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Five Pakistani soldiers killed in South Waziristan attack

Five soldiers were killed and another was injured when terrorists attacked a security check-post in the Sara Rogha area of South Waziristan tribal district late on Thursday night, the police said

Pakistan deceiving FATF on action against terror outfits: Report

Pakistan has been deceiving the FATF Task Force by pretending to take action against internationally designated terrorist groups and their financial networks but only on paper, a report said

Rebels kill five Pakistani soldiers in Baluchistan

Five Pakistani soldiers of the Frontier Corps were killed and two injured in two separate attacks in the country’s restive northwestern province of Baluchistan

Pakistan seeks end to violence in Afghanistan

Pakistan asked all parties to the Afghan conflict to take steps to reduce violence leading to a ceasefire in-country

2.8m doses of AstraZeneca vaccine to reach Pakistan on March 2

As 2.8 million doses of Oxford AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine will be received on March 2, the government has decided to start vaccination of people over 65 years of age in the first week of next month

Pakistan to register GI of Himalayan pink salt

Pakistan's Ministry of Commerce on Thursday announced that it will register Himalayan pink salt — extracted from the Salt Range which extends along the south of the Potohar Plateau and the north of the Jhelum River — as Geographical Indications (GI)

Pakistani government paid off $120 million in foreign debt: PM Imran Khan

Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan claimed that his government has paid off around $120 million of foreign loans in the last two and half years, reported The News

Pakistan seeks to beat FATF grey list

Pakistan has launched an aggressive diplomatic effort in a desperate move to try and exit the grey list of the Financial Action Task Force (FATF), the global watchdog to combat financing of terrorism

“We will perish or survive together”: Pakistan Prime Minister tells global community

Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan asked the global community to develop a joint strategy to overcome the economic devastation caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, reported Dawn, saying “We will perish or survive together.”

Internet disrupted across Pakistan

Internet services in Pakistan faced major disruption as one of its international submarine cables faulted on Wednesday

Pakistan, Egypt to boost security, economic cooperation

Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah al-Sisi held talks with visiting Pakistani Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi on boosting security and economic cooperation between the two countries, said the Egyptian presidency in a statement

IMF to revive Pakistan’s $6 billion bailout package

Almost a year after the International Monetary Fund (IMF) withheld its $6 billion bailout package program to Pakistan, an understanding has been reached between officials of Pakistan and the IMF at the staff level

Baloch nationalists expose gross violations of human rights in Pakistan

The likelihood of either thing happening remains zero even though the protest venue has seen some high-profile visitors in recent days, including many Pashtun activists like Afrasiab Khattak, Pashtun Tahafuz Movement (PTM) leader Manzoor Pashteen, human rights defender Amina Masood Janjua and some more

Pakistan to get 17 million doses of Astra-Zeneca vaccine by April

Pakistan is likely to receive around 17 million of Astra-Zeneca COVID-19 vaccines from the WHO's Covax facility, reported The News

Pakistan to deploy drones to supervise highways, motorways

In a new high-tech initiative, Pakistan will deploy drones for the supervision of the country's highways and motorways network, the media reports on Sunday