KARACHI – The Pakistan Stock Exchange (PSX) witnessed a sluggish session during the intraday trading on Friday as a staff-level agreement with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) for the completion of the ninth review of a $7 billion loan programme was delayed. The benchmark KSE-100 index ...

*KARACHI: Pakistan Stock Exchange (PSX) on Monday witnessed a decline of 368 points with KSE-100 index trading below the 43,000-mark. * The PSX witnessed a decline by 368-points and traded at 42,902 points amid rising political temperatures in the country. It is pertinent to mention here that ...

*LAHORE: Pakistan Muslim League (PML-Q) leader Kamil Ali Agha has moved a petition before the Lahore High Court (LHC), seeking a stay on a decision from the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) to halt intra-party polls to elect the new president and general secretary. * He filed the petition ...

*ISLAMABAD: The Islamabad High Court (IHC) on Tuesday dismissed an intra-court appeal seeking treason proceedings against former prime minister and others. * A two-member bench of the high court comprised of Justice Aamir Farooq and Justice Sardar Ijaz Ishaq Khan announced the reserved verdict ...

The Afghan government on Saturday floated an idea of executing the remaining steps of crucial intra-Afghan negotiations with the Taliban inside Afghanistan. In a series of tweets, National Security Adviser Hamdullah Mohib said the Afghan government has no specific concerns regarding location ...

Gen. Scott Miller, commander of US and NATO forces in Afghanistan, speaking during a visit to the eastern province of Laghman, called the ongoing negotiations in Doha "very promising." “Discussions in Doha are very promising and important for the Afghan people, we also know the Taliban violence ...

KABUL - US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Tuesday welcomed the beginning of the intra-Afghan talks, and said that for the first time in 20 years Afghans have sat down to solve the ongoing crisis in Afghanistan. Speaking at an Atlantic Council think tank event, Pompeo call the Doha meeting a ...

BEIJING - Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) Secretary General, Vladimir Norov has welcomed the beginning of inclusive talks between the Afghanistan’s Government and the Taliban in Doha, the capital of Qatar. “We would like to express hope for the progressive development of ...

The Afghan government and the Taliban formed on Sunday working groups to take dialogue forward, a day after they began their first direct talks to end nearly two decades of fighting. Abdullah Abdullah, chairman of the High Council of National Reconciliation of Afghanistan, told a press conference ...

Karachi - Prime Minister Imran Khan has said that Pakistan played a key role in the process of initiating intra-Afghan peace talks, media reported on Friday. Welcoming the start of peace process, the PM said that the people of Afghanistan had been waiting for the day for several years. He added ...