Information Minister Fawad Chaudhry on Tuesday reiterated that there were certain groups within the banned Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) that wanted to shun violence, saying the government too wanted to give its “citizens a chance” if they respected the law of the country and showed their allegiance to the Constitution. The minister’s statement comes a day after he announced that a complete ceasefire had been reached between the government and the banned militant group. Addressing a press conference in Islamabad after a cabinet meeting today, Chaudhry insisted that the talks with the TTPRead More

LAHORE, NOV 09 : Former Chief Justice of Pakistan Saqib Nisar has said that the money Pakistanis donated to the dam fund set up by the Supreme Court of Pakistan is safe and is generating profit. Speaking to journalists at a private event in Lahore, Justice (retd) Saqib Nisar said that people should not worry about that money, which, according to him, is being kept in a State Bank of Pakistan account. Justice Nisar claimed that the money was generating profit. “People should rest assured. I and my team areRead More

Germany on Tuesday urged the European Union to “take action” and help stem the flow of migrants illegally crossing into Poland from Belarus. “Poland or Germany can’t handle this alone,” caretaker Interior Minister Horst Seehofer told the Bild daily, urging the EU to “stand together”. “We must help the Polish government secure their external border. This would actually be the task of the European Commission. I’m now appealing to them to take action,” he said. The plea came after Poland said it had repelled an attempt by hundreds of migrants to illegally cross from Belarus. Warsaw warned that thousands more were on theRead More