Newswire Islamabad: Ambassador of Sweden to Pakistan, Henrik Parson this week urged the need to meet the environmental challenges by making changes in various areas, including business strategy, for an environmentally friendly and conducive life. The world will face environmental challenges by reviewing all plans and policies, including business and industry, for an environmentally friendly […]
Read MoreNewswire Islamabad: NATO’s Senior Civil Representative Ambassador Stefano Pontecorvo arrived in Islamabad this week on an Afghanistan peace mission. This envoy met army chief General Qamar Javed Bajwa and Foreign Secretary Sohail Mahmood. In his meeting with General Bajwa, matters related to mutual interest, peace, and stability in the region and Afghanistan situation were discussed, […]
Read MoreNewswire Washington: US President Joe Biden plans to nominate career diplomat Donald Armin Blome as his next ambassador to Pakistan, the White House announced this week. Blome’s appointment comes three years after Ambassador David Hale completed his three-year term in Islamabad and left for Washington to take over as under-secretary of state for political affairs. […]
Read MoreChina Economic Net Beijing: Chinese President Xi Jinping’s special representative Wang Yi this week said the G20 should give full play to its own advantages to contribute to the peace, stability, prosperity and development of Afghanistan and the region. Wang, also Chinese state councilor and foreign minister, made the remarks via video link at an […]
Read MoreNewswire Larkana: Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) chairman Bilawal Bhutto Zardari this week invited all estranged old guards and other leaders to return to the party fold and join in the ongoing struggle for democracy. “I invite all those who had been part of PPP during the leadership of Zulfikar Ali Bhutto and Benazir Bhutto to […]
Read MoreMoscow: Russia’s Deputy Foreign Minister Sergey Ryabkov at a meeting with the visiting US Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs Victoria Nuland invited the United States to lift all restrictions from the operation of Russian and US foreign missions in a reciprocal move. “The current condition and prospects of bilateral relations were discussed. Special […]
Read MoreGwadar Pro Multan: Pakistan aims to increase at least 50% production of cotton next year with the help of China as part of China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC)’s second phase which focuses on agriculture, officials said. A high-level meeting of the Cotton Crop Assessment Committee of the Ministry of National Food Security was held in Islamabad […]
Read MoreGwadar Pro Islamabad: Minister for Economic Affairs Omer Ayub Khan will deliver opening remarks at the upcoming meeting of Pakistan-China Joint Economic Cooperation (JEC). In a meeting with Chinese Ambassador Nong Rong here, the minister accepted the invitation to open the meeting on October 29. The Chinese ambassador also informed the Minister that Chinese-side was […]
Read MoreChina Economic Net Islamabad: Chinese Ambassador to Pakistan Nong Rong has said that the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) power project in Sindh province was making steady progress. The envoy appreciated the work on the Thar Energy Limited (TEL) Power Plant under CPEC. “Good news that the TEL 330MW Power Plant Project in Thar Block-II is […]
Read MoreA lunar probe launched by the Chinese space agency recently brought back the first fresh samples of rock and debris from the moon in more than 40 years. Now an international team of scientists — including an expert from Washington University in St. Louis — has determined the age of these moon rocks at close […]
Read MoreThe dwarf planet Vesta is helping scientists better understand the earliest era in the formation of our solar system. Two recent papers involving scientists from the University of California, Davis, use data from meteorites derived from Vesta to resolve the “missing mantle problem” and push back our knowledge of the solar system to just a […]
Read MoreThe experience of a fruit fly dying from cancer may seem worlds away from that of a human with a life-threatening tumor, yet University of California, Berkeley, researchers are finding commonalities between the two that could lead to ways to prolong the lives of cancer patients. Fruit fly research is already pointing to a new […]
Read MoreNewswire Islamabad: Italy’s Ambassador to Pakistan Andreas Ferrarese said this week that the business communities of Pakistan and Italy needed to be brought closer for enhancing bilateral trade and investment cooperation. There are vast opportunities for bilateral trade and investment cooperation between Pakistan and Italy from which businessmen and traders of both the countries could […]
