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Photo: AFP The United States’ special representative for Afghanistan reconciliation, Ambassador Zalmay Khalilzad, will be travelling to India, China, Afghanistan and Pakistan from January 8 to 21. He will be meeting senior government officials in each country to facilitate an intra-Afghan political settlement. The US wants an end to the …

US special envoy Zalmay Khalilzad on Tuesday embarked on a two-week tour of Afghanistan, Pakistan, India and China for talks with each country’s leadership on the Afghan peace process. The US Secretary of State’s Special Representative for Afghanistan Reconciliation, Ambassador Khalilzad, is leading an intra-agency delegation and will meet officials …

Former Sindh governor and PML-N leader Mohammad Zubair escaped an attempted attack Wednesday night in Karachi.  He and his wife were returning home from his sister-in-law’s house when a car of assailants tried to intercept their car. His son took to Twitter to say that there were three suspects in …

ISLAMABAD: As per a directive given by the federal government, the Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) has extended the deadline for registration of mobile phones till Jan 15 after which counterfeit and smuggled devices will be blocked. Earlier, it was announced that the non-compliant devices would not be registered after Dec …

Gas supply to several areas in Rahim Yar Khan has been stopped due to an explosion at a gas pipeline Wednesday morning. A section of an underground pipeline, which brought gas from Qatar, exploded in Rahim Yar Khan’s Bhong area, in Basti Kamam. After the explosion the pipeline also caught …

RAWALPINDI: In order to put an end to the VIP culture, Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) scrapped all protocols and extraordinary arrangements for government and non-government officials across the country. This was done on the directive of the airlines’ president Air Marshal Arshad Malik who asked the PIA to follow the …

Photo: AFP The Sui Southern Gas Company has directed all the CNG stations across Sindh, including Karachi, to shut down by 10pm tonight (Tuesday). According to details, the SSGC will stop gas supply to all the CNG stations at 10pm tonight due to low gas pressure. The CNG stations will …

After certain sections of Indian media on Monday reported that Norway’s prime minister had offered to mediate between Islamabad and New Delhi, Oslo’s ambassador denied the ‘erroneous’ claims, saying that Norway had neither been asked, nor had it offered to mediate. Norway’s Ambassador to New Delhi Nils Ragnar Kamsvag was …

Looks like Microsoft is interested in investing in Pakistan. In a letter addressed to Prime Minister Imran Khan, Microsoft Corporation Founder Bill Gates wrote that Microsoft could look for investment opportunities in Pakistan. Bill Gates Foundation President Chris Elias called on PM Khan on Tuesday and handed over the letter …

The Supreme Court on Tuesday assigned the assets-beyond-means investigation against Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) leader Azam Swati to the Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) and Islamabad police. The court passed the orders while hearing a suo motu case regarding the ‘unlawful’ transfer of former Islamabad police chief Jan Mohammad. The police …