Director General Radio Pakistan Shafqat Jalil has called upon the PBC professionals to make collaborative efforts to revive the past glory of the national broadcaster.He was addressing the farewell ceremony of outgoing Director Programs Fayyaz Baloch a...
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Elderly Pakistani Couple Evacuated From Syria’s Ghouta
An elderly Pakistani man and his wife have been evacuated from Syria's eastern Ghouta region, after Russia earlier this week announced a daily "humanitarian pause" in the fighting in the rebel-held enclave."A Pakistani family made up of a man and his w...
Read More »‘German Man’ Captured In Afghan Raid On Taliban Compound
Afghanistan's security forces have captured a German man during a recent raid on a suspected Taliban bomb-making compound in the southern province of Helmand, Afghan officials say.It appears to be a rare example of a European citizen fighting on the si...
Read More »Pakistan Vows to ‘Wholeheartedly’ Further Afghan Peace Effort
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan praised Afghanistan's president, Ashraf Ghani, Thursday for offering unconditional talks to the Taliban, pledging to extend any help "wholeheartedly" to further the peace effort between the warring parties.Ghani, a day earlier, host...
Read More »UN SAYS GUANTANAMO DETENTION OF PAKISTANI HAS NO LEGAL BASIS
GENEVA, A Pakistani man held at the U.S. Guantanamo Bay detention facility since 2006 should be released immediately and given a right to compensation, the U.N. Working Group on Arbitrary Detention said.The detention of Ammar al Baluchi is arbitrary, b...
Read More »Pakistan Confirms Inclusion on FATF’s Terrorist Financing List in June
Pakistani authorities this week confirmed the country is going back on the "gray list" of the Financial Action Task Force (FATF), a global financial watchdog that monitors terror financing and money laundering.The country's status has been unclear for ...
Read More »Incumbent govt continues serving people with honesty, dedication: Shahbaz
Punjab Chief Minister, Muhammad Shahbaz Sharif says the incumbent government continues to serve people with honesty and dedication.Talking to elected representatives in Lahore on Thursday, he said PML-N is trying to fulfill expectations of public as th...
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