ISLAMABAD: Defence Minister Khawaja Asif on Wednesday warned Afghanistan’s Taliban-led government against continued support for militants, saying Pakistan would respond to Kabul the same way it had responded to India. “There is no difference between Delhi and Kabul,” Asif said while addressing the National Assembly in Islamabad, adding that the “same enemy” was currently sitting on both Pakistan’s eastern and western borders. The defence minister mentioned that the Kabul government had become a “proxy” of India and was unwilling to provide Pakistan with concrete assurances regarding cross-border terrorism. “Kabul isRead More

ISLAMABAD, MAY 13 /DNA/ – The Pakistan Institute of Development Economics (PIDE) hosted a Certificate Awarding Ceremony today to mark the completion of the “6-Week Induction Training Programme for Research Officers (Economist Group)” of the Ministry of Planning, Development & Special Initiatives. Honorable Prof. Ahsan Iqbal, Federal Minister for Planning, Development & Special Initiatives, graced the occasion as the Chief Guest and distributed certificates to the newly inducted officers at PIDE’s Junior Combination Room, Islamabad. In his keynote address, Prof. Ahsan Iqbal described the Ministry of Planning as the “developmentRead More

ISLAMABAD, MAY 13 /DNA/ – Anita Khawaja, German citizen and resident of Sialkot, has been awarded the Cross of Merit (1st Class) of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany by Federal President Frank-Walter Steinmeier. Mrs. Khawaja, widow of the late Muhammad Anwar Khawaja, the Founder of Anwar Khawaja Industries, is decorated in recognition of her life-long commitment to improving the healthcare and education of football stitchers and other residents of Sialkot. During a reception in Mrs. Khawaja’s honour, the medal of the Cross of Merit (1stRead More