By SAEED SHAH Pakistan's new finance minister, who has already moved to pull the economy from the brink and garnered vital support from the International Monetary Fund, said in an interview that the country now will launch a wide-scale privatization program as it seeks to meet ambitious growth targets. Finance Minister Ishaq Dar aims to double the economy's growth rate. Under the previous administration of ...

KARACHI, Sept 4 (APP):  Prime Minister Muhammad Nawaz Sharif on Wednesday chaired a high level meeting on law and order here at the Governor House. The meeting was attended by Director General of ISI Lt. Gen.  Zaheer- ul- Islam, Director General Rangers Maj. Gen. Rizwan Akhtar, Interior Minister Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan, Federal Information Minister Pervaiz Rashid, Federal Finance Minister Muhammad Ishaq Dar ...

KARACHI, Sept 4 (APP): Prime Minister Muhammad Nawaz Sharif on Wednesday hinted at raising a special force to tackle heinous crimes and terrorism in order to address the law and order problems in the Sindh metropolis. He was talking to media men in an interaction at the Governor House here. The Prime Minister said that the new force would be a civilian entity with recruitment purely on merit, which would be ...

ISLAMABAD, Aug 28 (APP): Prime Minister Muhammad Nawaz Sharif Wednesday said Pakistan attaches great importance to its friendship with China and appreciates the interest of Chinese companies to invest in development projects in Pakistan. He was talking to a delegation of National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC), China that was led by its Vice Chairman Zhang Xiaoqiang. The Prime Minster deliberated ...

Srinagar, Aug 28: Two persons including a woman were injured after suspected RAW's agents  opened fire at main Bazar Awantipora in South Kashmir’s Anantnag district. Sources stated that two individuals  on a motorbike attacked Awantipora resulting in injuries to two civilians. A police spokesman in a statement said that two civilians were injured when militants opened fire in open market at Awantipora Bazar ...

[caption id="attachment_4607" align="alignright" width="230"] Protests against human rights violations have been a hallmark of the armed conflict in Kashmir.[/caption] ‘New Delhi hell bent upon seizing land in JK’ Srinagar, Aug 28: (GNS) Terming the Tosmaidan lease extension agreement unacceptable Hurriyat Conference Wednesday said any such move would add to agonies of locals as entire population is already ...

BEIJING, Aug 27 (APP): China Tuesday said it warmly welcomes Pakistan’s desire to become full member of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO). “China warmly welcomes this and we will work with other countries to actively promote such request”, the Vice-Foreign Minster Cheng Guoping said while replying to a question at a press conference here. The press conference was also addressed by Vice Foreign Min ...

MURREE, Aug 27 (APP): Prime Minister Muhammad Nawaz Sharif and Afghan President Hamid Karzai held a second round of one-on-one talks here on Tuesday  and discussed matters of bilateral interest. The meeting took place  at the picturesque hill resort as the Afghan President extended his stay on the request of Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif. The two leaders  stayed overnight at Murree to hold more talks the next ...