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Pakistan PM says oil price hike impact passed to people to avert loan burden

Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan has said the government was compelled to pass on the impact of oil prices to consumers to avert additional debt burden on the country

Pakistan banks on ‘shared interests’ in US ties

Pakistan on Thursday said it was looking forward to working with the new US administration, as US Secretary of Defence-designate termed Islamabad an "essential partner" for the Afghan endgame

Pakistan Army chief lauds ‘tireless efforts of ISI for national security’

Pakistan Chief of Army Staff (COAS) General Qamar Javed Bajwa has appreciated tireless efforts of the country’s prime spy agency — Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) — for national security and expressed his satisfaction over professional preparedness, according to a statement issued by the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR)

Four Pakistani soldiers killed in Balochistan

Four Pakistani soldiers were killed and five others injured in an IED blast in Balochistan province, intelligence sources said on Thursday

Pakistan successfully test-fires long-range Shaheen-3 missile

Pakistan conducted a successful flight test of Shaheen-3 surface-to-surface ballistic missile, having a range of 2,750 kilometres, the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) said on Wednesday

Pakistan hopes for revival of ‘high-level’ dialogue with US

When Prime Minister Imran Khan was invited at the White House in July 2019, it was a remarkable turnaround in the bilateral ties given how then-president Donald Trump bashed Pakistan earlier for not doing enough in the fight against terrorism

No US administration can ignore Pakistan: FM Qureshi

Ahead of a change in the US administration, Pakistan Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi has said that the country cannot be ignored and strongly believes that no administration can ignore the country

Cash-strapped Pakistan sinks into a debt trap?

Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan would be worried as the countrys debt to GDP ratio has soared to 107 per cent prompting many economists to believe that the country is slipping into a debt trap

Over 40 mn children receive anti-polio doses in Pakistan

More than 40 million children in Pakistan under the age of five years received vaccination during the latest nationwide anti-polio campaign

Biden administration to revive military-to-military ties with Pakistan

The Biden administration sees Pakistan as an “essential partner” in any peace process in Afghanistan and believes that “continuing to build relationships with Pakistan’s military will provide openings for the United States and Pakistan to cooperate on key issues,” says its nominated defence chief Gen Lloyd J Austin

Opposition PDM accuses PM Imran Khan of receiving funds from India, Israel

The opposition Pakistan Democratic Movement (PDM) held its major power show outside the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) on Tuesday to press for its demand for an early outcome of the foreign funding case filed against the ruling Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) in 2014

Gen Bilal Akbar appointed new Pakistani ambassador to Saudi Arabia

Pakistan has nominated retired Lt Gen Bilal Akbar as the new ambassador to Saudi Arabia

NAB seizes properties of former PM Nawaz Sharif in Pakistan

The National Accountability Bureau (NAB) on Tuesday revealed that it has seized all properties of former prime minister Nawaz Sharif in Pakistan in the illegal plot allotment case which also involves Jang/Geo Editor-in-Chief Mir Shakilur Rehman

Pakistan can take IT exports to $10b

Pakistan has the potential to enhance its IT exports to $10 billion from the current $2 billion, said a report released by the Overseas Investors Chamber of Commerce and Industry (OICCI)

Pakistan approves Chinese COVID-19 vaccine

Just two days after Pakistan approved the Astra-Zeneca COVID-19 vaccine on 16 January, the country’s regulators now gave approval for emergency use to another COVID-19 vaccine developed by a Chinese State-owned Sinopharm, Dawn reported