Pakistani government

TORKHAM, Afghanistan - The grandfather always feared this day would come.

The Foreign Minister of Pakistan Bilawal Bhutto Zardari contacted his Greek counterpart Vassilis Kaskarelis to convey his government's gratitude for Greek efforts to rescue Pakistani survivors aboard the vessel that capsized near Pylos last week.

Pakistani authorities have arrested 14 people in connection with the alleged trafficking of several migrants who drowned last week after their overloaded boat capsized in the sea off Greece, police said.

Hundreds of people, including from Pakistan, are thought to have died when the vessel capsized and sank in one of Europe's deadliest shipping disasters in recent years.

Turkey has taken additional measures on its border with Iran in the face of the increasing number of Afghan nationals who are fleeing the Taliban, the defense minister has said, assuring that the Turkish authorities are exerting great efforts for the border security of the country.

Although the novel coronavirus pandemic has driven thousands of workers into unemployment, the Pakistani government has found a way to provide jobs to their citizens while also reforesting the nation.

According to Reuters, Pakistan has created more than 63,000 jobs for unemployed day laborers by relaunching the nation's ambitious 10 Billion Tree Tsunami campaign.

"Unfortunately (...) the negative tints regarding Pakistan are exaggerated, which has the unpleasant consequence of creating some reservations at the level of the Romanian business community in connection with the security of some possible businesses or cooperation projects with Pakistani companies," Ambassador of Romania in Islamabad Niculaie Goia said in an interview with AGERPRES, underscori

Although the administration of Pakistan is not ready to accept the fact, the Pakistan Institute for Peace Studies (PIPS) - a local research organisation or think-tank - has mentioned in its latest report that the Islamic State (IS/ISIS/ISIL) militant group is alarmingly increasing its presence in the country.

The International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes (ISCID), an arm of the World Bank, fined the Pakistani government up to $800 million in an arbitration case launched in 2013 by Karkey Black Sea Energy Group (Karkey), a Turkish firm that runs power generation sea vehicles. 

Turkey's president and prime minister have condemned the Lahore blast claimed by the Pakistani Taliban that killed at least 72, while extending their condolences to the Pakistani government and stressing their support in the country's fight against terror. 

At least 13 people were killed when a suicide bomber struck the home of a prominent politician in Jalalabad Jan. 17, officials said, in the second deadly attack in the eastern Afghan city in less than a week.