Ambassador Stefano Pontecorvo meets former Afghan President Hamid Karzai

Newswire Kabul: NATO senior civilian representative to Afghanistan Ambassador Stefano Pontecorvo met former Afghan President Hamid Karzai this week. They exchanged views on current situation, especially the peace process. Though details of such a meeting couldn’t made public but both sides are happy with meeting and hopeful of its positive outcomes. The NATO Ambassador, Pontecorvo […]

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Britain to intentionally infect people with virus in first such study

London: In order to gain a better understanding of the coronavirus, a British study will intentionally infect participants with the pathogen, the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy announced on Wednesday.The study would be the world’s first “human challenge” study on the novel coronavirus, it said.Up to 90 volunteers between the ages of 18 […]

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Pakistan’s ministries asked to prepare ‘deliverable projects’ list for 10th JCC with China

Gwadar Pro Islamabad: Pakistan’s Parliamentary Committee on China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) this week directed the concerned ministries to prepare the list of ‘deliverable’ projects for the upcoming 10th Joint Coordination Committee (JCC) with Iron Brother China.The 31st meeting of the Parliamentary Committee on CPEC was held here at the Parliament House, Islamabad under the Chairmanship […]

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China unveils anti-trust guidelines on platform economy

Beijing: The State Council, China’s cabinet, on Sunday unveiled anti-trust guidelines on the country’s platform economy to ensure fair market competition and promote the innovative and healthy development of the sector. To identify market dominance abuse behaviors in the sector, it is usually necessary to define the relevant market and analyze whether a platform operator […]

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Japan confers “The Order of the Rising Sun, Gold and Silver Rays” upon Zafar Mahmood

Islamabad: The Government of Japan has conferred the 2020 Autumn Imperial Decorations, “The Order of the Rising Sun, Gold and Silver Rays” upon Zafar Mahmood, visiting Professor at the Department of Japanese Language, National University of Modern Languages (NUML) Islamabad, in recognition of his significant contribution towards the promotion of Japanese language in Pakistan and […]

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Legislation needed to control the misuse of social media: Senator Rehman Malik

Newswire Islamabad: Chairman Senate Standing Committee on Interior Senator A. Rehman Malikthis week attended the meeting of Senate Standing Committee on Information and Broadcasting.On the agenda item of pension, Senator Rehman Malik expressed concerns and annoyance over the Ministry of Information Technology and telecommunication and the Pakistan Teleco­mmunication Company Ltd (PTCL) for not paying the […]

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Iran committed to promote ties with Pakistan: Ambassador Syed Mohammad Ali Hosseini

Newswire Islamabad: Ambassador of Iran to Pakistan Syed Mohammad Ali Hosseini this week said Iran was committed to promote ties with Pakistan.In his message on the 42nd anniversary of the Iranian revolution, the Ambassador said Iran had emphatically extended the hand of peace and friendship to all free and right-seeking nations in the region and […]

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UK scientists build core components of global neutrino experiment

London: Engineers and technicians in the UK have started production of key piece of equipment for a major international science experiment.The UK government has invested $89 million (£65 million) in the international Deep Underground Neutrino Experiment, a particle physics experiment being built by the U.S. Department of Energy’s Fermilab at locations in both Illinois and […]

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The world hopes to see healthy Sino-US relations

Chen Weihua With the Joe Biden administration busy reversing the previous administration’s policies, there is hope it would also reverse the regressive trend former president Donald Trump’s set for China-US relations.The Trump administration’s trade war, tech war, suspension of bilateral exchange mechanisms and McCarthyist measures against Chinese journalists and media outlets and the Confucius Institutes […]

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Peace a common mission for NATO, the whole world: Ambassador Stefano Pontecorvo

Newswire Kabul: Senior Civilian Representative of NATO in Afghanistan Ambassador Stefano Pontecorvo has said that peace was a common mission for the NATO and the whole world. In a meeting with former Afghan Finance Minister and diplomat Dr Omar Zakhilwal this week, Ambassador Pontecorvo said NATO wanted all the groups to work together to achieve […]

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Russia expects US to shape its policy within a month

Moscow: Moscow expects that the United States’ Joe Biden-led administration will make up its mind regarding its policy on the Russian track within a month’s time, Russian Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Maria Zakharova told the Ekho Moskvy radio station in an interview this week. Zakharova recalled that so far there had been only telephone conversations between […]

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Lavrov, Blinken discuss normalization of Russian-US relations

Moscow: Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov and US Secretary of State Antony Blinken have discussed the normalization of relations between Moscow and Washington during their phone call this week, along with issues of strategic stability, the fight against the COVID-19 pandemic, Syrian regulation and the Alexey Navalny case, the Russian Foreign Ministry said. Lavrov congratulated […]

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Aseefa Bhutto turns 28

Newswire Islamabad: The youngest daughter of Benazir Bhutto, the former Prime Minister of Pakistan and Asif Ali Zardari, former president of Pakistan turned 28 this week. Her dynamic personality has swept the admirers, as she exhibited exceptional leadership qualities in her first political appearance at the Multan rally of the Pakistan Democratic Movement (PDM) in […]

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