import high-quality Afghan coal in rupees
- IHC chucks plea to interfere with legislation
- Saudi Arabia confers King Abdulaziz medal on General Bajwa
- Interior Minister no-show at drugs case hearing
- Pakistan hopes early, successful visit by FATF team
- Pakistan commiserates with Afghanistan over quake, flood destruction
World Bank flags gaps in Pakistan’s fiscal federalism, urges tax and transfer overhaul
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan has made meaningful progress toward decentralising fiscal power to its provinces since 2010 but continues to deviate from international norms in critical areas, including the formula used to divide tax revenue between the federal government and the provinces, the World Bank said in a report published on Tuesday.
Pakistan stocks jump over two percent to open new fiscal year on inflation relief
KARACHI: Pakistani stocks extended a record-breaking rally on Wednesday, with the benchmark KSE-100 index jumping more than 3,700 points to open the new fiscal year, as investors bet that easing inflation will pave the way for interest rate cuts and cheaper oil bolsters the outlook for the import-dependent economy.