Islamabad is the capital city of Pakistan, and is federally administered as part of the Islamabad Capital Territory. Built as a planned city in the 1960s to replace Karachi as Pakistan's capital, Islamabad is noted for its high standards of living, safety, and abundant greenery.
Global terror financing watchdog FATF on Friday decided to keep Pakistan in the "Grey List" and warned the country that stern action will be taken if it fails to check flow of money to terror groups.. IndiaTimes - Published
Pakistan will continue to remain on the "grey list" of the global terror financing watchdog Financial Action Task Force. Pakistan received support from Turkey and Malaysia. Islamabad was being.. IndiaTimes - Published
For the second time in three days, India hit out at Turkish President Recep Erdogan for his support to Pakistan on the Kashmir issue, as it accused him of not just interfering in India’s internal.. IndiaTimes - Published
Earlier this day, UN chief António Guterres had said in Islamabad that it was important for both India and Pakistan to de-escalate "militarily and verbally" and exercise "maximum restraint" DNA - Published
A short drive from the heavily secured five-star Islamabad hotel where international VIPs will discuss the future of Afghan refugees on Monday, 20-year old Ahmed Khan Younis lives in a makeshift.. Reuters - Published
Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan on Friday said he would help Pakistan stay off a terrorism financing blacklist at a meeting of a global finance watchdog, a move he suggested would counter "political.. Reuters - Published
Islamabad, Feb 14 (IANS) Visiting Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Friday addressed a joint session of the Pakistan Parliament for a record fourth time. "Today, Pakistan and Turkey's relations.. WorldNews - Published
ISLAMABAD (AP) — The Taliban have issued an ultimatum to Washington after weeks of talks with a U.S. peace envoy, demanding a reply on their offer of a seven-day reduction of violence in Afghanistan,.. WorldNews - Published
UN Chief Antonio Guterres will visit the Gurdwara Darbar Sahib, the final resting place of Sikhism founder Guru Nanak Dev, in Kartarpur during his visit to Pakistan next week. The UN Secretary-General.. WorldNews - Published
ISLAMABAD: Iranian Ambassador to Pakistan Seyyed Mohammad Ali Hosseini on Tuesday proposed a new bloc comprising Russia, China and Turkey in addition to Pakistan and Iran for addressing regional issues.. WorldNews - Published
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan which is facing its worst locust attack in decades, has declared national emergency to tackle the insects destroying crops on a large scale in Punjab province, country's main region.. WorldNews - Published
At a meeting of the Financial Action Task Force held in Beijing, Islamabad submitted its compliance report and got support from the FATF current chair and its "all-weather friend" China and a few.. IndiaTimes - Published
The government on Thursday hit out at Pak PM Imran Khan for raising Kashmir in Davos and said Islamabad was acting in a desperate manner that the world could see through its double standards on.. IndiaTimes - Published
India is not likely to react strongly to US President Donald Trump’s remarks on Kashmir to Pakistani PM Imran Khan during their conversation in Davos even as Pakistani foreign minister Shah Mahmood.. IndiaTimes - Published
Pakistan's leadership has "limited options" to respond to India's decision on J&K as many analysts view that Islamabad has "little credibility" on the issue given its long history of covertly.. IndiaTimes - Published
Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi met US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo Friday to discuss his recent trips to Iran and Saudi Arabia, as Islamabad tries to facilitate peace between Washington and.. WorldNews - Published
ISLAMABAD (AP) — The Taliban have given the U.S. envoy their offer for a temporary cease-fire in Afghanistan that would last between seven and 10 days, Taliban officials familiar with the.. WorldNews - Published
Islamabad — Pakistan says Facebook will help the country in its fight against polio after authorities blamed antivaccine content posted in 2019 on the social network site for a leap in the number of.. WorldNews - Published
India has slammed Pakistan for again trying to raise the Kashmir issue in the UN Security Council where it failed one more time to find any support, with New Delhi asserting that Islamabad needs to.. IndiaTimes - Published
France has taken note of a United Nations Security Council (UNSC) member's request to raise the Kashmir issue again in the council. However, the country's position remains 'unchanged' and the matter.. IndiaTimes - Published
India has asked Pak to return the Samjhauta Express rake lying at Wagah for the past five months, following the suspension of train services due to tense relations between the two countries after.. IndiaTimes - Published
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi was welcomed in Riyadh on Monday by his Saudi counterpart, Prince Faisal bin Farhan Al-Saud, Pakistan’s Foreign Office (FO) said on.. WorldNews - Published
Slamming resolution of opposition parties against the Citizenship Amendment Act, Union minister Ravi Shankar Prasad on Monday said Pakistan must be happy over the move and asserted that the new law.. IndiaTimes - Published
The opposition parties, led by the Congress, passed a resolution against the amended Citizenship Act and National Population Register (NPR) on Monday, calling them part of an "unconstitutional package".. IndiaTimes - Published
The Lahore High Court on Monday declared the formation of a special court — which heard the treason case against former dictator Pervez Musharraf and handed him a death sentence after finding him.. WorldNews - Published