Read MoreNewswire Islamabad: Former Interior Minister Senator Rehman Malik has said that the reason behind US President Joi Biden’s anger with Pakistan is not Afghanistan but US Presidential campaign. He said that Pakistani embassy in the United States was used for Trump’s election campaign, which has angered Biden. He revealed in an interview with a news […]
Read MoreNewswire Damascus: The Government of Japan has contributed US$6.5 million to support scaling up the access of vulnerable children to safe learning facilities, via light rehabilitation, as well as enhanced education outcomes, through teacher training in the governorates of Aleppo and Rural Damascus in Syria. The funding will ensure close to 24,000 children benefit from […]
Read MoreNewswire Tokyo: The Japanese government is working on starting COVID-19 booster shots by year-end, deputy chief cabinet secretary Yoshihiko Isozaki said at a news conference this week. Isozaki added that details such as who would get booster shots first and how they would be administered are currently under discussion by experts. “We would like to […]
Read MoreIslamabad: County Director of British Council Aamir Ramzan met the Federal Minister for Education, Professional Training, National Heritage and Culture Shafqat Mahmood to discuss the collaboration between two countries on heritage and culture. In 2022, from February to August, UK is planning a season to mark the 75th anniversary of bilateral relationships in London between […]
Read MoreNewswire London: Prince Andrew faces no way back to public life with his siblings having ruled it out in a get-together while Prince William sees him as a “danger” to the monarchy, royal sources have claimed. A meeting was held last January where Charles, Anne and Edward were in agreement that their brother should never […]
Read MoreFolks up in New Jersey would probably try and make the claim that Rutgers would grab the title of wrestling’s Italian program. But when you dig into the legacy that OSU has with Italian wrestlers, it’s hard to argue that Oklahoma State doesn’t have the most elite contingency of any wrestling program out there. Smith: […]
Read MoreDeivarayan Muthu Martin Guptill has expressed his disappointment at New Zealand abruptly calling off their Pakistan tour last month. Guptill was slated to return to international action on that tour as he was among a host of first-choice players who were rested for the Bangladesh tour that preceded the Pakistan trip. “I guess it was […]
Read MoreHu Xijin After his visit to the island of Taiwan, former Australian prime minister Tony Abbott published on The Australian newspaper on Sunday an edited version of a speech he delivered in the island. The article has a provocative headline “My message to Taiwan: get ready to fight.” It advocates that “the best way to […]
Read MoreMartin Jacques There is growing interest in the West about the present wave of reforms in China, which began with the defrocking of Ant, then the regulatory moves against the anything-goes behavior of the tech giants, and the more recent criticism of the glaring inequalities in Chinese society. The initial Western reaction was predictably negative, […]
Read MoreIshtiaq Ahmad Afghanistan is on the brink of a humanitarian catastrophe. The end of the 20-year war may have silenced the guns for a while, but the war-torn country is at serious risk of imploding due to the worsening conditions it faces. This could have grave consequences for regional stability and international security in the […]
Read MoreYossi Mekelberg A quick glance at the world map of COVID-19 vaccine distribution illustrates how, yet again, the world’s poor are being left to their own fate, while the affluent parts of the globe are gradually returning to some sort of normality. Vaccines have been the real game-changers in avoiding repeated lockdowns and preventing public […]
Read MoreCovert Report Islamabad: Royal Thai Embassy in Islamabad this week organized a ceremony in remembrance of King Bhumibol Adulyadej The Great. Ambassador Chakkrid Krachaiwong led Team Thailand in Pakistan and their spouses, to the ceremony which was held to mark the fifth anniversary of the passing of King Bhumibol Adulyadej The Great who has worked […]
Read MoreCovert Report Lahore: This week, a Roundtable Discussion on “Central-South Asia Regional Connectivity: Grand Initiative by President ShavkatMirziyoyev” was organized by Center for Global & Strategic Studies, Islamabad & Department of History & Pakistan Studies, University of the Punjab in collaboration with Embassy of the Republic of Uzbekistan, Islamabad & Regional Integration Center, University of […]
