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The Preferential Trade Agreement (PTA) between Pakistan and Indonesia will become operational on September 1st (Sunday), creating new opportunities for mutually beneficial exploitation of the huge trade potential that happily marks the historically friendly relations between Pakistan and Indonesia, officials say. The last hurdle in the actualization of the PTA was removed by the signing […]
A bomb explosion have killed at least five children and injured three others in northern Baghlan Province, officials said Saturday. Shamsoddin Sarhadi, governor of Doshi District in Baghlan Province, said that the explosion in Fayazqol area of the district, Afghan Islamic Press news agency reported. He also said: “Some children were feeding their animals in […]
Senior Pakistani and Chinese military leaders have pledged to boost defence cooperation, Chinese officials said. China’s Vice Chairman of Central Military Commission Xu Qiliang met with General Khalid Shameem Wynne, chairman of Joint Chiefs of Staff Committee of Pakistan, in Beijing on Saturday. During the meeting, the two generals pledged to further boost military cooperation […]
Islamabad police have claimed they have recovered a vehicle with explosives and frustrated terror plan. A police officer said one hundred and twenty-five kilogram explosives were concealed in the car in a house in Barakahu area. The non-customs paid vehicle was taken by the police. The explosives were hidden in doors and CNG cylinder of […]
Pakistan will formally lodge its protest on US drone attacks in the UN General Assembly session next month, the country’s top official said Friday. Adviser on Foreign Affairs Sartaj Aziz in a policy statement in National Assembly said the US attacks violate Pakistan’s sovereignty and international laws. “A breakthrough is expected on the […]
Chairman Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf Imran Khan has opposed any military operation in Karachi. Talking to media in Islamabad on Friday‚ he said that police should be depoliticized. He said the nation has already faced negative consequences of military operation in 1992. He proposed that a special police force should be constituted to address the issue […]
Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam (JUI-F) and PTI of Imran Khan Friday continued verbal attacks on each other. This time Maulana Fazal-ur-Rehman said PTI gov’t in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa is now just a matter of a month or two and that there is no need to move a no-confidence motion against Pervez Khattak. PTI’s health minister, Shaukat Yousafzai, says […]
Pakistan will be hosting the 11th West Asia Baseball Cup at Lahore from November 25 to December 1. Syed Khawar Shah, Pakistan Baseball Federation secretary said that teams of India, Sri Lanka, Afghanistan, Nepal, Iraq and other countries would be featuring in the event, says a press release. “The visiting teams will be arriving at […]
The parliament was informed on Friday that eleven Pakistanis, including eight soldiers, have been killed as the result of Indian unprovoked firing on the Line of Control in the disputed Kashmir region. Speaking at the National Assembly or Lower of the Parliament, Advisor to the Prime Minister on National Security and Foreign Affairs Sartaj Aziz, […]
Minister for Railways Khawaja Saad Rafique Friday told the National Assembly that there is no proposal under consideration to privatize Pakistan Railways. He informed the House during question hour that private partnership‚ however‚ will be promoted to provide better traveling facilities to the commuters. About the steps being taken to make Pakistan Railways a profitable […]
A toy bomb killed a child and injured another in Quetta on Friday, police said. The device went off as a child touched at Akhtar Abad, an area in the outskirts of Quetta, the capital of Balochistan. One child died at the scene and another was injured. He was taken to a nearby hospital. Police […]
A bomb blast Friday killed a senior Afghan official and his three guards in northern Afghan province of Kunduz, the police said. The administrative chief of the Dashti-i-Archi district, Sheikh Saddruddin wanted to attend a special prayer for a deceased relative in a mosque when the bomber targeted him. “ As he approached the compound […]
