NEW YORK: President Barack Obama on Monday agreed with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi that Kashmir is a bilateral issue to be resolved between India and Pakistan as they held talks here. “There was a broad acknowledgement that this is a bilateral issue between India and Pakistan and people were happy for India and Pakistan...
UNITED NATIONS: Amid a chill in bilateral relations, waving at each other was all that Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his Pakistani counterpart Nawaz Sharif did on Monday as they attended the UN peacekeeping summit. Assembling for the Leaders’ Summit on Peacekeeping hosted by US president Barack Obama, Modi walked into the conference hall first....
ISLAMABAD: The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) on Tuesday confirmed that initial delimitation ahead of the local government elections has been completed in the capital. The complete list of delimitation has been displayed at the office of the delimitation officer located in F-8 Markaz. The commission will receive objections against delimitations till the 5th of...
ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court (SC) on Tuesday suspended Election Tribunal (ET) verdict and stopped by-elections in NA-154 Lodhran, scheduled on October 11, 2015. The three-judge bench, headed by Justice Saqib Nisar issued the verdict on the petition filed by Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N)’s Siddiqui Baloch, in which he had challenged his disqualification for life. The...
ISLAMABAD: The toll of Pakistani pilgrims martyred in the Mina stampede has reached 44 while over 60 others are still missing, according to the latest list issued by the Ministry of Religious Affairs. According to the list, the death of two more Pakistanis has been confirmed, raising the toll to 44. Those whose death was...
WASHINGTON: The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has approved 8th installment of 500 million dollar loan for Pakistan. The tranche was approved by the Executive Board of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) after the IMF completed the eighth review of Pakistan’s economic performance under a 36-month program supported by an Extended Fund Facility (EFF) arrangement. The Executive...
NEW YORK: Mr. Grzegorz Schetyna, Foreign Minister of Poland met Foreign Secretary Aizaz Ahmad Chaudhry Monday on the sidelines of the 70th UNGA Session in New York and discussed cooperation in defence productiuon, trade and situation in Afghanistan. The Polish Foreign Minister was briefed by the Foreign Secretary on Pakistan’s success in counter-terrorism as well...
UNITED NATIONS: Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif on Monday announced Pakistan’s resolve to continue contributing peacekeeping personnel and infantry to international missions. “We are pledging an infantry battalion, transport, engineering and signals companies, additional utility helicopters, a level-II and level-III hospital, and a canine platoon for deployment to future UN peacekeeping missions,” Nawaz said while addressing...
LAHORE: The process of hearing objections filed against candidates participating in Punjab local bodies elections is underway. The process of hearing these reservations would be continued till September 30. The list of final candidates would be displayed on October 2.
LAHORE: TEVTA will provide free registration to 14,000 uncertified skilled people through Recognition of Prior Learning (RPL) program during this year. Encouraging response has been received in 2nd phase of RPL program. During the last two weeks, 6000 uncertified skilled people have been registered across the province of the Punjab with Trade Testing Board (TTB)....