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Pakistan has submitted the compliance report before the joint group of FATF to show its efforts to change anti-money laundering and counter-terrorist financing laws. (Photo: File)

Pakistan submits compliance report to Financial Action Task Force

There will be a response from them and then (there will be) face-to-face meeting.

04 Dec 2019 12:29 PM

Pakistan's young pace attack might have failed to deliver in Australia but bowling coach Waqar Younis has backed the under-fire bowlers. (Photo: AFP)

'Under-fire young Pakistan bowlers will get better with time', says Waqar Younis

Pakistan had picked three young pacers for the Australia tour but the decision backfired as they allowed the hosts to amass huge runs.

03 Dec 2019 7:19 PM

A few dozen unidentified people on Monday staged a protest outside Dawn offices in Islamabad over publication of a news report regarding the ethnicity of the London Bridge attacker of last week, the paper reported on Tuesday. (Photo: Twitter)

Mob attacks Dawn newspaper's office for saying London attacker was of 'Pak origin'

They were apparently angered by the headline of newspaper last week in which it identified Khan as a man of Pakistani origin.

03 Dec 2019 2:27 PM

Khadim Rizvi is the founder of Tehreek-e-Labbaik Pakistan, a religious-political organisation founded in 2015 known for its protests against any change to Pakistan's blasphemy law. Some of their protests have been on a large scale. (Photo: ANI)

Pakistani cleric threatens Sikh pilgrims from visiting Kartarpur Gurdwara

In video that has surfaced on social media, cleric was seen stressing that Pak had been formed to not allow any Sikh to enter the country.

03 Dec 2019 2:21 PM

Musharraf, who has been living in Dubai since March 2016, is facing treason charges for suspending the Constitution in 2007, a punishable offence for which he was indicted in 2014. (Photo: AP)

Pervez Musharraf admitted to hospital in Dubai after 'heart-related complications'

In May, Musharraf's health deteriorated and he was rushed to a hospital in Dubai.

03 Dec 2019 11:55 AM

The committee was set up after the Supreme Court gave the government of Prime Minister Imran Khan six months to legislate and iron out the lacunae in the reappointment or extension of tenure of an army chief, allowing the incumbent, Gen Bajwa, to stay on as Chief of the Army Staff (COAS) until a new law determined his terms of service. (Photo: File)

Pak govt forms 3-member committee to draft new law on Army chief's reappointment

Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi, Defence Minister Pervez Khattak and Minister for Planning Asad Omar are part of the committee.

02 Dec 2019 4:57 PM

'We have to change the old mindset. The old system can no longer work in Naya (New) Pakistan,' Khan said. (Photo: File | ANI)

'Change old mindset in naya Pakistan': Imran Khan's advice to bureaucrats

Khan called for improving governance and law and order in Punjab province in Pakistan.

01 Dec 2019 5:35 PM

'India will remember forever the kind of wound inflicted on it by General Bajwa by opening Kartarpur corridor. General Bajwa has strongly hit India by opening the corridor. Through this project, Pakistan has created a new environment of peace and won itself love of the Sikh community,' Rashid has been quoted by local media as saying. (Photo: ANI)

'Kartarpur corridor General Bajwa's brainchild': Pak railway minister

The minister said Pakistan has created a new environment of peace and won itself love of the Sikh community.

01 Dec 2019 12:33 PM

A three-member bench of the apex court, headed by Chief Justice Asif Saeed Khan Khosa and comprising Justices Mazhar Alam Khan Miankhel and Mansoor Ali Shah, in its short order directed the government to bring necessary legislation within six months' time, Geo TV reported. (Photo: FIle)

Pak SC grants 6 months conditional extension to Army chief Gen Bajwa

Khan held an emergency Cabinet meeting to deal with the precarious situation, with Gen Bajwa himself attending the deliberations.

