Day: June 26, 2021

ISLAMABAD:Pakistan’s Ambassador to US Asad Majeed Khan Friday held meetings with various members of the US congress and discussed various aspects of Pakistan-US relations as well as Afghan peace process. The Congressmen included Ranking Member of the House Armed Services Committee, Congressman Mike Rogers, Member of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, Congressman Darrell Issa as […]

ISLAMABAD:Minister of State for Information and Broadcasting Farrukh Habib Friday said the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) had recognized Pakistan’s progress and efforts to come out of its grey list. Pakistan was included in grey list during the tenures of previous governments both Pakistan Peoples’ Party (PPP) and Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) as they did […]

ISLAMABAD:The new study found that eating starchy snacks high in white potato or other starches after any meal was associated with at least a 50 per cent increased risk of mortality and a 44-57 per cent increased risk of CVD-related death. Conversely, eating fruits, vegetables, or dairy at specific meals is associated with a reduced […]

ISLAMABAD:Minister of State for Information and Broadcasting Farrukh Habib Friday said Pakistan was placed on grey list of the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) during the tenure of Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) government. In a tweet, he said it was the Pakistan Tahreek-e Insaf’s government which prevented the country from being blacklisted by the anti-money […]

NEW YORK: Pakistan will do everything to promote a political settlement of the long-running conflict in Afghanistan, except the use of military action against the Taliban, Prime Minister Imran Khan said in an interview with an influential American newspaper. “I mean, we will do everything up to that. All sections of our society have decided […]

Here is the transcript of Prime Minister Imran Khan’s interview as published in The New York Times: Yara Bayoumy: This is obviously an important time in Pakistan and in the region. The US military involvement in Afghanistan gave Pakistan a lot of strategic clout with the United States. Now that the Americans are pulling out, […]

ISLAMABAD:The Competition Commission of Pakistan (CCP) held the 22nd meeting of the Competition Consultative Group on Friday sharing the CCP’s initiatives, performance and strategic vision. A presentation was also given on the CCP’s draft Report on SME Sector exploring the ways and means of improving competitiveness and economic efficiency of SMEs by providing recommendations to […]

ISLAMABAD:International Day against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking would be observed on 26 June (Saturday) to strengthen global action and cooperation to achieve the goal of an international society free of drug abuse. Observance of the day aimed to raise awareness to fight against the substance abuse as well as the unlawful trade of drugs. […]