China asks US, West to shun double standards
Beijing: China this week expressed hope that the United States and some of its Western allies can abandon double standards, face up to their own human rights problems, and take concrete actions to improve and protect human rights.Chinese foreign ministry spokesperson Hua Chunying made the remarks at a daily news briefing when responding to the […]
Read MoreBilawal Bhutto directs party members to avoid anti-PDM comments
Newswire Karachi: Chairman Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) Bilawal Bhutto Zardari this week advised his party leaders and media teams to avoid any critical commentary on Pakistan Democratic Movement (PDM) following the fissure within the opposition alliance on the strategy that emerged after Asif Ali Zardari’s demand of return of Nawaz Sharif before en masse resignations […]
Read MoreUN says coronavirus can lead to a lost decade
United Nations: The coronavirus pandemic is leading to an even more sharply unequal world as the development gains for millions in poor countries are reversed, according to a new report released by the United Nations this week. The Financing for Sustainable Development Report 2021 says the global economy has experienced the worst recession in 90 […]
Read MoreHBL opens Beijing branch
Gwadar Pro Karachi: A branch of Habib Bank Limited (HBL) opened in Beijing, making it the first Pakistani bank operating in China.According to an official statement, HBL’s presence in China will allow the bank to interact with State-Owned Enterprises (SOEs) and leading financial institutions, involved in CPEC and across Belt and Road Initiative (BRI). Chairman […]
Read MorePakistan seeks China’s permission to reopen border
Gwadar Pro Islamabad: Pakistan has sought permission from Iron Brother China to reopen the Khunjerab Pass to facilitate bilateral trade and people’s exchanges. In a letter sent to the Embassy of PRC in Pakistan Saturday, the Pakistani Ministry of Foreign Affairs said the border point was closed on December 1, 2019 as per schedule. However, […]
Read MoreHow humans develop larger brains than other apes
A new study is the first to identify how human brains grow much larger, with three times as many neurons, compared with chimpanzee and gorilla brains. The study, led by researchers at the Medical Research Council (MRC) Laboratory of Molecular Biology in Cambridge, UK, identified a key molecular switch that can make ape brain organoids […]
Read MoreICC’s Cricket Committee set to back concept of ‘umpire’s call’
Nagraj Gollapudi Despite recent and vocal opposition to the concept, the ICC’s Cricket Committee has recommended that the “umpire’s call” element of the DRS should stay. The recommendation will be tabled at the governing body’s chief executive committee meeting, scheduled for a virtual meet in the coming week. ESPNcricinfo understands that at its last meeting, […]
Read MoreNovel coronavirus circulated undetected months before first COVID-19 cases in Wuhan, China
Using molecular dating tools and epidemiological simulations, researchers at University of California San Diego School of Medicine, with colleagues at the University of Arizona and Illumina, Inc., estimate that the SARS-CoV-2 virus was likely circulating undetected for at most two months before the first human cases of COVID-19 were described in Wuhan, China in late-December […]
Read MoreHubble shows torrential outflows from infant stars may not stop them from growing
Though our galaxy is an immense city of at least 200 billion stars, the details of how they formed remain largely cloaked in mystery.Scientists know that stars form from the collapse of huge hydrogen clouds that are squeezed under gravity to the point where nuclear fusion ignites. But only about 30 percent of the cloud’s […]
Read MoreAstronomers see a ‘space jellyfish’
A radio telescope located in outback Western Australia has observed a cosmic phenomenon with a striking resemblance to a jellyfish.Published in The Astrophysical Journal, an Australian-Italian team used the Murchison Widefield Array (MWA) telescope to observe a cluster of galaxies known as Abell 2877. Lead author and PhD candidate Torrance Hodgson, from the Curtin University […]
Read MoreAmbassador of Japan greets the people of Pakistan on “Pakistan Day”
Islamabad: On the auspicious occasion of Pakistan Day, H.E. Mr. MATSUDA Kuninori, the Ambassador of Japan to Pakistan, has extended his warm congratulations and good wishes to the people and the Government of Pakistan, saying the meritorious sacrifices rendered by the resilient people of Pakistan over the decades towards achieving the goal of a peaceful […]
