US has “heard” Pakistan’s terror concerns and could help, says Rubio
ISLAMABAD: The US has “heard” Pakistan’s complaints that terrorists are launching attacks from Afghan soil and would play a “productive role” in easing tensions if there is one to play, Marco Rubio has said.
Iran credits Pakistan and Qatar with peace efforts, offers two-day path to reopen Hormuz
ISLAMABAD: Iran’s foreign minister has praised Pakistan and Qatar for their efforts to end the war with the United States, saying Tehran could reopen the Strait of Hormuz within two days if Washington meets its conditions, as regional powers try to head off renewed fighting after Tuesday’s US midterm elections.
Militant attacks in Pakistan fall by more than a third in October, kidnappings hit year-high
ISLAMABAD: Militant attacks in Pakistan fell by 37 percent in October, an Islamabad-based think tank said on Sunday, though kidnappings rose to their highest monthly level in a year.
BITES
- 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
Pakistan takes helm of G-24, pledging louder voice for developing nations
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan assumed the chairmanship of the Group of 24 developing economies on Sunday, with Finance Minister Muhammad Aurangzeb pledging to use the platform to press for a more responsive, fair and development-oriented international financial system.
PIA gets first Boeing Co. 787-9 Dreamliner in fleet rebuild
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan International Airlines received its first Boeing Co. 787-9 Dreamliner on Sunday, a leased jet that is the first of its type to join any Pakistani carrier and the clearest sign yet of the fleet rebuild promised by the airline’s new private owners.