KABUL: US Senator John McCain visited Kabul on Tuesday and said that Washington was counting on Islamabad’s support to eliminate militancy and in particular the Haqqani network, responsible for numerous attacks on Afghan territory. The relationship between the US and Pakistan has been strained at times, with some in Washington believing Islamabad has not done […]
ISLAMABAD: The National Accountability Bureau (NAB) has, since its inception, received around 343,356 complaints from individuals, private and public organizations and recovered around Rs287 billion from the corrupt. This ill-gotten money was deposited in the national exchequer, NAB Chairman Qamar Zaman Chaudhry said while chairing a monthly coordination meeting held in Islamabad to review progress […]
SRINAGAR: Chairman of All Parties Hurriyat Conference (APHC), Syed Ali Gilani on Wednesday said that Indian authorities are kidnapping Hurriyat leaders and are lodging them at unknown locations in New Delhi. He termed it a sheer political vendetta. Syed Ali Gilani in a statement issued in Srinagar expressed deep concern over the kidnapping of ailing […]
The rape of a teenage girl in revenge for a crime committed by her brother has left residents of Raja Ram in central Pakistan shaken and questioning a deeply entrenched system of village justice. Last month, a council of village elders ordered the rape of the 16-year-old victim after her brother was accused of raping […]
ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court on Thursday directed the federal government to submit details of all its projects, which were headed by noted scientist Dr Samar Mubarkmand, who was also provided Rs 37 million for the indigenous production of cardiac stents. A three-member bench Supreme Court bench comprising Chief Justice Mian Saqib Nisar, Justice Umar Ata […]
ISLAMABAD: Commerce and Textile Minister Muhammad Pervaiz Malik and the United Kingdom (UK) Minister of State for Trade Policy Greg Hands met on Monday. “Pakistan and the UK enjoy a shared history and a shared future. At this pivotal moment marking 70 years of diplomatic relation we reconfirm our ambition to build shared prosperity between […]