Read MoreCovert Report Islamabad: The Indonesian Ambassador launched the Batik Exhibition titled “Indonesia Batik: Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity” at the Centaurus Mall, Islamabad this week. The Exhibition which is collaboration between the Indonesian Embassy, Islamabad and the Batik Studio, Islamabad aims at transmitting inspiring innovative ideas and skill development in creative mediums and fashion industry. […]
Read MoreNewswire Kabul: NATO worked around the clock to coordinate evacuations and the NATO Senior Civilian Representative Ambassador Stefano Pontecorvo and his staff played a key role to this effect. Over the course of two weeks, more than 120,000 people were flown out, on hundreds of Allied flights. Troops from the US, UK, Turkey, and Norway […]
Read MoreCovert Report Canberra: Pakistani High Commissioner to Australia Zahid Hafeez Chaudhri has appreciated the Australians for enthusiastically participating in the Covid vaccination campaign. “80% of eligible Australians have had their first dose of COVID-19 vaccine. Well done Australia,” he tweeted. The envoy, who recently took over the new assignment, encouraged the Pakistanis to get vaccinated […]
Read MoreChina Economic Net Beijing: The United States should stop supporting “Taiwan independence” separatist forces and take concrete actions to maintain peace and stability across the Taiwan Strait, a Foreign Ministry spokesperson said this week. Spokesperson Hua Chunying made the remarks in response to a query about a relevant statement issued by U.S. State Department spokesperson […]
Read MoreNewswire Kotli: Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) Chairman Bilawal Bhutto Zardari said this week that if fair and transparent elections are held in the country, his party will form governments in Centre and all four provinces. Addressing a public rally in Kotli, he said that the ‘puppet’ government in Azad Kashmir was busy in conspiracies against […]
Read MoreRawalpindi: Lieutenant General Nadeem Ahmed Anjum has been appointed as the new director-general of Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI), the military’s media affairs wing announced this week. Meanwhile, Lt Gen Faiz Hameed, formerly the ISI director general, has been posted as the Peshawar corps commander. In a statement, the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) announced other postings as […]
Read MoreGwadar Pro Islamabad: Prime Minister Imran Khan this week pledged that there will be no more delay in execution of the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) projects. Addressing a ceremony here in connection with the inauguration of Matiari to Lahore 600 KV transmission line completed under CPEC, the PM maintained that some delay in implementation of […]
Read MoreGwadar Pro Gwadar: Pakistan is a beneficiary of the China- Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) and CPEC will continue to help Pakistan grow, Gwadar Port Authority (GPA) chief Naseer Khan Kashani said this week. He pointed out that Pakistan had benefited a lot from the energy and transport infrastructure projects under CPEC. Speaking at the inaugural […]
Read MoreChina Economic Net Beijing: To celebrate the 70th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between Pakistan and China, “Iron Brothers Cricket Tournament” featuring Pakistani, Chinese and Sri Lankan teams was held in Beijing, China this week. The event was organized by Embassy of Pakistan Beijing and sponsored by Habib Bank Limited Beijing Branch. The […]
Read MoreMetal-rich near-Earth asteroids, or NEAs, are rare, but their presence provides the intriguing possibility that iron, nickel and cobalt could someday be mined for use on Earth or in Space. New research, published in the Planetary Science Journal, investigated two metal-rich asteroids in our own cosmic backyard to learn more about their origins, compositions and […]
Read MoreIn a distant star system — a mere 1,300 light years away from Earth — UNLV researchers and colleagues may have identified the first known planet to orbit three stars. Unlike our solar system, which consists of a solitary star, it is believed that half of all star systems, like GW Ori where astronomers observed […]
Read MorePromising news in the effort to develop drugs to treat obesity: University of Virginia scientists have identified 14 genes that can cause and three that can prevent weight gain. The findings pave the way for treatments to combat a health problem that affects more than 40% of American adults. “We know of hundreds of gene […]
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