10 cops killed in ‘terror attack’ in Iran’s southeast – Newspaper
TEHRAN: At least 10 police officers were killed in a “terrorist attack” in an area of southeastern Iran long plagued by unrest, local media reported on Saturday. They were killed during an attack on “police vehicles” in Sistan-Baluchistan province’s Taftan county, the Mehr and Tasnim news agencies reported, without saying how it was carried out. […]
MNCs essential good sales see mixed trend amid boycott – Pakistan
KARACHI: The manufacturers of essential foreign items in Pakistan have not experienced significant declines, unlike foreign soft drink, mineral water, and fast food sales, which have been adversely affected by consumer boycott in response to the massacre of thousands of Palestinians by Israeli forces over the past year. For example, Nestlé Pakistan’s sales for the […]
Trade deficit with regional states balloons 62pc – Pakistan
ISLAMABAD: The country’s trade deficit with nine neighbouring countries swelled by 62 per cent to $2.917 billion in the first quarter of the current fiscal year from $1.80bn. Trade experts attributed the surge mainly to increased imports from China, India and Afghanistan. Since the deficit rise remains unchanged from the previous fiscal year, it may […]
Aurangzeb hopes for higher investments in next CPEC phase – Pakistan
WASHINGTON: Finance Minister Muhammad Aurangzeb has said that the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) has transitioned from a government-to-government investment model in its first phase to a business-to-business engagement in its second phase. He made these remarks in an interview with the US edition of China’s CGTN network. He previously indicated that Pakistan could repay its […]
Pakistan sends 13th consignment of aid for people of Gaza, Lebanon – Pakistan
ISLAMABD: Pakistan on Saturday sent another consignment of humanitarian aid, including 100 tonnes of winterised tents and blankets, to the war-affected people of Gaza and Lebanon. The aid shipment was dispatched by the National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) on the directives of PM Shehbaz Sharif. This is 13th consignment sent from Islamabad to Amman (Jordan) […]
Is Middle Eastern escalation inevitable? – Pakistan
AFTER several weeks of preparations, Israel carried out its promised attack on Iran in the small hours of Saturday but the scale and scope of the air/missile strikes appeared limited. It also declared it had completed its operations and warned Iran against retaliating. What next? This must be the question on many minds, as multiple […]
Unpacking the amendment – Pakistan
SUCCESSIVE governments and parliaments in Pakistan have appeared obsessed with constitutional amendments related to the judiciary, especially the superior judiciary. Our parliament has so far passed 23 constitutional amendments. Formally these are counted as 26 despite the fact that three (the ninth constitutional amendment of 1985, the 11th of 1989 and the 15th of 1998) […]
Green Climate Fund okays $50m to help Pakistan devise climate solutions – Pakistan
ISLAMABAD: The Green Climate Fund (GCF) has approved a project of Pakistan in the amount of $50 million that will focus on developing local homegrown climate solutions by harnessing the country’s dynamic and growing start-up ecosystem. In Pakistan, GCF is working with the National Rural Support Programme (NRSP), to support local homegrown climate solutions by […]
WHO chief says situation in Gaza ‘catastrophic’ – World
PALESTINIAN civil defence members rescue a child, following Israeli bombardment on a house in Gaza City, on Saturday.—AFP GENEVA/ GAZA CITY: The World Health Organisation chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus has termed the situation in northern Gaza ‘catastrophic’ with “intensive military operations unfolding around and within healthcare facilities”. “The situation in northern Gaza is catastrophic,” Tedros […]
Six personnel among eight martyred in suicide blast on post in North Waziristan – Pakistan
• Several vehicles damaged in N. Waziristan attack • Militants target former JUI-F senator’s residence NORTH WAZIRISTAN / PESHAWAR: At least eight people, including four policemen and two security officials, embraced martyrdom and several others were injured in a suicide bomb blast at a joint police and security forces checkpoint in the Eidak area of […]