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FATF regional group keeps Pakistan on its 'Enhanced Follow-up List'

A regional affiliate of the Financial Acton Task Force (FATF) asked the country to strengthen its implementation of anti-money laundering and combating terror financing measures

3 teenage boys dead, 2 injured in hand-grenade explosion in Pakistan

In a hand-grenade explosion that occurred near a seminary in the Kharotabad area on Thursday, three teenage boys died and two others suffered injuries

Pak Interior Minister Sheikh Rashid says Islamabad to fence Iran border

Interior Minister Sheikh Rashid before heading to his two-day visit to Waziristan stated in a video message on Friday that the government would fence its border along Iran

Oppn party PML-N slams Imran Khan govt for rising inflation in Pakistan

PML-N lashed out at the Imran Khan-led government for the rising inflation in the country and reiterated that the party will not let the PTI pass the 'anti-people budget' in the National Assembly

Pakistan inflation at 10.9% in May 2021 due to hike in energy, food prices

Pakistan's inflation remained in double digits for second successive month due to increase in energy, food prices and stood at 10.9% in May

Pak to expedite anti-Covid campaign; to inoculate 70 mn people by year end

Pakistan on Wednesday announced to expedite its nationwide anti-coronavirus vaccination campaign and inoculate 70 million people in the country by the year end

Shops sealed for violating coronavirus SOPs in Pakistan's Karachi

The Karachi administration sealed over a dozen shops on Tuesday night for not following Covid-19 SOPs

Pakistan reports less than 2,000 new Covid cases for 2nd consecutive day

With 1,843 new infections, Pakistan on Wednesday reported less than 2,000 coronavirus cases for the second consecutive day, pushing the national tally to 924,667 countrywide

PPP to hold protests against Imran Khan's govt over water shortage in Sindh

Pakistan People's Party Sindh chapter announced holding protests against Imran Khan's government at the district-level in the Sindh province from June 3 to June 15 against acute water shortage

After gas pipeline deal, Russian President's visit to Pakistan on the cards

After Pakistan and Russia signed a fresh agreement to lay a gas pipeline, prospects of Russian President Vladimir Putin visiting Islamabad for the very first time were on the cards

Bangladesh rises to be South Asia's standout star as India, Pak fall behind

Bangladesh's growth rests on three pillars: exports, social progress and fiscal prudence

Opposition rejects Pakistan govt's bid to postpone elections in PoK

Former Pakistan PM Raja Pervaiz Ashraf said the PPP had rejected the federal government's bid to delay the upcoming polls in Pakistan-occupied Kashmir due to Covid-19

New Pakistan finance minister considers stimulus package to help economy

The stimulus options include incentives in collaboration with the central bank or packages targeted at the poor, said one of the people

Pak's Covid body suggests postponing of Pakistan Occupied Kashmir polls

Pakistan's coronavirus-monitoring body, NCOC on Sunday suggested postponing of the upcoming Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK) election by two months amid COVID-19 pandemic

Kuwait resumes visas for Pakistani citizens after ten-year suspension

After a ten-years of suspension, Kuwait on Sunday announced the resumption of visas, including in family and business categories for Pakistani citizens

Over dozen students arrested in Pak after protest against in-person exams

Students were protesting against the government's decision to hold in-person exams of classes 10 and 12 from June 23, despite a surge in Covid-19 cases in the country

Pakistan fails to prove alleged India role in China consulate attack

Pakistan has failed to prove the alleged "involvement" of India in a case related to the November 2018 attack on the Chinese consulate in Karachi, in which four people were killed

Pakistan govt sets 4.8% GDP growth target for next financial year

Pakistan has also revised down its GDP data for the financial year that ended last June to show a contraction of 0.47 per cent from one of 0.38 per cent

Pak blueprint for bilateral ties with US based on economy, not security

Seeking a "paradigm shift" in its ties with the US, Pakistan's National Security Adviser Moeed Yusuf has presented to his American counterpart Jake Sullivan a blueprint to enhance bilateral relations not based on security and defence but focusing on economy and trade, according to a media report on Wednesday. Yusuf, who was appointed as the National Security Adviser (NSA) this month, met Sullivan on Sunday in Geneva. In a first in-person high-level meeting, the Pakistani and the US NSAs held wide-ranging talks on the bilateral, regional and global issues of mutual interest. Breaking from the past practice, Yusuf presented the Pakistani plan, seeking bilateral cooperation with the US not based on security and defence but economy, trade and business. Sources familiar with the development told The Express Tribune that Pakistan is seeking a "paradigm shift" in its approach as far as ties with the US are concerned. The relationship between Pakistan and the US has often been seen as ...

Pakistan FM Qureshi rules out providing military bases to US in future

Foreign minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi on Tuesday said in the Senate that Pakistan would not provide its military bases to the United States for future counter-terrorism operations in Afghanistan