Published by Al-Araby Muslim nations resolved Sunday to work with the United Nations to try to unlock hundreds of millions of dollars in frozen Afghan assets in a bid to tackle a growinghumanitarian crisis. At a special meeting in Pakistan of the 57-member Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) delegates said …
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Hundreds queue for passports in bid to leave Afghanistan
Published by Al-Araby Hundreds of people braved sub-zero temperatures in Afghanistan’s capital to queue outside the passport office early Sunday, a day after the Taliban government announced it would resume issuing travel documents. Many began their wait the previous night and most stood patiently in single file – some desperate …
Read More »Pakistan And Gulf Cooperation Council Agree to Conclude Free Trade Agreement Soon
Pakistan and Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) have agreed to cooperate closely in order to conclude Free Trade Agreement at the earliest.This has been decided in the meeting between Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi and Secretary-General of the GCC N...
Read More »Govt Extends Prize Bonds Encashment Deadline Again
For the fourth time, the Finance Ministry extended the date for encashment of Rs. 7,500, Rs. 15,000, Rs. 25,000 and Rs. 40,000 prize bonds up to March 31, 2022.According to the Finance Ministry letter, the last date for encashment/conversion /redemptio...
Read More »Electricity Tariff to Increase Again Under Govt’s New Reform Plan
The federal government has decided to increase the electricity tariffs under the new plan of subsidy reform.Sources told ProPakistani that the Ministry of Energy (MoE) has proposed two new categories (protected or unprotected) in the reform plan for th...
Read More »Two killed in Lakki Marwat road accident
Two persons were killed while four women injured when a motor vehicle collided with the trawler in Lakki Marwat on Sunday.According to the Rescue 1122, the injured have been shifted to district headquarters hospital Lakki Marwat.Source: Radio Pakistan
Read More »Fawad Hussain strongly condemns attack on Shibli Faraz
Minister for Information and Broadcasting Chaudhary Fawad Hussain has strongly condemned the attack on Minister for Science and Technology Shibli Faraz.In a tweet on Sunday, he said there are reports that Shibli Faraz was attacked on his way back to K...
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