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Pakistan military to brief parliamentarians on national security situation

Pakistan's military officials will brief lawmakers of both upper and lower houses of parliament on matters related to national security in Islamabad on Wednesday

ADB to lend $300m to Pakistan

The Asian Development Bank (ADB) will lend $300 million to support Pakistan’s fragile foreign exchange reserves after Islamabad met almost all the conditions related mainly to lowering barriers to imports

Pakistan may not get $2 bn rollover from Saudi Arabia

Saudi Arabia has indicated that it might refuse a rollover of $2 billion to Pakistan. Islamabad has already started exploring options to manage the amount from other avenues to avert the dwindling foreign currency reserves

COVID-19 positivity ratio rapidly increasing in major cities on Pakistan

The National Command and Operation Centre (NCOC) on Monday observed that the COVID-19 positivity ratio is rapidly increasingly in major cities, with the rate exceeding 15 per cent in at least three cities across Pakistan

Pakistan's Jang group CEO granted bail by Supreme Court after 8 months in jail

The Supreme Court on Monday granted bail to the chief executive and editor-in-chief of Jang Group of Newspapers, Mir Shakilur Rehman, in a 34-year-old case related to the land he allegedly acquired “illegally” in the tenure of then chief minister of Punjab, Nawaz Sharif

Pakistan hails opening of Kartarpur Corridor on first anniversary

Pakistan's foreign ministry on Monday hailed the opening of the Kartarpur Corridor and said the opening "fulfilled the long-awaited desire of Sikh community from all over the world"

Alarming rise in COVID-19 cases in Pakistan spells fresh curbs on weddings

While the number of active cases of COVID-19, which was less than 6,000 in September, has increased threefold i.e. 17,804 and 148 ventilators are in use across the country, the National Command and Operation Centre (NCOC) has issued additional guidelines for marriage ceremonies to contain the spread of the deadly virus

Pakistan-Russia 'friendship' drills begin in Tarbela

Pakistan Armed Forces and a contingent of the Russian Federation Special Forces arrived at Tarbela on Sunday for the opening ceremony of the joint training exercise DRUHZBA-5

Pakistan PM Imran Khan felicitates Biden on poll win, vows to continue working for Afghan peace

Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan on Saturday felicitated Joe Biden for defeating Republican Donald Trump in the United States presidential election, ending a presidency that convulsed American politics, shocked the world and left the US more divided than at any time in decades

Pakistan's daily Covid-19 cases top 1,500 since July

Amid a recent resurgence of new Covid-19 cases across Pakistan, the country for the first time since July has reported more than 1,500 single-day confirmed infections, according to health authorities

Pakistani airlines may be banned over pilot licensing issue

Airlines operating in Pakistan may face a ban from flying to 188 countries over their pilot licensing issue and failure to meet international standards as required by the International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO), a media report said on Sunday

Pakistan may return $2bn Saudi Arabian loan: Report

Pakistan might return the $2 billion Saudi Arabian loan and is looking for various options to secure more lending aimed at retaining gross official foreign exchange reserves at their current level of over $12 billion, a media report said on Saturday

Pakistan to impose fine for not wearing masks

Amid a recent resurgence of new Covid-19 cases across Pakistan, the country has decided to impose fines for not wearing face masks in public spaces, the media reported on Saturday

Nawaz Sharif biggest enemy of state, says PM Imran Khan

Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan has said convicted former prime minister Nawaz Sharif is the "biggest enemy of the state" as he is instigating the military to overthrow army chief General Qamar Javed Bajwa and the Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) Director General Lt Gen Faiz Hameed

Terrorism, Islamophobia dominate EU-Pakistan strategic dialogue

The European Union has expressed concerns over the “abuse of the blasphemy act” and the use of the death penalty in Pakistan in the 5th round of the EU-Pakistan strategic dialogue held via videoconference on Tuesday