Islamabad: The World Health Organization (WHO) has extended travel restrictions to Pakistan for another three months over the frequent outbreak of vaccine-derived poliovirus type 2 (cVDPV2) in all.. WorldNews - Published
Islamabad: While offering mediation between the United States and Iran again, Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan reiterated that Islamabad would not become part of anyone else’s war but would try to.. WorldNews - Published
ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Imran Khan Wednesday called on the United States and Iran to de-escalate after two military bases in Iraq, housing American troops, were attacked with Tehran claiming.. WorldNews - Published
Islamabad : The first lunar eclipse of the year 2020 will be witnessed during the night between January 10 and 11, according to Institute of Space and Planetary Astrophysics (ISPA). According to.. WorldNews - Published
ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Imran Khan on Thursday underlined the importance of Pakistan-United Arab Emirates special relationship and laid emphasis on deeper economic ties between the two sides during.. WorldNews - Published
The two countries exchanged the list of nuclear installations and facilities covered under the Agreement on the Prohibition of Attack against Nuclear Installations between India and Pakistan, the.. IndiaTimes - Published
Addressing the gathering of the Association of Physicians of Pakistani Descent of North America (APPNA) on Saturday, Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan said that the Indian lobby in the United States.. DNA - Published
Islamabad: Pakistan's former dictator Pervez Musharraf on Friday filed a review petition with the Lahore High Court challenging the verdict by a special court in Islamabad that had pronounced death.. WorldNews - Published
ISLAMABAD: The IMF has estimated that Pakistan’s gross financing requirements of external front stood at $27.332 billion during the current fiscal year 2019-20. The IMF’s staff review report has.. WorldNews - Published
WASHINGTON: The United States will allow Pakistan to rejoin a military training program suspended two years ago when President Donald Trump froze security aid to the country. Resuming the program,.. WorldNews - Published
ISLAMABAD: A Muslim professor was sentenced to death on Saturday by a Pakistani court for a blasphemous Facebook post, according to a media report. Junaid Hafeez, who was a visiting lecturer at the.. WorldNews - Published
The Trump administration has a very clear position on Pakistan and wants Islamabad to take immediate, sustained and irreversible action on reining in terror groups and to ensure that its soil is not.. IndiaTimes - Published
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s ailing former dictator on Wednesday said the death sentence given to him by a court in a treason case is based on a “personnel vendetta”. It was Pervez Musharraf’s first.. WorldNews - Published
ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan government, led by Prime Minister Imran Khan, has said that former president General Pervez Musharraf was not given a “fair trial” as a special court had sentenced him in.. WorldNews - Published
India on Tuesday strongly rejected a resolution adopted by Pakistan national assembly on the amended citizenship law, calling it a poorly disguised effort to divert attention from Islamabad's.. IndiaTimes - Published
A special court in Pakistan, on Tuesday, handed death penalty to former Pakistani military dictator Pervez Musharraf in the high treason case. The Lahore High Court on Monday issued a notice to the.. WorldNews - Published
Over 80 Hindu pilgrims from India have arrived here to take part in annual Katas Raj pilgrimage in Pakistan's Punjab province. Katas Raj is a complex of several Hindu temples connected to one another.. IndiaTimes - Published
The World Bank will provide $406.6 million for the Khyber Pass Economic Corridor (KPEC) project which will promote economic development and uplift areas adjoining the expressway and falling in Khyber.. WorldNews - Published
New Delhi: India on Thursday hit back at Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan for slamming the Citizenship (Amendment) Bill, saying such 'unwarranted' criticism cannot absolve Islamabad of the 'blatant.. WorldNews - Published
The indictment comes less than a week after Islamabad submitted a report to the Financial Action Task Force, which, in October, had kept the country on the Grey List, asking that it take more.. IndiaTimes - Published
US has reprimanded Pakistan for misusing US-supplied F-16 fighter jets and jeopardizing their shared security, US News reported citing official documents. According to sale conditions, Islamabad may.. IndiaTimes - Published
During the consular access given to Indian side on September 2, a power of attorney was signed by Jhadav under which the Indian high commission can represent him for further legal recourse. DNA - Published
Islamabad: Pakistan's ailing former prime minister Nawaz Sharif, who is currently undergoing treatment in London, may be shifted to the US next week for better medical care... WorldNews - Published
Islamabad: Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan will be conferred Bahrains highest civil award during an upcoming visit, according to the media reports. Special Assistant to the Prime Minister for.. WorldNews - Published
The 19th SAARC summit was to happen in Islamabad in 2016 but was boycotted by India along with Bangladesh, Bhutan, Sri Lanka, and Afghanistan after the Uri attack in Jammu and Kashmir. DNA - Published
Send us your feedback | LIKE us on Facebook FOLLOW us on Twitter • FOLLOW us on Pinterest