Islamabad, Oct 26 : The cost of insuring Pakistans sovereign debt against default climbed to a 13-year high as ratings downgrades and speculations of debt restructuring raised concerns among internati ...
Read moreKabul, Oct 26 : The Taliban-led government in Afghanistan recently issued a fatwa, or Islamic decree, to ban hookahs, which had become a common sight in the war-ton country in recent years, the media ...
Read moreIslamabad, Oct 21 : In a major legal victory for the ruling coalition government in Islamabad, the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP), in a consensus verdict on Friday, disqualified former Prime Mi ...
Read moreWashington/Islamabad, Oct 21 : The US State Department has said that the Pakistan F-16 programme was an important part of the broader Washington-Islamabad bilateral relationship, as the American Senat ...
Read moreQuetta, Oct 19 : The Counter Terrorism Department (CTD) in Pakistan's Balochistan province has been accused of killing three missing persons in a "fake encounter", the media reported. The allega ...
Read moreDhaka, Oct 19 : A total of 900 people tested positive for dengue in Bangladesh in the past 24 hours, the highest single-day spike so far this year, the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS) sa ...
Read moreIslamabad, Oct 19 : Pakistan will ask international lenders for billions of dollars in loans after devastating floods exacerbated the South Asian nation's economic crisis, the media reported on Wednes ...
Read moreBy Susitha Fernando Colombo, Oct 18 : The Sri Lanka Navy (SLN) is seeking the support of India and other neighbouring countries to find a Navy boat with six sailors, which had reportedly gone missin ...
Read moreIslamabad, Oct 18 : Pakistan Finance Minister Ishaq Dar, who is on an official visit to the US, has said that Islamabad is ready to buy fuel from Russia on the rate it was providing to India. Wh ...
Read moreIslamabad, Oct 17 : After almost 52 months, Pakistan is expected to exit the Financial Action Task Force's (FATF) grey list during a plenary slated to take place this week, the Paris-based global terr ...
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