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Pak not planning to buy vaccines; to rely on herd immunity, donated jabs

Pakistan is not planning to buy vaccines anytime soon as it aims to tackle the Covid-19 challenge through herd immunity and donated vaccines

Imran Khan called own legislators for taking bribes: Yousaf Raza Gilani

Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) leader Yousaf Raza Gilani, has said that Prime Minister Imran Khan called his own legislators for taking bribes and selling loyalties

Pak PM Imran Khan to seek vote of confidence from parliament on Saturday

The premier will have to dissolve the National Assembly and call for fresh elections if he fails to win the confidence vote

Pakistan opposition parties asks PM Imran Khan to resign honourably

An upbeat opposition asked P "to resign in an honourable way" after the defeat of the govt's candidate at the hands of the PDM candidate Syed Yousuf Raza Gilani in the Senate elections

Turkey widens war technology hunt by tapping Pakistan's China ties

A deal would get Nato-member Turkey closer to some of China's military technology

Pak's ex-premier Gilani defeats finance minister in Senate election

Prime Minister Khan had personally made efforts for Shaikh''s victory in the hotly contested election.

Pakistan needs legislation to meet 3 outstanding FATF benchmarks: Report

Pak will have to make further legislation on at least two counts to meet three outstanding benchmarks of the 27-point action plan of the global money laundering and terrorist financing watchdog FATF

Pakistan signs gas deal with Qatar, may save $3 billion in 10 years

Pakistan's landmark, new deal with Qatar for liquefied natural gas at lower rates will save Islamabad a total of about USD 3 billion over the next 10 years, an adviser to the country's prime minister said on Monday. The agreement, signed last Friday, will save the state USD 317 million annually due to the reduced price of the gas compared to the 2015 agreement between the two countries, according to Nadeem Babar, Prime Minister Imran Khan's adviser on petroleum. This "will result in the lowering of the overall cost of liquefied natural gas" imported from Qatar, Babar said. Under the agreement, which comes into effect in January 2022, Pakistan will import liquefied natural gas or LNG from Qatar at a reduced price of about 31 per cent, compared to the previous agreement signed in 2015 for 15 years. At the time, Islamabad's agreeing to pay a higher price had drawn criticism from experts. Many Pakistanis have been rallying, angry over long power cuts in the summer and shortages of ..

Gilgit-Baltistan neglected by Imran Khan despite being a gateway to CPEC

CPEC has saddled Pakistan with debt, it has not lived up to its ambitions, leaving Pakistan to face the inevitability of mortgaging sovereignty further to China

Pakistan arrests 17 Indian fishermen for 'straying into territorial waters'

Pakistan has arrested 17 Indian fishermen and confiscated their three boats for allegedly straying into the country's territorial waters. The fishermen, arrested on Friday, were produced before a judicial magistrate on Saturday and handed over to the police, said a spokesperson for the Pakistan Maritime Security Agency. The official said the Indian fishermen were warned that they were in Pakistan's territorial waters and should turn away but did not heed the warning. Fast response boats were used to arrest the 17 fishermen who were 10-15 nautical miles inside Pakistan's territorial waters near Sir Creek, the coastal border between Pakistan and India, the spokesperson said. The Indian fishermen are sent either to Malir or Landhi jail in Karachi. The arrest comes after a gap of one year when 23 Indian fishermen were arrested and four of their fishing boats seized by the Maritime Security Agency. Pakistan and India frequently arrest fishermen as there is no clear demarcation of the

Pak to stay on FATF 'grey list', asked to address 'serious deficiencies'

FATF president said Pakistan is yet to demonstrate taking action against the UN designated terrorists and their associates

Sri Lanka, Pakistan agree to strengthen cooperation in various areas

The agreement came as visiting Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan met here with Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa for bilateral ties

China's debt-trap diplomacy: Pak to seek debt relief for power projects

A high-level delegation led by Pakistani President Arif Alvi visited Beijing last March to discuss the possibility of a 2.5 per cent cut in the present interest rate

FDI in Pakistan down by 27% in first seven months, says report

Foreign direct investment in Pakistan has seen a 27 per cent decline in the first seven months of the current fiscal, owing mainly to the fall in investment from its close ally China, a media report said on Tuesday. The Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) in Pakistan during the first seven years fell by 27 per cent compared to the same period last fiscal year, Dawn newspaper reported, quoting the State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) as saying. The SBP, the central bank, on Monday said that the FDI during July-January FY-21 was USD 1.145 billion against an inflow of USD 1.577bn in the same period last fiscal year. The inflow during January was USD 192.7 million compared to USD 219 million in the same month of the previous fiscal year, registering a 12 per cent decline. However, the seven-month decline was mainly due to a decline in net FDI from China and increase in net outflow to Norway, the report said. The country-wise details showed that net inflow of FDI from China was USD 402.8 million .

Imran says Pak seeks to enhance trade ties with Sri Lanka through CPEC

Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan on Tuesday said that he was looking forward to enhancing trade ties with Sri Lanka through the multi-billion dollar China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC). Khan, in an address following his meeting with his Sri Lankan counterpart Mahinda Rajapaksa, said that his maiden visit is aimed at strengthening the bilateral relationship. It is to strengthen our trading ties. Pakistan is part of the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) of China, the CPEC is one of its flagship programmes," he said. Khan said that the CPEC means connectivity right up to Central Asia. "We also discussed other areas where we can enhance our trading ties where Sri Lanka can benefit from Pakistan's connectivity in the future, right up to central Asia. And our trading ties will also mean that the two countries will get together," he said. The CPEC, which connects Gwadar Port in Balochistan with China's Xinjiang province, is the flagship project of Chinese President Xi Jinping's ambiti

Pakistan likely to remain in grey list as FATF meet begins: Report

Ahead of the plenary, the FATF updated the overall performance of all countries

Pak FM expresses concern over current level of violence in Afghanistan

Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi on Friday expressed concern over the current level of violence in Afghanistan and urged all sides to take measures towards a ceasefire in the war-torn country. He was talking to Afghan leader Ahmed Wali Massoud, who is head of Massoud Foundation and is visiting Pakistan, according to the Foreign Office (FO). During the meeting, the two focused on the Afghan Peace Process and Pakistan-Afghanistan bilateral relations. The foreign minister expressed serious concern at the current level of violence and underscored that all sides must take measures for reduction in violence leading to ceasefire. He also underlined the need for being vigilant about the role of spoilers. Highlighting that Pakistan had no favourites in Afghanistan, Qureshi reiterated that Pakistan's message to all sides was to work together constructively for a peaceful, stable and prosperous Afghanistan, which would open new vistas for trade, economic cooperation and regional ...

Shekhar Gupta: Two fronts, one challenge

India must break out of the strategic triangulation between China and Pakistan. Before that, it has to decide if it will allow domestic electoral interests limit its strategic options

Pakistan FM calls on global community to address structural discrimination

Pakistan Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi on Thursday urged the international community to address the drivers of structural discrimination, including those rooted in the history of colonialism

MHA denies permission to 600 Sikh pilgrims planning to visit Pakistan

The Union Home Ministry Thursday denied permission to 600 Sikh pilgrims intending to visit gurdwaras in Pakistan citing the security and COVID-19 situation in that country, officials said.