Read MorePowerful stratospheric winds measured on Jupiter
Using the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA), in which the European Southern Observatory (ESO) is a partner, a team of astronomers has directly measured winds in Jupiter’s middle atmosphere for the first time. By analysing the aftermath of a comet collision from the 1990s, the researchers have revealed incredibly powerful winds, with speeds of up […]
Read MoreRoyal family consider diversity tsar
Nazia Parveen The royal family are considering appointing a diversity tsar under new plans to modernise the monarchy.The move comes after Buckingham Palace conducted a review of policies, procedures and programmes currently in place and found that not enough progress had been made, with an acknowledgement that “more needs to be done”.It comes after the […]
Read MoreCommonwealth Games Federation CGF launch global search for new CEO
The Commonwealth Games Federation (CGF) has launched the global search for a new Chief Executive Officer (CEO) to lead the organization through the Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games and beyond.According to a press release issued by CGF Media and Communications Manager Tom Degun the CGF is the global governing body responsible for the Commonwealth Games, the […]
Read MoreNew Chinese SUV to be introduced in Pakistan
Gwadar Pro Islamabad: Pakistan’s Sazgar Engineering Works Limited (SEWL) is set to introduce a new Chinese SUV brand to Pakistan named HAVAL.SEWL is already in partnership with the Chinese company BAIC. SEWL will now partner with the Great Wall Motors (GWM) of China, which owns an SUV brand called HAVAL, said a news release. HAVAL […]
Read More7th Japan-Pakistan high-level economic policy dialogue held
Islamabad: The 7th Japan-Pakistan High-Level Economic Policy Dialogue was held virtually on March 19, 2021. Mr. SUZUKI Hiroshi, Senior Deputy Minister for Foreign Affairs of Japan, and Mr. Noor Ahmed, Secretary of Ministry of Economic Affairs of Pakistan represented respective sides. The Ambassadors of two countries and officials from related Ministries and agencies also attended […]
Read More‘Sad news’: Tennis fans shattered over Serena Williams setback
Sam Goodwin Serena Williams has become the latest high-profile player to withdraw from the Miami Open, joining Novak Djokovic, Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal. The 23-time grand slam champion announced her withdrawal on Sunday in another blow to the prestigious Masters 1000 event which begins on Tuesday.Williams, who has won the Miami Open a record […]
Read MoreSenator Rehman Malik urges for unity
Newswire Islamabad: Former Interior Minister Senator A. Rehman Malik felicitated the nation on Pakistan Day falling on 23rd March and urged to follow Quaid e Azam golden principles of ‘unity, faith and discipline’. He said that this day reminds us of our great founding leaders and elders who rendered numerous sacrifices to give us an […]
Read MoreAndreas Ferrarese meets Nawab of Junagadh
Islamabad: Nawab of Junagadh Muhammad Jahangir Khanji and Sahibzada Sultan Ahmed Ali (Dewan of Junagadh) met Ambassador of Italy to Pakistan Andreas Ferrarese this week. The Italian Ambassador was briefed about the accession of Junagadh State to Pakistan and the Indian occupation later on in 1947. The legal aspects of the issue were also discussed […]
Read MoreUS can’t accept painful fact that China is now its equal
Martin Jacques We learnt two things from the China-US high-level dialogue held in Alaska last week. The first was from the session at the beginning when the media were present. This would normally be conducted in a polite and somewhat anodyne fashion dressed up in diplomatic nicety. It could not have been more different. Secretary […]
Read MoreCPC’s 100-year fight against external bullying and poverty gains national pride
Hu Xijin I was very moved when I listened to a lecture on the history of the Communist Party of China (CPC). The 100 years of the CPC have been a century when Chinese people took their destiny back into their own hands. They have fought off external bullying, eradicated poverty, and gained self-esteem. In […]
Read MoreThe rebirth of Greece and the accomplishment of a new modern vision
Alexis Konstantopoulos March 25, 2021, marks the bicentennial of the beginning of the Greek struggle for independence after roughly four centuries of Ottoman occupation. For Greeks, in Greece and throughout the world, it is a day to celebrate our national identity, millennial culture, arts and traditions, and values and beliefs. It is a day of […]
Read MoreWill Biden return to the trade tables of Asia-Pacific?
