KABUL, (AFP) – Rabia Jamal made a difficult decision less than a month after the Taliban marched into the Afghan capital: she would brave the hardliners and return to work at the airport. The hazards were obvious, but the 35-year-old mother of three thought she had no option because theContinue Reading
The Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) emerged as the clear winner in the cantonment board elections held across Pakistan on Sunday. According to early, unconfirmed results, the PTI received 63 seats, closely followed by the PML-N, which received 59. 52 seats were won by independent candidates. The PPP received 17, the Jamaat-e-IslamiContinue Reading
ISLAMABAD: Fawad Chaudhry, the Federal Minister for Information and Broadcasting, stated on Friday that the Election Commission of Pakistan appears to have “become the headquarters for Opposition parties, with the chief election commissioner serving as their spokesman.” Fawad claimed no one is pleased with the ECP because “it comes outContinue Reading
ISLAMABAD: Officials from Pakistan’s Election Body (ECP) walked out of a Senate Standing Committee on Parliamentary Affairs hearing after federal minister Azam Swati accused the commission of accepting bribes. When the committee met on Friday under the chairmanship of Senator Taj Haider, the argument over the use of electronic votingContinue Reading
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan has encouraged the international community to recognise Afghanistan’s new reality and interact with it in the sake of regional peace and stability. Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi, speaking to the media in Islamabad with his Spanish counterpart Jose Manuel Albares, stated that isolating Afghanistan will have significant implications.Continue Reading
General Qamar Javed Bajwa, the Chief of Army Staff (COAS), said Friday that the international community’s constructive involvement and long-term humanitarian support for Afghanistan is critical for the country’s long-term peace and security. The army chief made his remarks during the Corps Commander Conference, which he convened at General HeadquartersContinue Reading
The Taliban-led Afghan government will be sworn in on September 11, the 20th anniversary of the terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center in New York, according to Geo. Two days earlier, the Taliban declared the formation of an interim administration led by Mullah Mohammad Hassan Akhund as prime minister,Continue Reading
ISLAMABAD: Finance Minister Shaukat Tarin said on Thursday that commerce with Afghanistan will be conducted in Pakistani currency due to a dollar scarcity in Kabul. Senator Senator Talha Mehmood, who chairs the Senate Standing Committee on Finance, made the decision during a meeting of the committee. According to Tarin, theContinue Reading
ISLAMABAD: Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al-Thani, Qatar’s Deputy Prime Minister, is expected to arrive in Pakistan today for talks on Afghanistan and other bilateral matters, according to the Foreign Office. Foreign Minister Makhdoom Shah Mahmood Qureshi will meet with Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al-Thani, according to the Foreign Office, toContinue Reading
The Pakistan Cricket Board said Monday that team coaches Misbah-ul-Haq and Waqar Younis had resigned from their positions. Misbah and Waqar both informed the cricket board of their decisions late Monday morning. They were both appointed in September 2019 with one year remaining on their contracts. The PCB has appointedContinue Reading
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