Taliban back door-to-door polio vaccine drive
The Taliban interim government has backed a house-to-house polio vaccination drive next month across the country.
In a statement, the World Health Organization and the...
Afghan girls, female teachers set to resume education
The Taliban have said that Afghan girls and female teaching will be soon be allowed to return to secondary schools and higher education institutions.
Talking...
Talks with IMF ‘moving forward positively,’ says MoF
The government has denied that talks with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) have failed.
A press statement by the Ministry of Finance said on Sunday:...
$1 billion tranche, Pakistan’s talks with IMF fail again
Pakistan and the International Monetary Fund (IMF) remained unsuccessful in reaching a staff-level agreement yet again owing to point of conflicts over the macroeconomic...
Opposition slams govt for unprecedented hike in petrol price
The opposition has rejected unprecedented hike in the price of petroleum products but masses have been keeping mum.
The federal government had on Saturday raised...
Pakistanis blown by petrol bomb after electric shock a day earlier
A day after the electric shock, the Pakistanis were blown by a petrol bomb as the PTI-led government on Saturday increased petrol price by...
At least 33 killed, 73 wounded in a deadly bomb blast targeting a Shia...
At least 33 people have been killed and 73 have been wounded in an explosion in a Shia mosque in Kandahar on Friday.
The explosion...
PM Imran says ‘technical issues’ in appointment of ISI DG to be resolved
Prime Minister Imran Khan has said that the "technical issues" in the appointment of the director-general of the Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) would soon be...
PIA suspends operation to Kabul due to ‘heavy handedness’ of Taliban
National carrier Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) on Thursday suspended flights to the Afghan capital, Kabul, after what it called "heavy handed" interference by Taliban...
Govt has put economy on right track, says Tarin
Finance Minister Shaukat Tarin has said that the government has no plan to increase the power tariff immediately.
In his interaction with American think tank...
