Pakistan

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ICT admin installs three solar-powered filtration plants to combat waterborne diseases

New system will bring greater transparency and help increase revenue

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Rescue efforts hindered by difficult terrain; wildlife and forests suffer massive damage

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Funds are aimed at easing financial pressures and ensuring timely payments

In a provocative move widely seen as a form of ‘hydrological warfare’, India has accelerated work on a controversial river-linking project aimed at diverting the flow of the River Chenab to the Beas and Ravi rivers, raising grave concerns in Pakistan about its future water security.

Deputy Prime Minister/Foreign Minister, Senator Mohammad Ishaq Dar, on Saturday, held a telephone conversation with the Foreign Minister of Turkey, Hakan Fidan, and discussed matters of bilateral and regional interest.

Moody’s downgraded the US sovereign credit rating on Friday due to concerns about the nation’s growing $36 trillion debt pile in a move that could complicate President Donald Trump’s efforts to cut taxes and send ripples through global markets. Moody’s first gave the United States its pristine “Aaa” rating in 1919 and is the last of the three major credit agencies to downgrade it. “Successive US administrations and Congress have failed to agree on measures to reverse the trend of large annual fiscal deficits and growing interest costs,” Moody’s said on Friday, as it changed its outlook on the US to “stable” from “negative”. The announcement drew criticism from people close to Trump. Stephen Moore, former senior economic adviser to Trump and an economist at Heritage Foundation, called the move “outrageous”. “If a US backed government bond isn’t triple A-asset then what is?” he told Reuters. White House communications director Steven Cheung reacted to the downgrade via a social media post, singling out Moody’s ...

Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif held an important meeting with Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) President Nawaz Sharif in Raiwind on Saturday, where they reviewed key political developments, foreign affairs, and national security issues.

Zalmi and Qalandars face off today in a virtual knockout, with the winner securing the final playoff spot.

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Prime Minister Muhammad Shehbaz Sharif said the government of Pakistan was committed to fostering a digital ecosystem that promoted inclusion, empowered women and left no one behind.