Islamabad: Since the last election in July 2018, the newly elected government had added a total of 2.42tr to the debt and it grows to Rs 26.64 trillion till December 2018. The growth of debt is due to low revenues and high expenditures. FBR has failed to collect the revenue target. The government’s estimate shows […]
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KPK government will frame ToRs for negotiations with PTM
Peshawar: KPK Government will frame TOR’s for negotiations with Pashtun Tahafuz Movement (PTM) to talk about its complaints and other issues. The spokesman of KPK Ajmal Khan Wazir said the Advisory Committee for Redressal and Development for the merged tribal districts would start talks with the key leaders of Pashtun Tahafuz Movment. The meeting was […]
Japan gay couples seek marriage rights in Valentine’s lawsuit
Chizuka Oe and Yoko Ogawa have been together for 25 years, but when they submitted their marriage registration at a Tokyo town hall, they knew it would be rejected. “We were told that they cannot accept our registration because we are both women,” said Ogawa, standing in the winter sun outside the building in Nakano […]
Hundreds flee US-backed Syria battle for last IS holdout
SDF spokesman Mustefa Bali said on Tuesday that 600 civilians had fled the combat zone overnight and the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said another 350 made it out that day The ferocious battle for the Islamic State group’s last bastion in eastern Syria entered its fifth day on Wednesday, as exhausted families left the […]
Mexican drug lord ‘El Chapo’ convicted by NY jury
The verdict could result in life behind bars for Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman, who was accused of smuggling tons of cocaine, heroin, methamphetamine and marijuana into the United States over a 25-year period Mexican mobster Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman was convicted Tuesday of crimes spanning a quarter-century in a trial that laid bare his lavish […]
World court to rule on Iran’s billions frozen in US
Relations have also been strained since US President Donald Trump’s decision to pull out of an international nuclear deal with Iran and reimpose sanctions The International Court of Justice on Wednesday will give its decision on a bid by Iran to recover $2 billion in frozen assets that the United States says must be paid […]
Malaysia makes record 30-tonne pangolin seizure
Pangolin body parts are highly valued in traditional medicine in countries including China and Vietnam while their meat is considered a delicacy Malaysian authorities have made a record seizure of about 30 tonnes of pangolins and their scales worth some $2 million in raids on major processing facilities, police and environmentalists said Tuesday. The haul […]
Thirty years after Rushdie fatwa, blasphemy still a potent weapon
Iran’s spiritual leader, the Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, issued a fatwa calling for Rushdie’s murder in 1989 Thirty years after Iran called for the killing of Salman Rushdie, the British novelist remains a figure of hate for extremists across the Muslim world, and though the level of outrage has dropped, the issue of blasphemy is as […]
Evidence against Kulbhushan to be submitted by Pakistan: S.M.Qureshi
Pakistan will submit evidence against Indian spy Kulbhushan Jhadav on February 19. Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi said that the Pakistani legal team will present the case of convicted Indian spy at the International Court of Justice, as the Indian spy has already confessed of terrorist activities in Baluchistan and all over Pakistan. The International […]
Five-day multinational maritime exercise ‘AMAN-19’ begins today
KARACHI: The five-day multinational maritime exercise AMAN-19 started in Karachi from today (Friday). The drill is aimed at fostering maritime cooperation, promoting safe and security maritime environment for regional and global stability and for preserving oceans which is the common heritage of mankind. During the flags raising ceremony, flags of 46 countries participating in this […]