The fourth EU-Central Asia summit of special representatives for Afghanistan has called on the Taliban (under UN sanctions for terrorism) to restore Afghan women in all their lawful rights, pointing out its importance for the nation's economic recovery, according to a joint statement published by the Turkmen Foreign Ministry on Saturday

Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif says living nations uphold the honour and dignity of their benefactors and heroes who render the supreme sacrifice of their life so that their country men and women can live peacefully.

Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif says this project will usher in a new era of development and prosperity in the backward areas of Balochistan.

The federal minister says the existing [NFC] formula is regressive, as it provides 80pc weight to population and actually incentivise population growth.

The number of Americans filing new claims for jobless benefits tumbled last week after the US Labor Department reversed all of the previous week's additions that took filings to a year-and-a-half highs, as investigators in the state of Massachusetts cited fraudulent claims

The two leaders have also inaugurated sustenance marketplace at Mand-Pishin crossing point.