ISLAMABAD – Pakistan needs $9.25 in debt repayments during the currentfiscal year which would be a challenge. The amount needed to pay foreign debts and interest is almost equal to theforex reserves held by the central banks warranting foreign loan to keepthe country afloat. Serious efforts are needed to control imports otherwise the deficit canjump … Read more
*ISLAMABAD – Pakistan Air Force’s (PAF) two JF-17 Thunder and one SuperMushshak aircraft along with pilots, technicians and engineers of the PAFarrived at Air Base, Deblin (Poland) to participate in the RadomInternational Air Show 2018.* The Air Show is part of the celebrations of the 100th Anniversary of PolishAir Force, a press release issued here … Read more
ISLAMABAD – Asad Umer has been appointed as the new Finance Minister ofPakistan. Asad Umar graduated from the Institute of Business Administration (IBA),Karachi in 1984 and did a short stint at HSBC Pakistan before moving towhat was then Exxon Chemical Pakistan as a business analyst. When Umarresigned from Engro Corporation after 27 years of an … Read more
Imran Khattak | Peshawar A man named Rahman ul Haq was killed yesterday in Swabi during a raid by the Counter Terrorism Department of the KPK Police during which a CTD officer has also received bullets and was subsequently transferred to the hospital. According to the Police IG Mohammad Tahir Khan, the operation was launched by … Read more
NEW DELHI – India plans to invoke a 32-year-old Commonwealth pact to seekdetails from Pakistan about the 2018 Sunjawan Army camp terror attackmastermind Mufti Waqas, a Jaish-e-Mohammed (JeM) militant who was killed bysecurity forces in March this year, according to officials. The move is also expected to help India in making a fresh appeal to … Read more
*QUETTA – The Balochistan Awami Party (BAP) to form coalition government inBalochistan following the support of its allies.* The recently-formed BAP has become the largest political party inBalochistan 18 out of 50 seats in the assembly. The Hazara Democratic Party, Awami National Party, Balochistan NationalParty (Awami) and three independent candidates have pledged their supportto the … Read more
KARACHI: In an unprecedented development on Saturday, the official twitteraccount of PTI tweeted for the first time in Chinese language showingparty’s eagerness to work towards the success of China-Pakistan EconomicCorridor. Commenting on the matter, Editor-in-Chief of highly influential GlobalTimes Hu Xijin said: “We have noticed the new signals.” On Friday the newspaper published an editorial … Read more
PESHAWAR – In an unprecedented move, women stepped out of their homes tovote in North Waziristan as polls opened across the country on Wednesday. Speaking to *Geo.tv,*Deputy Commissioner Tribal District North WaziristanMuhammad Ayaz Khan said untoward incidents have not been reported to thearea’s administration. Similarly, women cast their votes for the first time in the … Read more
Saadullah Yousafzai | Peshawar According to sources from Pakistan’s security services, a wanted terrorist leader identified as Ali Masood Faridi alias Commander Moaaz has been assassinated in Afghanistan last week. Talking to us on a condition of anonymity, the source disclosed that Faridi was the mastermind of the 2015 suicide attack on an Imambargah located in … Read more
WASHINGTON – World Factbook of Central Intelligence Agency of United Stateshas categorised Hindu extremist group of Bajrang Dal and Vishwa HinduParishad as militant religious organisations. According to KMS, the CIA World Factbook has not only identified the Hindugroups as ‘militant organisations’, it has also issued a map of India whereit has shown Line of Control … Read more