Day two: PIA at a standstill on February 4, 2016KARACHI: All domestic and international flights of Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) were cancelled on Wednesday, airport officials said, as the strike resulting from employees’ protest against the national carrier’s proposed privatisation entered its second day. PIA employees resumed their protest outside major airports across the country, which came as the federal government invoked the […]
UK has nothing to do with case against Altaf, says envoy on February 4, 2016ISLAMABAD: British High Commissioner to Pakistan Philip Barton on Wednesday said the British government had nothing to do with a money laundering investigation against the London-based Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) chief Altaf Hussain. Speaking at a seminar titled “The Future of UK-Pakistan Relations: A Departing Perspective”, Barton said the case against Altaf rested with […]