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Pakistan says 7 troops killed in Balochistan clashes

Published by Al-Araby Seven Pakistani soldiers and at least 13 militants were killed in clashes in restive Balochistan province, the army said on Thursday, while separatists claimed dozens more had died in fighting that was still ongoing. Baloch separatists have stepped up attacks against Pakistan forces in recent weeks –

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Pakistani police widen manhunt, day after killing of priest

Published by Al-Araby Pakistani police said they widened their manhunt Monday, searching for two unidentified assailants who shot and killed a Christian priest and wounded another the previous day in the country’s northwest. Father William Siraj, 75, was killed while on his way home after attending Sunday Mass in the

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Exports soar in 2021 | Daily FT

Published by Daily Financial Times From left: EDB Additional Director General Development Malani Baddegamage, EDB Chairman Suresh de Mel, Trade Minister Bandula Gunawardena, and EDB Director General Chithranjali Dissanayake at the media briefing yesterday on the export sector’s performance Country achieves total merchandised and services exports worth $ 15.12 b

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Head of Iran’s Chabahar trade zone arrested: media

Published by Al-Araby The director general of Iran’s Chabahar Free Zone, an economic development project in the country’s southeast, has been arrested for “major offences”, state news agency IRNA reported Sunday. It said the prosecutor in Sistan-Baluchistan province placed Abdorahim Kordi in custody, citing a statement from the intelligence branch

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