Liaquat Ali Lahore: Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) chairman Bilawal Bhutto Zardari this week doubled down on the demand for the immediate announcement of a date and schedule for the general elections, stressing that only polls could take the country out of economic and political crises. Concerns on the poll timing have arisen from the Election […]
Read MoreNewswire Islamabad: President Arif Alvi this week stressed the need to strengthen cooperation with China in multiple fields under the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC). At a meeting with Chinese Ambassador to Pakistan Jiang Zaidong, the president appreciated China’s long-term support for Pakistan’s development, saying that the China-Pakistan friendship has been unique and deeply rooted in […]
Read MoreGwadar Pro Gwadar: United States Ambassador Donald Blome this week paid a visit to the port city of Gwadar which is a pivotal hub for China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) and a vital component of Belt and Road Initiative (BRI), a global economic corridor. During his visit, Ambassador Blome inspected the Gwadar Port, which has seen […]
Read MoreLiaquat Ali Islamabad: On the occasion of International Democracy Day, the Shaheed Bhutto Foundation and the Pakistan People’s Party Human Rights Cell collaborated to organize a seminar this week. The event saw the active participation of distinguished individuals from various backgrounds, including political figures. During the seminar, Malaika Raza highlighted the significant role that the […]
Read MoreLiaquat Ali Islamabad: The National Lobbying Delegation (NLD) for Minority Rights, representing various minority groups, called upon Senator Sherry Rehman this week to discuss the issues and challenges faced by minorities in the country. Expressing PPP’s unwavering dedication to promoting and safeguarding the rights of Pakistan’s diverse minority communities, Rehman said, “The scars left on […]
Read MoreAbdullah Jan Islamabad: Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) senior leader Faisal Karim Kundi this week urged the caretaker government to provide relief to the inflation-hit masses. Expressing his thoughts, Kundi bemoaned the significant increase in petroleum prices. “There is a dire need to provide relief to the masses,” Kundi stated. He was of the view that […]
Read MoreLiaquat Ali Lahore: Pakistan Muslim League (Nawaz) Chief Organiser Maryam Nawaz Sharif thgis week tasked the party ticket holders of Punjab to bring as many people as they could to give a rousing welcome to her father Nawaz Sharif, who is scheduled to arrive here from London on October 21. Presiding over a meeting at […]
Read MoreCelina Ali Islamabad: Pakistan and Kazakhstan this week agreed to enhance regional economic and trade integration for increasing bilateral trade. Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Kazakhstan Yerzhan Kistafin called on Federal Minister for Commerce Dr Gohar Ejaz here. Both sides expressed their commitment to fostering stronger economic ties with the aim of […]
Read MoreAbdullah Jan Islamabad: The Embassy of the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia in Pakistan has celebrated Ethiopian New Year this week with traditional zeal and fervor. In this regard, a colourful reception was hosted here for Government of Pakistan’s officials, media, civil society, diplomatic corps and Ethiopian Diaspora. Gohar Ejaz, Minister for Commerce, graced the […]
Read MoreArslan Ali Arsal Islamabad: Ambassador of Iran to Pakistan Dr Reza Amiri Moghaddam this week called on Chairman Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) Malik Amjed Zubair Tiwana. The meeting was attended by Member (Admin), Member Customs (Operations) and senior officials of FBR, said a news release issued here. During the meeting, the two sides discussed […]
Read MoreArsalan Ali Arsal Canberra: Pakistani High Commissioner to Australia Zahid Hafeez Chaudhri this week visited the Pakistan Pavilion at Fine Food Australia. “Delighted to visit Pakistan Pavilion at Fine Food Australia. The range and quality of Pakistani food products from #Basmatirice, #Pinksalt, spices, and cooked food to frozen & processed fruits & vegetables was impressive. […]
Read MoreCelina Ali Islamabad: To kick-start the implementation of the “Green Framework Engagement” between Pakistan and Denmark, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, this week, hosted the inaugural meeting of the “joint committee”. From Pakistan’s side, it was chaired by Ambassador Syed Haider Shah, Additional Secretary (UN&ED). The Danish side was led by Ambassador Jakob Linulf, Embassy […]
Read MoreAbida Shaheen Islamabad: In an effort to fortify bilateral relations and extend collaboration, the Special Assistant to Prime Minister (SAPM) on Overseas Pakistanis and Human Resource Development, Jawad Sohrab Malik, convened a meeting with WADA Mitsuhiro, the Ambassador of Japan to Pakistan this week. The discussion spanned across myriad facets of collaboration between the Ministry […]
