ISLAMABAD, Oct 28 (Bernama) — Pakistan and Afghanistan Monday pledged to step up cooperation to counter terrorism and extremism as leaders from both countries gathered here to discuss modalities for engaging the Taliban and other militant groups in a dialogue, Press Trust of India (PTI) reported.
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Suspected U.S. missiles killed 20 people at the house of a Taliban commander near the Afghan border on Monday, the latest volley in a two-month onslaught on militant bases inside Pakistan, officials said. Missile attacks have killed at least two senior al-Qaida commanders in Pakistan’s wild border zone this year, putting some pressure on extremist groups accused of planning attacks in …
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he World Bank has halted its US$300 millions aid for Pakistan and announced suspension of all programmes being run against this loan after the International Monetary Fund (IMF) raised objection, repor …..
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LONDON: The World Bank has stopped the payment of $300 million loan to Pakistan, for its economic development, on the objection raised by the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and announced to cancel this debt programme.An official of the finance ministry told that the IMF had objected this loan programme approved for Pakistan because it thinks that the World Bank has no authority to issue such loans to any country.According to a British news agency, this unexpected step taken by the World Bank would shock the plan B designed by advisor finance Shaukat Tareen to save Pakistan from economic disaster. Under this plan, the advisor finance had made the programme of collecting four billion dollars within 30 days.However, the Pakistan official said that the government hoped that the IMF would not oppose this programme under the economic circumstances of Pakistan.
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RawalpindiMore than 200 students are facing threat to their lives as the dilapidated building of the Government Zia-ul-Uloom High School in Ra
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Karachi Around 20 to 22 unidentified criminals, armed with lethal weapons, broke into the Moachko area on Monday afternoon, threatened the res
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Suspected U.S. missiles have killed 20 people at the house of a Taliban commander near the Afghan border, the latest volley in a two-month onslaught on militant bases inside Pakistan, officials said.
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ISLAMABAD: Leader of the House in the Senate Mian Raza Rabbani on Monday warned former president Musharraf that if he plans to enter political arena t
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KARACHI: State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) will take additional steps in next few days to revive consumer confidence in the banking system, a meeting of ba
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ISLAMABAD: Pakistan has initiated gigantic efforts to restore the $ 300 million loan from the World Bank (WB) that has been reportedly stalled on the
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