28 Nov 2019 4:48 PM

In the FIR, Iqbal said her sister had a love marriage with Ali seven months ago but soon after their relation turned sour over various domestic issues, including Ali’s repeated demand of quitting her job. (Representational Image)

Female Pakistan journalist shot dead by husband for not quitting job

The couple got married seven months ago but then the relations turned sour soon, according to an FIR.

27 Nov 2019 3:05 PM

Prime Minister Imran Khan on November 21 appointed Lt Gen Nadeem Raza as the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Committee with effect from November 27. (Photo: Twitter)

Lt General Sahir Shamshad Mirza appointed as Pak's Chief of Joint Staff

The promotions and postings came ahead of retirement of Chairman of Joint Chiefs of Staff Committee, General Zubair Mahmood Hayat.

26 Nov 2019 1:47 PM

Rehman said that the Opposition's Rehbar Committee made a straightforward demand that they wanted Prime Minister Imran Khan's resignation or something at par with the resignation. (Photo: File)

Influential Pak cleric calls for re-elections in next 3 months

Rehman, the patriarch of the 'Azadi March', has further called an all-party conference (APC) in Islamabad on Tuesday.

25 Nov 2019 8:01 PM

Pakistan on Saturday rejected United States' notion of Beijing being the sole benefactor of its China Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC), and asserted that its relations with China within the purview of the project will never fray. (Photo: File)

CPEC wont be a burden: Pakistan hits back at US

Wells had deemed CPEC a form of financing ensuring guaranteed profits for Chinese state-owned enterprises.

24 Nov 2019 10:06 AM

Khan said there was a need to investigate the matter. (Photo: File)

Appears Nawaz Sharif's health improved by looking at London-bound plane: Pak PM

Sharif on Tuesday left for London in the air ambulance for medical treatment for multiple diseases.

23 Nov 2019 8:35 AM

Khan conveyed that the release of Western hostages in Afghanistan was a positive development and Pakistan was happy that they were safe and free, the Prime Minister Office said in a statement. (Photo: File)

Imran, Trump discuss Afghan, Kashmir during telephonic conversation

'President Trump thanked the prime minister for Pakistan's efforts in facilitating this positive outcome,' according to statement.

22 Nov 2019 8:43 AM

The Foreign Office in a statement said Pakistan reaffirms the right of every child to grow, learn, play and flourish with dignity. (Photo: Representational | PTI)

World should keep in mind plight of children in Kashmir: Pak

Pakistan has been trying to internationalise the Kashmir issue.

20 Nov 2019 9:02 PM

Former Pakistan women's skipper Sana Mir on Wednesday announced that she will be taking a break from international cricket and would not be available for selection for upcoming series against England. (Photo:Instagram)

Pakistan's Sana Mir takes break from international cricket

She also announced that she would be using the time to reset her future objectives and targets.

20 Nov 2019 4:59 PM

the hard-line cleric and leader of the Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam-Fazl (JUI-F) hit out at the prime minister for calling opposition leaders "thieves." (Photo: File | ANI)

'Imran Khan-led govt's days are numbered,' warns Pak cleric Fazlur Rehman

alleging that the 'selected' government has offered National Reconciliation Ordinance (NRO) to Khan's sister.

20 Nov 2019 2:46 PM

According to the Pakistani media, the postal mail service with India has resumed, but the parcel service will remain suspended. (Photo: Representational)

Pak resumes postal mail service with India

Tensions between India and Pakistan spiked after New Delhi abrogated provisions of Article 370 of the Constitution.

19 Nov 2019 3:34 PM

Pakistan Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi has written a letter to the UN Secretary General and the President of the Security Council to reject India's decision to bifurcate Jammu and Kashmir into two union territories, the Foreign Office said on Monday. (Photo: File)

Pak FM Qureshi writes letter to top UN officials to reject bifurcation of Kashmir

At Pakistan's request, Qureshi's letter has since been circulated to the UN membership as an official document of the Security Council.

19 Nov 2019 12:06 PM

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