Monthly Archives: October 2018

From January to September 2018, at least 2,798 civilians have been killed and 5,252 others injured across the country.

NUSA DUA, INDONESIA: Pakistan has requested financial assistance from the International Monetary Fund to address its economic challenges, IMF managing director Christine Lagarde said on Thursday. Lagarde said in a statement that the request came during her meeting with Pakistani finance minister Asad Umar, and central bank governor Tarik Bajwa on the sidelines of the IMF and World Bank annual… Read more »

Indian minister MJ Akbar has filed a defamation case against a woman journalist who named him as part of a #MeToo movement gripping the country.

At least 12 people were killed and more than 30 injured in an explosion at an election rally for a woman standing as a candidate in Afghanistan’s parliamentary polls on Oct. 20, officials said on Saturday.

COLOMBO: Sri Lanka’s parliament passed legislation on Wednesday to pay compensation to victims of the island’s brutal civil war, nearly a decade after the end of a conflict that claimed 100,000 lives. 

A Taliban delegation has met with US envoy Zalmay Khalilzad in Qatar to discuss ending the Afghan conflict, the armed group said on Saturday, in the first official confirmation of talks between the two sides.

After months of speculation, Pakistan’s new government has decided to approach the International Monetary Fund (IMF) for financial assistance as it faces an economic crisis marked by a mounting balance of payments deficit and dwindling foreign currency reserves.

Islamabad, Pakistan – On a brisk February night in the village of Ranjhay Khan in central Pakistan, Ghulam Qadir received a phone call: “Come and meet us,” the voice said, “and we will resolve all of this.”