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Saarc Covid fund: No Indian money for Pakistan; Nepal biggest beneficiary

India has contributed half the corpus of the fund but released less than 20% to member nations

Pakistan reports 40 more Covid-19 fatalities, total reaches 8,000 mark

With 40 Covid-19-related deaths in the last 24 hours, Pakistan tally of the pandemic fatalities jumped to 8,025

ADB approves $300 mn policy-based loan to cash-strapped Pakistan

Pakistan has been facing the dilemma of rise and fall in the export growth showing underperformance of its export industry.

Bilawal Bhutto Zardari tests positive for Covid-19, in self-isolation

Pakistan's leading opposition politician Bilawal Bhutto Zardari said on Thursday that he has tested positive for the coronavirus. The 32-year-old chief of Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) and son of former two-time prime minister Benazir Bhutto went into isolation after being infected with the virus. I have tested positive for #COVID-19 & am self-isolating with mild symptoms. I'll continue working from home & will be addressing PPP foundation day via video link. Wear a mask everyone, see you on the other side IA (Insha Allah), Bilawal tweeted. On Wednesday, he decided to stay away from any political activity after his political secretary Jamil Soomro was tested COVID-19 positive. Bilawal has recently returned to Karachi after running almost a month-long election campaign prior to the November 15 election in Gilgit-Baltistan. The PPP chairman also attended a massive anti-government rally of the Pakistan Democratic Movement (PDM) in Peshawar on November 22. Pakistan's newly-formed ..

Israelis pay respects to victims of 26/11 Mumbai attacks, demand justice

Israelis are holding ceremonies to pay respects to the victims of the 26/11 Mumbai terror attacks, demanding that the perpetrators of the carnage be brought to justice

No restrictions on Nawaz, sons to come to Pak for Begum Shamim's funeral

Information Minister Shibli Faraz said there were no restrictions in place on Nawaz Sharif, his sons and former finance minister Ishaq Dar to come to Pakistan to attend the funeral of Sharif's mother

Pakistan PM Imran Khan appoints his lawyer as head of state-run channel PTV

Bukhari and Nadeem are over 65 and, therefore, the ministry had sought relaxation from the federal cabinet regarding their age

India's neighbours beat first wave, but Covid-19 cases are rising again

The contrasting impact across South Asia has been striking despite sharing common traits of young populations spread across densely packed cities and expansive hinterlands

Pakistan PM Imran Khan approves creation of liaison body for spy agencies

Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan approved the setting up of the National Intelligence Coordination Committee (NICC), a senior security source said.

France demands withdrawal of Pak minister's objectionable remarks on Macron

France has demanded Pakistani Minister of Human Rights Shireen Mazari to withdraw his objectionable remarks on President Emmanuel Macron for treating the "Muslims like the Nazis"

Huge anti-tunnelling operation on along international border in JK's Samba

An operation is underway near the International border in Jammu and Kashmir's Samba to unearth an underground tunnel which was reportedly used by four Jaish-e-Mohammad terrorists to sneak into India

Pakistan registers 59 more coronavirus deaths, toll rises to 7,662

At least 59 more people have succumbed to coronavirus in Pakistan, taking the nationwide death toll to 7,662, while over 2,600 new infections have been reported across the country

Pak summons Indian diplomat, rejects charge of terror attack being planned by Jaish in J&K

Pakistan on Saturday summoned the Charge d'Affaires of the Indian High Commission and rejected India's assertion that Jaish-e-Mohammed was planning attacks in J&K ahead of local elections there

'Holy warrior' Khadim Hussain Rizvi is dead. But his mass appeal lives on

The Pakistani establishment's need for convenient instruments like him hasn't disappeared. They will find another Rizvi

Best of BS Opinion: Budgeting in unusual times, end of a 'holy warrior'

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Global technology companies threaten to leave Pakistan over new rules

The coalition said it was "alarmed by the scope of Pakistan's new law targeting internet companies, as well as the government's opaque process by which these rules were developed."

Pakistan's economy to grow 1.5-2.5% in current fiscal, says report

Cash-strapped Pakistan's economy, which has been hit hard by the coronavirus pandemic, will turn around and grow 1.5-2.5 per cent in the current fiscal year, according to the country's central bank. In its annual report for the fiscal 2019-20 released on Wednesday, the State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) said the nation's economy seems poised to pick up from where it was before the COVID-19 shock, The Express Tribune reported on Wednesday. Pakistan's central bank has projected that the COVID-19 hit national economy will turn around and grow 1.5-2.5 per cent in the current fiscal year, the report said. Like other nations, Pakistan's economy has been hit hard by the coronavirus effect that has so far claimed the lives of 7,248 people and infected 365,927 others in the country. Pakistan has already been in a deep financial crisis and has been negotiating a bailout package from the International Monetary fund, apart from taking massive financial help from its close allies, including China. W

Pak's new internet rules gives wider powers of censorship, draw criticism

The new rules were approved initially by Prime Minister Imran Khan's cabinet in February

In his first Kabul visit, Pak PM vows to reduce violence in Afghanistan

Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan on Thursday met with Afghan President Ashraf Ghani on his maiden visit to Kabul and vowed to "do everything" to reduce violence in Afghanistan

Pak court sentences Hafiz Saeed to fresh jail term in terror cases

Saeed is currently lodged at the Lahore's high-security Kot Lakhpat jail