"This suicide bombing also connects to across the border [in Afghanistan]; the planning of this terrorism [act] was done in Afghanistan. Terrorists and their facilitators were also being controlled from Afghanistan and the suicide bomber was also an Afghan [national]," he added.
According to a press release issued by the Ministry of Privatisation on Sunday, the restructuring scheme was approved on May 3 for the transfer of non-core assets and liabilities of PIA to PIA Holding Company Limited.
As the purchasing power of a common man in Pakistan nosedives, people are now struggling to manage daily needs as they face the challenge of skyrocketing inflation and severe unemployment.
Under the chairmanship of Chief Election Commissioner Iftikhar Hussain, ANP's general council meeting took place in the party's Bacha Khan Centre in Peshawar wherein Aimal was elected as the president.
President Asif Ali Zardari on Saturday approved the appointments of Saleem Haider, Faisal Karim Kundi and Jaffar Khan Mandokhail as governors of Punjab, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Balochistan, respectively. Kundi has already taken oath as the KP governor.
The Pakistan government on Friday decided to legally move against any telecom operator or others trying to create hindrances in disabling the mobile phone SIMs of over half a million tax evaders.
In his arguments before the court, Bushra Bibi's lawyer Usman Gul stated that the process of declaring the residence a sub-jail was completed within a few hours.
The highways in Balochistan remained closed for the tenth day in a row as transporters continued their walkout against the government's plan to set up additional checkpoints on important roads to safeguard travellers following the Noshki killings, reported Dawn.