Ansar Bhatti
Panama Papers are an issue of transparency: IMF chief
Panama Papers and Bahama Leaks are a matter of honesty, transparency and accountability, top International Monetary Fund (IMF) boss Christine Lagarde said Tuesday. On the final day of her maiden two-day visit to Pakistan, the IMF chief in her concluding press conference alongside Finance Minister Ishaq Dar in Islamabad said accountability and transparency was the right course forward. IMF Managing Director Christine Lagarde speaks during an emerging markets conference in Islamabad, October 24.— Reuters “And that is the best way to go forward whether it is Panama or Bahama orRead More
Pakistan seeks UK help in ending rights abuses in held Kashmir
LONDON: The Pakistani High Commissioner has handed over a dossier on India’s human rights violations in Occupied Kashmir to the United Kingdom’s UK Special Representative on Afghanistan and Pakistan. According to a press release, Pakistani High Commissioner in the United Kingdom Syed Ibne Abbas visited the Foreign and Commonwealth Office on Thursday where he handed over the dossier to UK Special Representative Mr Owen Jenkins. “The dossier contains details of gross human rights violations in the Indian Occupied Jammu and Kashmir by the Indian occupation forces. The High Commissioner highlightedRead More
US wants Pakistan, India to adopt more ‘conciliatory approach’
The United States will like to encourage both Pakistan and India to adopt a more conciliatory approach and resolve their contentious issues in the larger interest of regional peace, a US State Department Spokesman said in Washington. At a briefing in the State Department, spokesman Mark Toner said the US position on Kashmir remains, which is that the two countries should work out a solution between them. But he added that the US would like to see greater cooperation and greater dialogue between Pakistan and India. “It’s frankly to theRead More
Pakistan declare at 579-3 after Azhar’s unbeaten 302
Pakistan declared their first innings at 579-3 after opener Azhar Ali knocked his maiden triple hundred on day two of the first day-night Test against West Indies in Dubai on Friday in Dubai. Ali remained unbeaten on a 645-minute vigil of 302 — fourth to score a triple hundred in Tests from his country — after Pakistan resumed the day on 279-1 at Dubai stadium. Misbah-ul-Haq remained 29 not out while Babar Azam made 69 and Asad Shafiq scored 67. For West Indies leg-spinner Devendra Bishoo finished with 125. AliRead More
Pak-India tensions seen dominating Indian BRICS summit
India is set to take its drive to isolate Pakistan and rally the international community against ‘cross-border terrorism’ to a summit of emerging market powers this weekend, when it hosts BRICS nations in the western state of Goa. For Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, the gathering of leaders from Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa offers an opportunity to highlight the threat he sees to Indian security from recent border clashes with Pakistan. But across the summit table at a resort hotel, Chinese President Xi Jinping is unlikely toRead More
SC sets pleas of PTI, others over Panama leak for hearing on Oct 20
ISLAMABAD, October 14 (DNA): The Supreme Court on Friday has set pleas of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) and Jamaat-e-Islami (JI) for hearing on October 20 among those of others that call for probe of Panama leak against premier. An esteemed three-member bench of the Supreme Court headed by the Chief Justice of Pakistan, Anwar Zaheer Jamali will hear the petitions nearly a week from today. Political parties besides Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf and Jamaat-e-Islami whose petitions are going to be heard are Awami Muslim League (AML) , Qaumi Watan PartyRead More