Rawalpindi, 29 June 2019 (Daily Dawn) Army Chief Gen Qamar Javed Bajwa on Friday blamed “fiscal mismanagement” for the country's economic woes, days after he was appointed to a newly formed committee responsible for steering the economy. The comments come days before the board of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) is due to decide whether...

Doha, 29 June 2019 Qatar has been announced as the host country for the 2020 Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSME) Forum, an event owned by the International Council for Small Business (ICSB). The Forum, considered a key platform for addressing how MSMEs can be empowered as the global workplace transforms, is expected to attract...

Washington, 29 June 2019 Dr. Ali bin Samikh Al-Marri, Chairman, National Human Rights Committee of Qatar has warned that "the Gulf crisis has reached its peak of escalation, which has increased the concerns and fears of the Gulf people." He called for "the need to take deterrent measures against the countries of the blockade, To...

Islamabad, 22 June 2019 (The News, APP) Pakistan and Qatar signed three MoUs on Saturday in the fields of trade, investment, tourism and financial intelligence, Radio Pakistan reported.  The MoUs were signed a few hours after Emir of Qatar Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al-Thani arrived in Islamabad on a two-day official visit. Adviser to the...

Tehran, 20 June 2019 (AlJazeera) Iran has shot down a US drone, raising fears that a major military confrontation could erupt between Tehran and Washington in the Gulf. While Iran's elite Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) said the unmanned aircraft was brought down by a surface-to-air missile on Thursday after flying into Iranian airspace, US officials said the...

Ankara, 19 June 2019 (Anadolu News) The U.S. said Wednesday it is "closely" appraising a UN report that said the murder of Washington Post journalist Jamal Khashoggi was an extrajudicial killing for which Saudi Arabia is responsible. "We are reviewing the report closely," a State Department spokesman told Anadolu Agency on condition of anonymity. "The...

Ankara, 18 June 2019 (Anadolu News)   Egypt’s former president Mohamed Moorsi, has been buried in a remote area of Cairo as his treatment in custody before his death was denounced as torture. Morsi, the only democratically elected civilian leader in Egypt’s history, fainted in court on Monday and was pronounced dead on arrival in...

Doha, 18 June 2019 The first Qatar Airways flight from Doha to Davao, Philippines, touched down today at Davao International Airport, where it was welcomed with a celebratory water cannon salute. Qatar Airways flight QR936 departed Hamad International Airport (HIA) on Tuesday, 18 June at 02.45 and landed in Davao at 17:20 local time. The...

Istanbul, 17 June 2019 (Anadolu News) Egypt’s first democratically-elected President Mohamed Morsi died Monday during a court appearance to face charges many believed were politically-motivated. Morsi, 67, was subject to numerous trials on a host of charges since he was ousted and imprisoned in the 2013 military coup. He faced six charges, including "jailbreak, murder...

Seoul, June 15, 2019 (Yonhap News) Stockholm, June 15 (Yonhap) -- The two Koreas are continuously communicating with each other through "various channels," South Korean President Moon Jae-in said Saturday amid speculation about whether another inter-Korean summit will be held in the coming weeks. Moon earlier expressed hope for meeting with North Korean leader Kim Jong-un...