Amid depleting foreign reserves, currency exchange firms of Pakistan on Saturday offered to pay for resuming the letter of credit facility (LC) for supporting imports as banks step back due to Pakistan's ongoing economic crisis, according to a Geo News report.
Against the deteriorating law and order in the region, several locals of the South Waziristan region staged massive protests in the tribal district and chanted slogans against a surge in terrorism in the tribal district, Geo News reported.
To mark the country's 75th anniversary of independence, the military junta announced this week that it would free some 7,000 prisoners, UN news reported. However, it did not specify whether those jailed as part of its brutal crackdown on dissent would be included.
As the Taliban's crackdown on Afghan women continues to persist, some Tribal elders in the Khost province of Afghanistan urged the authorities to reopen education centres for women and allow them to work in government and non-governmental organizations, TOLO news reported.
Amid a slump in the country's exports due to the shrinking economy, Pakistan Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif has formed a committee for which he has sought recommendations, ARY News reported citing sources on Thursday.
This comes a day after Pakistan Interior Minister Rana Sanaullah on Tuesday said that there will be no talks with TTP or any other terrorist organization, Geo News reported. Sanaullah's remarks come amid a recent spate of attacks by the banned TTP after the group ended a ceasefire with Islam
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At the 40th National Security Committee meeting, Pakistan vowed to show 'zero tolerance' for terrorism amid the spurt in terrorist strikes by banned outfit Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) and a rise in cross-border terrorism on Pak-Afghanistan border, Geo News reported.
A group of painters in the eastern province of Paktia claimed that while things were better in the past, they are currently struggling to find a market for their creations as Afghanistan's economy is under deep crisis since the Taliban took control in August last year, TOLO news reported.
Crisis in Afghanistan does not seem to die down as several people are under the grip of hunger and lack of basic amenities in Afghanistan since the Taliban took control of the Afghan land in August last year, TOLO news reported.