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ISLAMABAD: Pakistan government officials are minutely studying implications of likely inclusion of more Pakistan defence and commercial concerns in the United States export control (entity list) that could harm the ongoing anti-terror military and intelligence-based operations across the country as arms and ammunition manufacturing cost could greatly surge. With Prime Minister’s Special Assistant on Foreign Affairs Tariq Fatemi undertaking a visit to the United States to establish initial contacts with US President-elect Donald J Trump’s…

WASHINGTON – Pakistan will work closely with the administration of US President-elect Donald Trump, a top Pakistani diplomat said, while asserting that Trump’s “business background and strong interest in economic ties match the vision and policies” of Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif. In an interview with The Washington Times, a conservative newspaper, Special Assistant to the Prime Minister on Foreign Affairs Tariq Fatemi also said Pakistan plans to step up its economic and military cooperation with…

The US-Pakistan relations were ensconced in the Cold War ontology of international relations wherein choices were limited for the developing countries that either sided the USSR or the US led bloc. Pakistan chose to ally with the US due to multiple reasons that included elite bias with the west to the ideological hate of communism. In a Pakistan led by the civil-military bureaucracy in 1950s, the discourse of foreign policy was determined by the former.…

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan has decided to maintain its ties with the United States on the cardinal principle of mutual respect while addressing each other’s concerns in a dignified manner once the new administration of Donald Trump is at the helm of affairs in Washington. The standpoint of Pakistan in this regard would be conveyed to think-tanks in the United States this week when Special Assistant to Prime Minister (SAPM) on Foreign Affairs Syed Tariq Fatemi would…

WASHINGTON: The Haqqani Network continues to pose the greatest threat to US troops in Afghanistan, a top US commander based in the war torn country said in Washington underlining the terror outfit uses Pakistan as a safe haven and remains America’s principal concern. “The Haqqanis still pose greatest threat to Americans and to our coalition partners and to the Afghans,” General John Nicholson, Commander of US and Nato forces in Afghanistan, told reporters during a…

As the international media is abuzz about the US President-elect Donald Trump and Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif’s telephonic call, it has emerged that Republican Party’s Pakistani-American Sajid Tarar, founder of Muslims for Trump made possible telephonic contact between US President-elect Donald Trump and Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif. Tarar, in an interview with US media, said that the Pakistani government reached out to Trump’s transition team through him. He said that since the election of Trump…

KARACHI: Pakistanis are conducting around 5,000-7,000 illegal international transactions in dollar-denominations every day via Dubai, as tightening of regulations in property and money markets has boosted business at the parallel currency avenues. “The situation has created shortage of dollars in the open market and shot the greenback value for the time being,” said Malik Bostan, a currency dealer. He said that the Hawala/Hundi business {money transition through informal channels} is prohibited in Pakistan. However, Dubai…

ISLAMABAD: Shortfall in tax collection has further widened to over Rs130 billion in five months while the number of income tax return filers dipped by 38%, as tax machinery struggled to match even its last year’s performance. The Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) provisionally collected Rs1.067 trillion during the July-November period of this fiscal year – registering just 1.7% growth over collection of the same period last fiscal year, according to FBR officials. In absolute…

ISLAMABAD: The Ministry of Planning and Development on Wednesday told the National Assembly that 29.5 percent of the total population was living below the poverty line. In a written statement, it was mentioned that about 50.3 million people were earning only Rs 3,030 monthly, which is alarming for country’s per capita income. Ministry of Finance told the house that investments of $19.8 million from food department, $136 million from petrochemicals and $59 million from metal…

The author is a connoisseur of music and literature. There are many law enforcement agencies in Pakistan but none inspires terror in the bosom of the ordinary citizen quite like the Punjab Police (hereinafter PP). A few years ago a close friend was elated to know that his then recently stolen laptop and some other stuff had been recovered from apprehended thieves. After one daunting meeting with the SHO however, he decided not to claim…