Read MoreCelina Ali Islamabad: Italy’s Ambassador to Pakistan Andreas Ferrarese this week said that Italy and Pakistan relationship will touch the skies. In a media interaction, he said both the friendly counties have agreed to enhance people-to-people contacts and strengthen bilateral ties between the two countries. Ambassador Andreas Ferrarese said the two sides were focusing on […]
Read MoreLiaquat Ali Islamabad: Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) Chairman Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari said on Sunday it may be the case that his party’s allies in the erstwhile Pakistan Democratic Movement-led ruling coalition were “scared” and “running away from elections”. “I have been telling my allies for the past 18 months that if you get scared, you die […]
Read MoreGwadar Pro Islamabad: The new Chinese Ambassador to Pakistan Jiang Zaidong this week arrived in Islamabad to take up his new assignment and was warmly welcomed, the Chinese Embassy in Pakistan announced. “The recently appointed Chinese ambassador to Pakistan, Jiang Zaidong, arrived in Islamabad on Wednesday to officially assume his role,” the Embassy posted on […]
Read MoreGwadar Pro Islamabad: Pakistan’s Ambassador to China, Moinul Haque, said this week that Pakistan’s commitment to its ‘Digital Pakistan’ vision, harnessing its youthful and entrepreneurial population, is evident through the establishment of the Special Technology Zone Authority (STZA). He maintained that this initiative aims to entice technology companies to establish research and development centers and […]
Read MoreGwadar Pro Lahore: Pakistan-China Joint Chamber of Commerce and Industry (PCJCCI) this week proposed to grow Chinese varieties of potatoes to enhance disease free production. PCJCCI leaders – during a think-tank session at the PCJCCI Secretariat – mentioned that Chinese potato varieties were known for their resistance to pests and diseases, making them a valuable […]
Read MoreUmar Rehman Malik ready to follow Rehman Malik Abdullah Jan Islamabad: A consultative and introductory meeting of PPP Digital Media Islamabad Chapter was held at the central secretariat of the party this week in which office-bearers, social media activists, and workers participated in a large number. The meeting was co-chaired by Umar Rehman Malik and […]
Read MoreAbida Shaheen Islamabad: British High Commissioner to Pakistan Jane Marriott this week stressed the need for empowering the youth to tackle challenges, including climate change, being faced by Pakistan. The UK high commissioner was speaking at an event organised by the Voluntary Service Overseas (VSO) to celebrate the International Youth Day. The event marked the […]
Read MoreCelina Ali Islamabad: The European Union announced this week the launching of a new project that would contribute to migrant protection in Pakistan covering all phases of migration, including countering and preventing irregular migration, trafficking in human beings and smuggling of migrants. A new migrants resource centre is being opened in Peshawar, joining the existing […]
Read MoreCelina Ali Islamabad– Jane Marriott, British High Commissioner to Pakistan, met with Air Chief Marshal Zaheer Ahmed Baber Sidhu, Chief of the Air Staff, Pakistan Air Force, in a highly significant meeting held at Air Headquarters this week. The discussion focused on key areas of mutual interest, with a special emphasis on the contemporary geo-political […]
Read MoreAbdullah Jan Canberra: Pakistani High Commissioner to Australia Zahid Hafeez Chaudhri said this week that Pakistan stands in solidarity with Morocco after the devastating earthquake. “We stand in solidarity with Morocco in the wake of devastating earthquake. Our thoughts and prayers go out to the affected families and we wish quick recovery to the injured. […]
Read MoreLiaquat Ali Islamabad: Speaker National Assembly Raja Pervez Ashraf this week said that education was an essential factor for women empowerment and providing basic facilities to women would enhance their literacy rate across the country. He added that the provision of transportation facilities to girls students in Gujar Kahn who travel 40 km to reach […]
Read MoreAbdullah Jan Islamabad: Pakistan People’s Party leader Senator Sherry Rehman has called for the prioritisation of capacity and finance in climate governance. Speaking at a roundtable event titled ‘Financing Climate Action for Pakistan,’ organised by the Jinnah Institute, Senator Rehman emphasised the importance of focusing on finance and scalable capacity, especially as Pakistan prepares for […]
Read MoreArslan Ali Arsal Islamabad: Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) leader Faisal Karim Kundi said this week that there was no difference between the statements of Bilawal Bhutto Zardari – the party chairman – and Asif Ali Zardari – former president – a day after they expressed totally opposite points of views on the issue of elections. […]
Read MoreCelina Ali Islamabad: Italy’s Ambassador to Pakistan Andreas Ferrarese said this week that his country wanted to boost trade ties with Pakistan. In a media interaction, he said Pakistan and Italy had chosen to strengthen economic ties and reinforce cooperation in diverse fields, besides deepening mutual collaboration on issues of common interest. The Ambassador called […]
