ISLAMABAD: A nearly $4.5 billion hole has surfaced in Pakistan’s external financing plan and its budget may also overshoot by another Rs1 trillion due to the understatement of debt expenditures, which may become a serious issue during the first review of the International Monetary Fund programme.
Both the problems of...
A research analyst came down heavily on Pakistan for openly recruiting mercenaries and terrorist organizations to pursue its own interests and political agenda in South Asia.
Luce Plaid was speaking at the 54th Session of the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva.
She said, "Among the list of UN-designated terrorist entities...
While governance in Pakistan is entered a state of limbo under the interim government, its various conflicts continue at the same pace. The border with Afghanistan remains unsettled due to cross-border attacks while the Baloch armed groups continue to inflict damage on Pakistani security forces in the south-west.
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New Delhi: China won’t be the focus of the Indo-Pacific Armies Chiefs Conference (IPACC) to be hosted by India next week in Delhi, the Indian Army said Wednesday.
Asked if the event is aimed at discussing the tensions in the Taiwan Strait, Maj. Gen. Abhinaya Rai, Additional Director General (Strategic Planning),...
Terming Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s allegations about India’s involvement in the killing of a Sikh separatist leader as “very serious”, a top US official has said that Washington supports Ottawa’s efforts to investigate the matter and encourages New Delhi to cooperate.
“I’m going to protect diplomatic conversations and I’ll...
Interim Foreign Minister Jalil Abbas Jilani on Wednesday said Pakistan’s “positive outreach and peace overtures”, including the opening of the Kartarpur corridor for visa-free visits from the Indian Sikh community, have been met with negativity.
“Pakistan desires peaceful and cooperative neighbourly ties with India,” he said in a speech at...
A terrorist was killed and another injured during an intelligence-based operation by security forces in the Kulachi area of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa’s Dera Ismail Khan district on Wednesday, according to the military’s media affairs wing.
The Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) said in a statement an “intense fire exchange” took place between...
When finding a job feels as unlikely as winning the lottery, playing the actual lottery may seem like a more productive use of time. In the first half of 2023, faced with a struggling economy, Chinese consumers spent 273.9bn yuan ($37bn/£30bn) on lottery tickets, an increase of more than...
Over the summer, Beijing limited Pentagon chief Lloyd Austin to a single handshake with sanctioned Chinese Defense Minister Li Shangfu at a top military forum. Now, Li’s drop from public view could help reboot senior-level military talks between the superpowers.
The Chinese defense chief is reportedly under probe after not being seen in public...
Growing up in a Pakistani household, lessons in “saving something for a rainy day” are inculcated into children from a young age. These savings could be in the form of cash or assets, like gold. For every family, the definition of a “rainy day” varies, but in our parlance,...
