To tide over the flailing economy, Pakistan is currently in talks with International Monetary Fund (IMF) and both parties have made “significant progress” toward agreeing on an $8 billion bailout package, the IMF said in a statement on Tuesday. “There has been broad agreement on the need for a comprehensive agenda of reforms and policy […]

The relations between former allies United States and Pakistan continue to nosedive with many skeletons tumbling out of the cupboard. Barely two days after U.S. President Donald Trump launched a vicious tirade against Pakistan for ‘not doing a damn thing’ for his country, which evoked angry reactions in Pakistan, his administration suspended the $1.66 billion […]

 In observance of the Black Day, talks and seminars were held in Tehran as well as other big cities in Iran on Saturday in support for the cause of people of Jammu & Kashmir (J&K). Seventy years ago, the Indian army landed in the Himalayan valley of Kashmir, giving rise to one of the world’s […]

Pakistan’s Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) has established its sub-offices in Greece and Iran to check increasing activities of organized criminal networks and illegal movements of Pakistani migrants. A senior FIA official has said that one sub-office each in Greece and Iran had been established and soon two deputy directors along with their subordinates would begin […]

TEHRAN (Tasnim) – Iranian Parliament Speaker Ali Larijani blamed the US for obstructing the sale of Iranian gas to Pakistan and stifling a long-awaited pipeline project between the two neighbors. In a meeting with Deputy Chairman of the Senate of Pakistan Saleem Mandviwalla in Turkey’s Antalya on Tuesday, Larijani said certain parties are opposed to […]

The inaugural 2+2 ministerial dialogue between India and the U.S. held in New Delhi last week has again threatened to jeopardize recent efforts made by New Delhi and Islamabad to bury the hatchet and open a new chapter in their bilateral ties. The joint statement issued at the summit has drawn sharp reaction from Islamabad, […]

 According to a recent report by the International Monetary Fund (IMF), Pakistan ranks among the top three countries with acute water scarcity. UN agencies like United Nations Development Program (UNDP) and Pakistan Council of Research in Water Resources (PCRWR) have also sounded alarm bells that Pakistan, which has the world’s fourth-largest rate of water usage, […]

 China’s Foreign Minister Wang Yi is on a three-day official visit to Pakistan, which started on Friday. It is the first official visit by a senior Chinese official since the formation of a new government in Pakistan. During the visit, Wang Yi held delegation-level talks with senior Pakistani officials, including his counterpart Shah Mehmood Qureshi, […]

Construction of a gas pipeline between Iran and Pakistan is considered only as a panacea to the energy crisis grappling Pakistan. Last week, Imran Khan was sworn in as the new premier of Pakistan. In his first televised address to the nation, the cricketer-turned-politician outlined his vision for Pakistan and vowed to build the foundation […]

Pakistani Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi announced on Friday that he has received a message from Iranian FM Zarif who will be welcomed in Islamabad on August 30. The Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi of the new administration in Pakistan announced on Friday that he has received a congratulatory message from Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad […]