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MOSCOW: Russian Defense Ministry denied Thursday its involvement in Wednesday’s bombings in Aleppo, Syria’s second largest city, that caused the destruction of two hospitals, blaming U.S. aircraft for the attack instead. “Yesterday at 13:55 Moscow time (10:55 GMT), two U.S. Air Force A-10 attack jets entered the Syrian air space from the territory of Turkey,...

KARACHI: President of World Bank Group (WBG) Jim Yong Kim concluded a two-day visit to Pakistan by urging the country to raise the ambition of its economic reforms while also encouraging the private sector to take a bigger role in creating jobs, especially for youth and women. According to a press release by World Bank...

KARACHI: Former president Pervez Musharraf fainted at his home and was immediately shifted to a hospital on Thursday. According to reports, the ex-military ruler was at his home with family when he suddenly fainted. He has now been shifted to PNS Shifa Hospital amid tight security. It is learnt that a team of doctors has...

LAHORE: Pakistan Industrial and Traders Associations Front (PIAF) Chairman Irfan Iqbal Sheikh has suggested the government to convert PIA and other failing state-owned enterprises to a public -private partnership (PPP) model. Talking to media on Thursday, he said that the privatization process of Pakistan International Airlines should be fully fair and transparent. Moreover, the government will...

LAHORE: Punjab Government is going to kick-off a Project for Recharge of Aquifer for Groundwater Management in Punjab Province to develop the economical and sustainable technology and to recharge the Aquifer naturally and artificially at the available site across the Punjab. A project with the estimated cost of Rs. 582.249 million has been approved to...

JAKARTA: Pakistan including the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) has “strongly” called on the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) to comply with all the relevant UN Security Council resolutions. “ASEAN follows closely the situation in the Korean Peninsula and shares common concern of the international community over the recent developments in the said...

WASHINGTON: US Defence Intelligence Agency Director, Vincent Stewart has termed the ongoing military operation Zarb-e-Azb and the targeted operation in Karachi ‘successful’ in reducing violence in Pakistan. In a testimony to the Senate Armed Services Committee, Vincent Stewart said “Military operation Zarb-e-Azb and targeted operation in Karachi have had some success in reducing violence and...

ISLAMABAD: The Securities and Exchange Commission of Pakistan (SECP) registered 514 new companies in January 2016, indicating an increase of 23 percent as compared to same month of preceding year, says a press release. In January 2016, around 89 percent companies have been registered as private limited companies, while around 8 percent companies were registered...

SEOUL: The Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) on Thursday decided to shut down a jointly-run factory park with South Korea just a day after Seoul’s announcement to stop operations at the industrial zone in the DPRK’ s border city of Kaesong. A statement from the DPRK’s Committee for the Peaceful Reunification of the Fatherland...

KABUL: Afghan President Mohammad Ashraf Ghani said on Thursday that his government will continue to encourage the Taliban groups to join the peace talks and the national reconciliation process. “The message of the peace is clear, we want peace, but we want peace with dignity, we want peace talks that must be stand on the...