Taliban rise, Kabul falls
The Taliban declared an end to the war in Afghanistan after gaining control of the presidential palace in Kabul on Sunday. Meanwhile, Western nations struggled on Monday to relocate their citizens amid chaos at the
The Taliban declared an end to the war in Afghanistan after gaining control of the presidential palace in Kabul on Sunday. Meanwhile, Western nations struggled on Monday to relocate their citizens amid chaos at the
Pakistan’s rating on four more of the 40 technical recommendations of the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) has been improved by the Asia Pacific Group (APG) on Money Laundering. However, it has been retained on
President Dr Arif Alvi and Prime Minister (PM) Imran Khan said that with the handling of the COVID-19 pandemic, universal recognition of the government’s policies towards the recovery of the economy, and environment protection, Pakistan
Prime Minister Imran Khan said, on Wednesday, that the Afghan Taliban had said they would not sit on the discussion table with the Afghan government until Ashraf Ghani remains the president. The premier was talking
A US peace envoy, on Tuesday, warned the Taliban that any government that comes to power via the use of force in Afghanistan would not be internationally recognised. This comment from Zalmay Khalilzad comes in
Pakistan’s High Commissioner to the UK, Moazzam Ahmad Khan said, on Tuesday, that he is optimistic that the UK will remove Pakistan from its red list in the forthcoming travel update on August 26. He
The government asked the National Electric Power Regulatory Authority (Nepra) on Monday to approve the first part of its three-phased subsidy rationalisation plan envisioning the creation of four new tariff slabs. It includes a slight
Pakistan worry that the newly-formulated US policy - processing Afghan resettlement applications via third countries - will encourage an ungovernable influx of individuals across their borders. Both countries say that the US either processes such
Saudi Arabia is set to accept vaccinated foreigners coming for the Umrah pilgrimage - authorities announced on Sunday. The move is intended to boost the economy hit by the Covid pandemic. The Saudi Press Agency
Pakistan, on Friday, rejected Afghan and Indian allegations about the cross-border movement of Taliban fighters and the existence of safe havens as "mere fantasies". Pakistan said that any cross-border movement was not possible as the