The Foreign Office (FO) on Monday rejected Kabul’s assertion that the outlawed Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) did not operate on Afghan soil. “The assertions of the Afghan side are contrary to facts on ground and various reports of the United Nations, which also corroborate the presence and activities of over 5000-strong TTP in Afghanistan,” the FO spokesperson said. A day earlier, …

MOSCOW: Moscow on Sunday recorded its worst daily coronavirus death toll and Indonesia saw more than 21,000 infections in a day, also a record, as countries across the Asia-Pacific region extended or reimposed restrictions to tackle fresh waves of cases. The pandemic has now killed close to four million people across the world but vaccination drives have brought down infection …

DHAKA: Seven people were killed and more than 50 injured in an explosion in the Bangladeshi capital late on Sunday. The cause of the blast, which occurred on the ground floor of a three-storey building on a busy street in Dhaka’s Moghbazar area, was not immediately known. “We have information so far that seven people died in the incident and …

ROME: Israel’s foreign minister on Sunday voiced concern over US diplomacy with Iran but promised a less confrontational approach in the new government’s first high-level talks with the Jewish state’s closest ally. Foreign Minister Yair Lapid, a centrist who masterminded a coalition that this month unseated veteran right-wing leader Benjamin Netanyahu, flew to Rome to meet Secretary of State Antony …

Former special assistant to the prime minister on overseas Pakistanis, Zulfi Bukhari, on Monday once again denied reports that he had travelled to Israel covertly. This is the second time that Bukhari has denied reports about travelling to Israel. He had dispelled similar reports last year in December, claiming that he had been with the Rawalpindi deputy commissioner at the …

ISLAMABAD: All indicators related to Covid-19 are showing positive signs as the capital has reported the lowest weekly positivity ratio of the current year — a tenfold reduction in cases in two months. As many as 37 patients were found infected by the virus on Sunday. According to a graph revealed by district health authorities, the positivity rate was 10pc …

PML-N leader and former finance minister Miftah Ismail hit out at the Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI)-led government on Sunday, holding it responsible for a looming energy crisis in the country and delays in the dry docking of liquified natural gas (LNG) terminals — one of the reasons he identified for the emerging shortage of gas and electricity. Addressing a press conference …

ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court has ruled that an insurance company cannot avoid a life insurance policy after two years of its coming into effect merely for the reason that the policy contains false information or inaccuracies about the insured person’s health condition. And to prove the allegations of fraud or falsity, the insurance company has to come up with strong …

KARACHI: The multi-billion rupee Green Line bus project, which was meant to address the decades-long transport problems of Karachiites, is facing another controversy as this time a European company that had offered technological support and services for the project has sought a nod from the authorities to allow its team to visit the site “before inauguration” since it has came …

ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan Medical Commission (PMC) has announced key decisions taken by the National Medical and Dental Council that include accreditation standards, the National Licencing Examination (NLE), Merit Calculation and accommodation of A level students in colleges, whose results are expected to be announced in February 2021. According to a statement of the PMC issued on Sunday, accreditation standards for …