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Pakistan is ready to hold talks with the new Indian government to resolve all outstanding issues, Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi has said. (Photo: File)

Pak ready to hold talks with new Indian government: FM Qureshi

His remarks came two days after PM Modi on Thursday led his BJP towards a super-sized victory for a second term in office.

26 May 2019 11:04 AM

Imran Khan, who has been seeking to improve Pakistan's strained relations with neighbour Iran, said he was concerned about the rising tensions in the Gulf' (Photo:File)

Imran Khan warns against risk of war in Asia, Middle East amid Iran tensions

Tehran has distanced itself from the bombings, but the United States has sent a aircraft carrier and an extra 1,500 troops to the Gulf.

26 May 2019 9:34 AM

In the fresh disclosure, the Chinese foreign loans from July through April FY19 surged to USD 6.56 billion, according to the finance ministry's documents. (Photo:AP)

Pakistan got USD 6.5 billion loan from China in April: Report

SAFE is an acronym for the State Administration of Foreign Exchange managed by the Chinese central bank.

24 May 2019 8:31 AM

While announcing, Qureshi said that elections in India are over and he hopes that there can be renewed hopes of engagement with India. (Photo:Twitter)

Moin-ul-Haque appointed by Pakistan as High Commissioner to India

Haque, 56, presently serves as Pakistan's ambassador to France, additionally handling UNESCO and Monaco since 2017.

21 May 2019 9:35 AM

The Orlando plenary will actually set the stage for Pakistan's future even though a formal announcement would come out at the next FATF plenary. (Photo:AP)

Aggressive diplomacy needed for Pak to exit FATF grey list: official

The official's remarks came after a 10-member Pakistani delegation attended a two-day meeting of the Asia-Pacific Group.

20 May 2019 3:48 PM

The blast in Samjhauta Express took place near Panipat in Haryana on February 18, 2007, when the train was on its way to Attari in Amritsar, the last railway station on the Indian side. (Photo: File)

Will move int'l forums against acquittal of Samjhauta train blast suspects: Pak

Pakistan has been regularly raising this issue with India, especially 'after the acquittal to which India has no reply'.

17 May 2019 1:22 PM

The Kartarpur Corridor links Gurudwara Darbar Sahib in Pakistan's Narowal with Dera Baba Nanak shrine in Gurdaspur district in Punjab. (Photo: File)

Pak expects to resume talks on Kartarpur Corridor after elections in India

A senior Pakistani official said there was no delay on Pakistan's part.

13 May 2019 1:16 PM

The package will include 'an ambitious structural reform agenda' to boost growth. (Photo:AP)

Pakistan reaches agreement with IMF for 6 billion dollar bailout package

PM Imran Khan’s government came to power last year reluctant to seek what is now expected to be its 13th IMF bailout since the late 1980s.

13 May 2019 12:47 PM

Hinting at Pak spy agency ISI's involvement to falsely implicate citizens, Gul Bukhari, a columnist and sometime government critic who was briefly kidnapped by unidentified men last year, said the assault on social media was carefully organised and coordinated. (Representational Image)

To curb social media, Pakistan's ISI spy on its own citizens

In the past few moths, a slew of journalists, activists, and government opponents have faced threat of legal action for their online posts.

11 May 2019 12:54 PM

Pakistan's foreign ministry did not respond to requests for comment. (Photo:AP)

Asia Bibi, cleared of blasphemy, leaves Pakistan

A Pakistani Christian woman who spent eight years on death row over false blasphemy charges, Asia Bibi, has left the country.

08 May 2019 3:15 PM

The bail expired on Tuesday as the Supreme court rejected his review petition seeking extension in the bail. (Photo:AP)

Ex Pak PM Nawaz Sharif to return to jail as bail expires

Pakistan's ousted PM Nawaz Sharif will return to Kot Lakhpat Jail following the expiry of his six-week bail in a corruption case.

07 May 2019 2:21 PM

Pakistan has been thrilled before by stories of scientific prodigies plucked from obscurity before. (Photo:AFP)

A popcorn seller in Pakistan builds a flying machine from watching TV clips

The engine is from a roadcutter, the wings are burlap, the wheels are borrowed from a rickshaw.

06 May 2019 3:17 PM

A Harvard and Berkeley University of California alumnus, Baqir has been with the IMF since 2000. (File Photo)

Pakistan appoints ex-IMF official as State Bank Governor

A Pakistani economist working for the International Monetary Fund (IMF) has been appointed as the governor of the State Bank of Pakistan.

05 May 2019 1:24 PM

The United States disengaging itself from the battle fronts would lead to an easy victory of its enemies, he cautioned. (Photo:File)

Pakistan continues to back anti-India terror groups: US think tank

Pakistan continues to sponsor terror outfits that launched deadly attacks in India because Islamabad has paid no price for its perfidy.

04 May 2019 12:29 PM

India has been 'politicising' the proceedings at the FATF against Pakistan, the Foreign Office claimed on Friday, a day after the Indian government said it seeks downgrading of Pakistan on the global watch dog's terrorism financing list. (Representational Image)

India ‘politicising’ FATF proceedings against us: Pakistan

On several previous occasions, calculated leaks were made to Indian media about proceedings of FATF, which are strictly confidential.

03 May 2019 9:05 PM

Pakistan is considered a low prevalence country for HIV, but the disease is expanding. (File Photo)

Doctor in Pakistan arrested for using HIV infested syringe on 90 people

Authorities were first alerted last week after 18 children from a town on the outskirts of the city tested positive for the virus.

03 May 2019 3:04 PM

The US, the UK and France had moved the proposal to designate Azhar as a "global terrorist" in the UN Security Council. (Photo: File)

Pakistan issues order to freeze assets of Azhar, impose travel ban

The government directed officials to take actions "as appropriate for the implementation of sanctions" against the JeM chief.

03 May 2019 8:48 AM

A special court indicted Musharraf for high treason in March 2014. Musharraf left for Dubai in 2016 to "seek medical treatment" and has not returned since. (Photo: File)

'Musharraf unlikely to return to Pakistan to stand trial for treason'

The Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz government had filed the treason case against Musharraf over imposition of extra-constitutional emergency.

28 Apr 2019 3:18 PM

Last month, he was admitted to a hospital in Dubai after suffering a reaction from a rare disease for which he is already under treatment. (Photo:File)

Lawyer confirms Parvez Musharraf will return to Pakistan on May 1

Pakistan's former military dictator Pervez Musharraf, who is facing high treason case, is likely to return to the country on May 1.

28 Apr 2019 8:54 AM

Khan also urged the respective Chief Ministers of Punjab and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, to put their teams under the scanner. (Photo:AP)

Have changed batting order in my team for nation's uplift: Imran Khan

Justifying his reshuffling of the federal Cabinet a day before, Imran Khan said that a good captain constantly keeps an eye on his team.

20 Apr 2019 1:03 PM

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