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Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi has said as he accused India of trying to blacklist it. (Photo: File)

Pakistan will achieve all FATF targets in time: Qureshi

During the FATF meeting, several countries voiced concern on Pakistan's failure to do enough to contain terror funding on its soil.

20 Oct 2019 2:21 PM

Bilawal, 31, said all opposition parties had decided that the government must step down. (Photo: File)

Bilawal Bhutto announces nationwide anti-govt protests

Bilawal, the chairman of the Pakistan Peoples’ Party, said the government had lost its credibility as it did not fulfil any of its promises.

19 Oct 2019 10:38 AM

The FATF will take action including urging members to advise their financial institutions to give special attention to business relations/transactions with Pakistan. (Photo: File | AP)

Terror watchdog FATF gives Pakistan four-month ultimatum

The FATF has given Pakistan 4 months before taking action.

18 Oct 2019 2:30 PM

The Pakistani government had no immediate comment Friday. (Photo: File)

Pakistan blacklists, expels global journalists' group leader

Joel Simon called the expulsion of Steven Butler 'baffling' and 'a slap in the face' to those concerned about press freedom in Pakistan.

18 Oct 2019 12:32 PM

The Financial Action Task Force (FATF) last year placed Pakistan on a grey list of countries with inadequate controls over terrorism financing. (Photo: File)

Pakistan expects to avert blacklisting over terrorism financing

If blacklisted, Islamabad faces financial consequences and economic setbacks at a time when its economy is facing balance of payment crisis.

18 Oct 2019 9:34 AM

New Delhi has repeatedly urged Pakistan to "respect" the 2003 ceasefire arrangements between the two countries. (Photo: File)

Pak summons Indian Deputy High Commissioner over LoC firing

The number of ceasefire violations by Pakistan has gone up significantly this year as compared to 2018.

16 Oct 2019 7:53 PM

The development comes ahead of the Financial Action Task Force’s crucial plenary meeting scheduled to be held in Paris from October 12 to October 15. (Photo: File)

Ahead of crucial FATF meeting, Pakistan arrests ‘top four leaders’ of Lashkar-e-Taiba

The top four leaders arrested on Thursday have been identified as Professor Zafar Iqbal, Yahya Aziz, Muhammad Ashraf and Abdul Salam.

11 Oct 2019 11:08 AM

The remarks come at a time when tensions between the two South Asian neighbours are at an all-time high. Indian action to revoke the special status of Jammu and Kashmir did not go down well with Pakistan. (Photo: FIle)

Pak army spokesperson defends Rajnath Singh over Shastra Puja row

'Nothing wrong in #RafalePuja as it goes by the religion and that must be respected,' Ghafoor tweeted.

11 Oct 2019 9:14 AM

Umar, who was in early 40s, was designated as a "global terrorist" by the US which placed the AQIS on the list of "foreign terrorist organisation" in 2016. (Photo: ANI)

Al-Qaeda's South Asia chief killed in Afghanistan: report

Asim Umar, who led the AQIS from its formation in 2014, was killed during a joint US-Afghan raid on a Taliban compound.

09 Oct 2019 12:52 PM

Qureshi said this in an interview with BBC Urdu days after the Asia Pacific Group (APG) of FATF released its much-awaited 228-page 'Mutual Evaluation Report' on Saturday. (Photo: FIle)

Shah Mehmood Qureshi claims India trying to push Pakistan on FATF blacklist

His comments came in the wake of the recent remarks by Rajnath Singh that the FATF can any time blacklist the neighbouring country.

08 Oct 2019 11:04 AM

General (retd) Musharraf, now based in Dubai, also referred to Kargil conflict, and claimed that India was repeatedly threatening Pakistan despite Islamabad's peace overtures. (Photo: File)

Pervez Musharraf returns to active politics, talks about Kashmir

This is Musharraf's first public comment since India ended special status to Jammu and Kashmir.

08 Oct 2019 10:15 AM

The observations are a major blow to Pakistan which faces the threat of being placed under the FATF's "blacklist". (Photo File)

Setback for Imran govt: Pakistan took no action against Hafiz Saeed, says FATF

FATF is expected to have a final review of the matter during its next meeting between 13 and 18 October in Paris.

07 Oct 2019 10:17 AM

Pakistan on Saturday rejected India's remarks over Prime Minister Imran Khan's "provocative" speech during UN General Assembly session. (Photo: File)

Pak rejects India's remark on Imran Khan's 'provocative' speech during UNGA session

Pakistan has kept up its futile efforts, even as it has been snubbed globally over the matter time and again.

06 Oct 2019 10:59 AM

Prime Minister Imran Khan on Saturday asked the residents of PoK not to cross the Line of Control to extend humanitarian aid to the Kashmiri people after India removed the special status of the state two months back. (Photo: File)

Pak PM Imran Khan warns PoK residents against crossing LoC

Pakistan has downgraded diplomatic ties with New Delhi and expelled the Indian High Commissioner.

05 Oct 2019 3:44 PM

It said the UK's links with Pakistan are extensive, and the royal couple is looking forward to building a lasting friendship with the people of Pakistan. (Photo: File)

Harry, Kate's visit to Pak to cover response of local communities to climate change

This will be the royal couple's first official visit to Pakistan.

05 Oct 2019 12:00 PM

Oddly still, after the minister was shown the tweet, Qureshi said he found nothing wrong in the tweet. ‘I stand by what I have said. What is so surprising in this....whose agenda are you following?’ (Photo: AP)

Pak minister loses cool when asked to name 58 countries supporting them on Kashmir issue

‘On whose agenda are you working?’ Qureshi snapped at talk show host Javed Chaudhry.

04 Oct 2019 8:26 PM

On being again pressed for endorsing Imran Khan's comment on his own Twitter handle, Qureshi said, “No! No! Show me the tweet I have written, not what Prime Minister Khan has written.' (Photo: File)

Qureshi loses cool when asked to name 58 countries supporting on Kashmir

'On whose agenda are you working?' Qureshi snapped at talk show host Javed Chaudhry.

04 Oct 2019 8:56 AM

The development came merely a day after Prime Minister Imran Khan returned from the US, where he raised the Kashmir issue in his maiden address to the UN General Assembly last week. (Photo: File)

Pak appoints Munir Akram in place of Maleeha Lodhi as UN representative

However, it gave no reason for her removal.

01 Oct 2019 3:19 PM

Islamabad claims two civilians of PoK, 60-year-old Salamat Bibi and 13-year-old Zeeshan Ayub, were killed during the violation, hile three other people sustained critical bullet injuries. (Photo: File)

Pakistan summons Indian envoy after India's retaliation to ceasefire violation

Pakistani troops resorted to firing with small arms and shelling with mortars on Sunday.

30 Sep 2019 4:23 PM

'He also represents the Sikh community. We will also send him a formal invitation,' Qureshi said. (Photo:AP)

Pakistan to invite former PM Manmohan Singh to inaugurate Kartarpur Corridor

Kartarpur Corridor is slated to be inaugurated on the 550th birth anniversary of Baba Guru Nanak in November.

30 Sep 2019 4:01 PM

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