Shen Minghui China has become the first country to ratify the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership agreement, the Ministry of Commerce said on Monday. With Thailand, too, ratifying the trade deal and the 13 other RCEP member states stressing they will ratify it before the end of this year to ensure it goes into effect on […]
Read MoreAmbassador Stefano Pontecorvo discusses Afghan peace with Abdullah Abdullah
Newswire Kabul: NATO’s Senior Civilian Representative Ambassador Stefano Pontecorvo met Abdullah Abdullah, the chairman of the High Council for National Reconciliation (HCNR) this week to discuss the peace process.. They called for peaceful settlement & an end to violence, said an official statement.Abdullah Abdullah, hoped a “tangible progress” towards settlement at the Istanbul meeting scheduled […]
Read MoreIMF approves $500 million disbursements for Pakistan
Islamabad: The International Monetary Fund approved $500 million disbursement for the country under the Extended Fund Facility (EFF), bringing the total budget support under the arrangement to about US$2 billion. “The Executive Board of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) completed today the second through fifth reviews of the Extended Arrangement under the Extended Fund Facility […]
Read MoreZardari wants Sharif back
Newswire Islamabad: Pakistan Peoples’ Party (PPP) co-chairman Asif Ali Zardari this week urged Pakistan Muslim League (Nawaz) leader Nawaz Sharif to return to the country for join struggle against the federal government.He said that be it long march or no-confidence motion against the Pakistan Tehrik-e-Insaf (PTI)-led government, former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif must return to […]
Read MoreChina shrugs off US sanctions over HK
Yang Sheng, Chen Qingqing and Wang Cong Beijing: As the world turns its eyes to a critical high-level meeting between senior Chinese and US officials, the US picked up a signature Trump era strategy of wielding the stick ahead of talks by issuing on Wednesday sanctions against two dozen Chinese mainland and Hong Kong officials, […]
Read MoreImran Khan urges for food security, economic stability
Islamabad: Prime Minister Imran Khan this week said it was time for Pakistan to get stronghold of national security by expanding its domain inclusive of climate change, economic stability and food security, besides focusing on military strength.Addressing at the launch of first annual Islamabad Security Dialogue themed ‘Together for Ideas’, the Prime Minister stressed the […]
Read MoreXi stresses healthy growth of platform economy, efforts for carbon peak and neutrality
Gwadar Pro Beijing: President Xi Jinping this week stressed efforts to promote the regulated, healthy and sustainable development of the platform economy and incorporate the peaking of carbon emissions and carbon neutrality into the overall layout of building an ecological civilization.Xi, also general secretary of the Communist Party of China Central Committee and chairman of […]
Read MoreGB assembly passes resolution to reopen Pakistan-China border
Gwadar Pro Gilgit: The Gilgit-Baltistan assembly has unanimously passed a resolution calling to reopen the Pakistan-China border from April 1.The resolution called upon Prime Minister Imran Khan and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to take steps to open the border from April 1 and facilitate business community and people across the border, said an official […]
Read MorePM Imran Khan contracts Covid before vaccination: NHS
Gwadar Pro Islamabad: Pakistan’s Prime Minister Imran Khan Friday tested positive for Covid-19 two days after he received his first shot of the Covid-19 vaccine. The Ministry of National Health Services clarified that the premier was not “fully vaccinated” when he contracted the virus.“He only got the first dose merely two days ago which is […]
Read MoreEye color genetics not so simple, study finds
An international team of researchers led by King’s College London and Erasmus University Medical Center Rotterdam have identified 50 new genes for eye colour in the largest genetic study of its kind to date. The study, published today in Science Advances, involved the genetic analysis of almost 195,000 people across Europe and Asia.These findings will […]
Read MoreI ain’t afraid of no ghosts: People with mind-blindness not so easily spooked
A study, published in Proceedings of the Royal Society B, tested how aphantasic people reacted to reading distressing scenarios, like being chased by a shark, falling off a cliff, or being in a plane that’s about to crash.The researchers were able to physically measure each participant’s fear response by monitoring changing skin conductivity levels — […]
Read MoreThe right ‘5-a-day’ mix is 2 fruit and 3 vegetable servings for longer life
Studies representing nearly 2 million adults worldwide show that eating about five daily servings of fruits and vegetables, in which 2 are fruits and 3 are vegetables, is likely the optimal amount for a longer life, according to new research published today in the American Heart Association’s flagship journal Circulation.Diets rich in fruits and vegetables […]
Read MoreThe Milky Way may be swarming with planets with oceans and continents like here on Earth
Astronomers have long been looking into the vast universe in hopes of discovering alien civilisations. But for a planet to have life, liquid water must be present. The chances of that finding scenario have seemed impossible to calculate because it has been the assumption that planets like Earth get their water by chance if a […]
Read MoreApollo rock samples capture key moments in the Moon’s early history
Volcanic rock samples collected during NASA’s Apollo missions bear the isotopic signature of key events in the early evolution of the Moon, a new analysis found. Those events include the formation of the Moon’s iron core, as well as the crystallization of the lunar magma ocean — the sea of molten rock thought to have […]
Read MoreMost distant quasar with powerful radio jets discovered
With the help of the European Southern Observatory’s Very Large Telescope (ESO’s VLT), astronomers have discovered and studied in detail the most distant source of radio emission known to date. The source is a “radio-loud” quasar — a bright object with powerful jets emitting at radio wavelengths — that is so far away its light […]
Read MorePresident Joe Biden’s efforts for a peaceful world
Senator Rehman Malik These were testing time for all of us who were in exile when Shaheed Mohtarma Benazir Bhutto introduced me to the then-Senator Joe Biden, who later emerged as vice president of the USA. Benazir Bhutto was struggling for the restoration of democracy in Pakistan besides fighting fake cases initiated in Pakistan against […]
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