Read MoreAbida Shaheen Lahore: Indonesia is an exciting market for aspiring Pakistani entrepreneurs and new startups with innovative ideas, offering wonderful opportunities of mutual collaboration and business expansion. This was stated by the Ambassador of Indonesia Adam M. Tugio during a meeting with young business entrepreneurs of Entrepreneurs’ Organization (EO) from textile, fintech, healthcare, food, dairy, […]
Read MoreLiaquat Ali Islamabad: Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) this week asked the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) to unfreeze the funds for development schemes. PPP senior leader Senator Taj Haider wrote a letter to the chief election commissioner (CEC) and demanded to take back its decision to ban the disbursement of funds for the development schemes […]
Read MoreGwadar Pro Urumqi: Recently, Pakistani Senator Rana Mahmood-ul-Hassan and his delegation visited Xinjiang Medical University and had a symposium with school president Haji Akber Aisa to further strengthen exchanges and cooperation between Pakistan and Xinjiang Medical University in the fields of education and scientific research. “In our previous exchange with BRI countries, we learned that […]
Read MoreLiaquat Ali Islamabad: Ali Rehman Malik and Umar Rehman Malik, sons of former Interior Minister and senior PPP leader late Senator A. Rehman Malik, visited two churches in Islamabad this week and expressed solidarity with the Christian community over the tragic incident in Jaranwala, Faisalabad where multiple churches were vandalized and copies of Bibles were […]
Read MoreAbida Shaheen Karachi: British High Commissioner to Pakistan Jane Marriott this week said that Pakistan had a lot of potential. During an interview, she spoke about bilateral ties between the UK and Pakistan, making information accessible to potential Pakistani students, and her thoughts on the Pakistani mangoes. “We (the UK) continue to work more broadly […]
Read MoreCelina Ali Islamabad: Pakistan has set expectations high for the restoration of direct flight operations in the United Kingdom (UK) and Europe after the upcoming visits of their aviation audit teams. A delegation from the British safety agency, Department for Transport (DfT), will visit Pakistan at the end of October. During its visit, the DfT […]
Read MoreLiaquat Ali Islamabad: Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) leader Senator Sherry Rehman this week stressed the need for holding the general elections within 90 days. Addressing a press conference at the Bilawal House, Ms Rehman said: “The polls in the country should be held within 90 days. The PPP delegation will take the Election Commission of […]
Read MoreAbdullah Jan Jamshoro: Former Sindh Chief Minister Syed Murad Ali Shah this week expressed hope that his party will win majority seats in the upcoming general elections in the country after which immediate measures will be taken to address the prevailing economic crisis.” Like the Pakistan Peoples Party’s government lifted the country out of the […]
Read MoreLiaquat Ali Lahore: Pakistan Muslim League (Nawaz) Senior Vice President Maryam Nawaz said this week that she wanted her party to award maximum tickets to young men and women in upcoming elections. Talking to a delegation of the party’s women youth wing here, she said: “It is my desire that my party awards maximum tickets […]
Read MoreCanberra: Pakistani High Commissioner to Australia Zahid Hafeez Chaudhri this week visited the Department of Industry Tourism and Trade (DITT) of Northern Territory. “Visited the Department of Industry Tourism and Trade (DITT) of Northern Territory. Had excellent discussion on enhancing collaboration in Agriculture, Fisheries, Biosecurity, Food Security and Trade. Also explored opportunities for joint research,” […]
Read MoreCelina Ali Islamabad: Ambassador of Denmark to Pakistan Jakob Linulf this week invited the attention towards a cooling technique used in his country. “Naturally cold seawater is being pumped through pipes to cool down tourists in one-third of hotel rooms of Copenhagen,” he said on X platform tagging a news story. The report said the […]
Read MoreCelina Ali Islamabad: Ambassador of Italy to Pakistan Andreas Ferrarese said this week that Italy-Pakistan relationship was destined to grow. “This relationship is poised to grow more in the coming days,” he said in a media interaction. The envoy said the bond of friendship between Italy and Pakistan was growing stronger and both countries have […]
Read MoreAbdullah Jan Karachi: The Consulate General of the Republic of Indonesia in Karachi, under the leadership of June Kuncoro Hadiningrat, hosted Diplomatic Reception to celebrate 78th Anniversary of the Independence of the Republic of Indonesia this week. The event was attended by diplomatic corps in Karachi, representatives of the Sindh Government, business community, education community, […]
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