Archive for the February 8, 2019
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United States furniture producers' delegation has shown keen interest in Pak handmade traditional furniture and underlined the need of further enhancing collaboration with the Pakistan Furniture Council (PFC) to promote furniture business between the two
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The Syrian conundrum seems to have taken a new turn with the exit of the US troops from the war-ravaged country. The global belligerent has, however, urged other countries to bring home hundreds of Islamic
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Australia's decision to ban a well-connected Chinese businessman for his political activity is being seen as a potential watershed moment, the start of pushback against Beijing's long-running operations to buy influence overseas. In less than
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Military courts were established in 2015 during the Nawaz Sharif regime in the aftermath of Army Public School (APS) massacre of 140 people, mostly children. Military courts carry out swift justice in terrorist cases, they
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According to a report, the government of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) "is seeking $400 million or Rs56 billion loan from the World Bank (WB) for a risky venture of fixing the country's ailing tax system amid
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In an extraordinary gathering of Afghan politicians in Moscow, including some of President Ashraf Ghani's political rivals, talks took place on February 5-6, 2019 with the Taliban on the way forward in the war-torn country.
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The first meeting of the 9th National Finance Commission (NFC) award under the chairmanship of the Federal Finance Minister Asad Umar and at his suggestion, agreed to include provinces in policy dialogue with the International
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Malaysia's deputy foreign minister was urged to quit Thursday following allegations he lied about having a degree from Cambridge University, with an opposition lawmaker accusing him of "deceiving the people". Marzuki Yahya's educational background came
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Malaysia's deputy foreign minister was urged to quit Thursday following allegations he lied about having a degree from Cambridge University, with an opposition lawmaker accusing him of "deceiving the people". Marzuki Yahya's educational background came
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Pakistan outflows on account of payments to multilateral, bilateral as well as commercial banks and for bonds are estimated to be over $5 billion for the period January-June 2019, sources on condition of anonymity told
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