December 20, 2017


 World Bank approves $825m loan for Pakistan infrastructure
KARACHI: The World Bank has granted Pakistan a $825 million loan to upgrade the energy and public finance sectors in a country which has long struggled with chronic....Full Story


Abbsai says democracy best option to progress
FAISALABAD: Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi said on Wednesday that democracy was the only best option to progress....Full Story


COAS witnesses concluding ceremony of Army Band Competition 2017
 RAWALPINDI: General Qamar Javed Bajwa, Chief of Army Staff (COAS) visited Lahore and witnessed the colorful concluding ceremony of Army Band Competition 2017 at ...Full Story


Politicians must not tempt army with chances, says Gen Bajwa
ISLAMABAD: Chief of the Army Staff General Qamar Javed Bajwa briefed in-camera the Senate Committee of Whole on matters pertaining to national security and threats ...Full Story


Pakistan wants sacrifices acknowledged, not money: DG ISPR
ISLAMABAD/ WASHINGTON: Director General of Inter-Services Public Relations Maj-Gen Asif Ghafoor on Tuesday said Pakistan did not fight the war on terror for money and the ..Full Story


Pakistan knows how to protect its sovereignty: FO
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan was quick to completely reject the recently announced US National Security Strategy 2017, saying it should not be forgotten that as a country of over 200 ..Full Story


Pakistan issues visas to Indian spy Kulbhushan’s mother, wife
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan has issued visas to the mother and wife of Indian death row spy Kulbhushan Jadhav to meet him....Full Story

Pak-India series not happening in near future, says Shahryar Khan
LAHORE: Former Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) Chairman Shahryar Khan has said he did not believe that Pakistan and India would be able to play against each other in the near future....Full Story


Clueless about the whereabouts of Pakistan’s first flag, Interior Ministry tells NA
LAHORE: During a National Assembly (NA) session on Monday, Interior Ministry told the house that it had no clue where the first flag of Pakistan was....Full Story


July 28 verdict created hurdles in country’s progress: Marriyum Aurangzeb
LAHORE: Minister of State for Information and Broadcasting Marriyum Aurangzeb, on Monday, said that Supreme Court’s (SC) July 28 verdict in the Panama Papers case....Full Story


ECP to hear PTI’s petitions against PPP, PML-N on Tuesday
LAHORE: Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf’s (PTI) petition regarding foreign funding against Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) and Pakistan Muslim League – Nawaz (PML-N) will be heard....Full Story


China condemns Quetta church attack, expresses condolences
LAHORE: China has strongly condemned the terrorist attack on a church in Quetta, saying “China opposes terrorism in all its forms.”...Full Story

NAB decides to file review petition against SC decision’s on Hudaibiya Paper Mills case
LAHORE: The National Accountability Bureau (NAB) on Monday decided to file a review petition against the Supreme Court’s verdict that dismissed NAB’s appeal to reopen the....Full Story

In Kashmir, Pakistan and India race to tap the Himalayas
Several hundred metres underground, thousands of labourers grind away day and night on a mammoth hydroelectric project in contested Kashmir, where India and Pakistan are..Full Story

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