"Business community played a significant role in the economic development of Pakistan and a number of steps have been taken to facilitate them, particularly during Covid," the Prez said.
The TTP, commonly known as the Pakistani Taliban, is a banned militant group based along the Afghan-Pakistan border. It has carried out several major terror attacks across Pakistan and has reportedly been using Afghan soil to plot terrorist attacks in this country.
The group has been in the cross-hairs of the Pakistani military which has launched a massive operation against it, further embittering the relations between the two.
Addressing the flag hoisting ceremony held at the President House to celebrate Pakistan's 75th Independence Day, Alvi said over the past 74 years, "three wars were forced upon us", however, the nation kept moving on despite the challenges.
He made the comments during his meeting with Chinese Ambassador Nong Rong, who called on the Prime Minister and exchanged views on China-Pakistan bilateral relations, China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) project, coronavirus vaccines and mutual cooperation in other sectors.
Police said the mob attacked the Hindu temple at Bhong city of Rahim Yar Khan district, some 590 kms from Lahore, on Wednesday in reaction to an alleged desecration of a Muslim seminary by a minor Hindu boy.
India's Parliament abrogated the special status of Jammu and Kashmir under Article 370 on August 5, 2019, and bifurcated it into two Union territories. Reacting to India's decision, Pakistan downgraded ties with New Delhi and also suspended trade relations.
Police arrested Zahir Zakir Jaffer, son of an influential businessman, who was a family acquaintance and in whose house the woman was found dead.
Noor Mukadam, 27, daughter of Shaukat Mukadam, was found dead in the capital's upscale Sector F-7/4 area on Tuesday.
Pakistan police on Monday said they have found no evidence that the daughter of the Afghan ambassador was abducted from the capital city, an incident that has triggered a major diplomatic row between the two neighboring nations.
A drone was seen over the Indian High Commission compound in Islamabad, sources said today. India has registered its strong protest with Pakistan over the security breach, they said. This sighting at the Indian facility in Islamabad comes amid heightened tensions over a drone attack on an air force base in Jammu and Kashmir last week.
Kulbhushan Jadhav will now be able to appeal against conviction in a Pakistan court as Islamabad has approved International Court of Justice (ICJ) ordinance 2020.
In the wake of protests, riots and violence by religious hardline group Tehreek-e-Labbaik Pakistan (TLP) paralysing the country and bringing it to a standstill demanding the expulsion of the French Ambassador from Pakistan in protest against 'blasphemous' caricatures depicting the Holy Prophet.
Pakistan's capital Islamabad and its twin city Rawalpindi are in a state of shock, after a 22-year-old student was shot dead by trigger-happy policemen, who opened heavy fire on his car for allegedly not stopping on their call.
The helicopter crashed on Saturday due to technical reasons when it was evacuating the body of a soldier killed earlier to a military hospital in the region, the military's media wing Inter-Services Public Relations said in the statement.
When Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan announced on November 1 that Gilgit-Baltistan (GB) would formally be absorbed as Pakistans fifth province, he put global spotlight on a region which his country had taken through bloodshed from the Maharaja of Kashmir in 1947.
An earthquake measuring 4.3 on the Richter Scale struck Pakistan early on Thursday. According to the National Center for Seismology, the earthquake was felt 4.3 hit 40km west of Islamabad, at 05:46:57 IST.
Pakistan has dismissed any option to amend local laws on India's demand to allow its lawyers to fight the case of Indian national Kulbhushan Jadhav in Pakistani courts, according to reports by Pakistan media.
India has allowed a Pakistani Court-appointed investigating committee to come to India and question 26 witnesses of the 26/11 Mumbai terror attack. India has been trying to create pressure on Pakistan to act against terrorist Hafiz Saeed, who is the mastermind of 2008 Mumbai terror attacks.
Pakistan-based human rights organization, Human Rights Focus Pakistan (HRFP) has said that minorities in Pakistan are suffering due to discriminatory laws in the country.
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