Newswire Islamabad: Italy’s embassy in Pakistan led by Ambassador Andreas Ferrarese celebrated the National Unity and Armed Forces Day here this week. This day is celebrated since 1919 which commemorates the victory in World War I, a war event considered the completion of the process of unification of Italy. It is celebrated every 4 November, […]
Read MoreMilan: Italy s sports authorities are studying reports of undue psychological pressure being placed on its young women gymnasts over their eating habits, after a complaint was lodged with a prosecutor. “Medals are a matter of national pride but no medal can make up for inappropriate behaviour,” Sports Minister Andrea Abodi said on Wednesday, Italian […]
Read MorePakistan Cricket Board (PCB) is preparing to appoint a powerful Director of Cricket where many important departments and individuals will work under him. According to sources, Zakir Khan, who is currently Director – International Cricket, is the favorite to take up the role. Domestic and international cricket matters, Directors High Performance and the Head of […]
Read MoreStaff Writer Islamabad: Finance expert Umar Rehman Malik said this week that his father, the late Senator Rehman Malik, always worked for national unity. “As a nation we should strongly refrain from slandering our Army. The armed forces have always been the bedrock of national security and a symbol of pride,” he tweeted. Umar Rehman […]
Read MoreNewswire Rome: Fourteen organizers of an illegal Halloween rave in the northern city of Modena were reportedly arrested and €150,000 ($149,000) worth of audio equipment had been confiscated. Thirteen of those detained were Italian, authorities said, and one was Dutch. Police announced that they were clearing the last stragglers from the abandoned warehouse, where the […]
Read MoreCanberra: Pakistani High Commissioner to Australia Zahid Hafeez Chaudhri this week appreciated that 98 percent fields in Sindh were ready for cultivation after floods. “We are a resilient nation and will overcome this challenge as well. Will Insha Allah (God willing) build back,” he tweeted. As the wheat sowing season is progressing in full swing, […]
Read MoreCopenhagen: Denmark’s number 10, Christian Eriksen, will be a quiet but inspirational figure for his team during the World Cup, after his sudden cardiac arrest during a Euro 2020 game traumatised a nation. The Middelfart-born playmaker spent eight months out following his collapse on June 12, 2021. He returned in a Premier League game for […]
Read MoreHu Xijin General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam Central Committee Nguyen Phu Trong’s visit to China has achieved remarkable results. Ties between China and its neighboring countries are mainly supported by inter-governmental relations and huge trade volumes. But when it comes to China and Vietnam, the ruling parties of the two have maintained […]
Read MoreDing Gang US President Joe Biden talked about the China policy of the US during a meeting with Defense Department leaders on October 26. Biden said the US has to “responsibly manage the increasingly intense competition with China,” and “we have to maintain our military advantage by making clear that – that we do not […]
Read MoreMaria Maalouf As the date approaches for the US midterm elections for Congress — in which all 435 seats in the House of Representatives and a third of Senate seats are up for grabs, in addition to 39 state gubernatorial votes — the battles between Republican and Democratic candidates are getting fiercer. While the Democrats […]
Read MoreHafed Al-Ghwell The 31st Arab League summit concluded in Algiers this week in a manner expected of a hopeless gathering strangely touted as a great reunion of the Arab world after a two-year hiatus. There was little expectation that this year’s convention would defy the odds and become an avenue for decisive or transformative shifts, […]
Read MoreStaff Writer Islamabad: Italy’s embassy in Pakistan led by Ambassador Andreas Ferrarese and Serena Hotels co-hosted a fundraising Opera Performance for the flood affectees this week. Aziz Boolani, CEO Serena Hotels appreciated the generous support of the Ambassador of Italy to Pakistan Andreas Ferrarese for joining hands with Serena Hotels in not only raising funds […]
Read MoreNewswire Islamabad: Ambassador of Qatar to Pakistan Sheikh Saoud bin Abdulrahman Al Thani this week met with the children of Pakistan Sweet Home and said that it was best work to educate the orphan children and make them stand at their feet. According to a press release issued here, the ambassador said that he did […]
Read MoreZhao Yusha Beijing: Chinese State Councilor and Foreign Minister Wang Yi, who is also a member of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee, spoke with US Secretary of State Antony Blinken via phone this week and urged the US to stop cracking down on China and putting up new […]
Read MoreNewswire London: Russia’s defence ministry said this week that British navy personnel blew up the Nord Stream gas pipelines last month, a claim that London said was false and designed to distract from Russian military failures in Ukraine. Russia did not give evidence for its claim that a leading NATO member had sabotaged critical Russian […]
Read MoreStaff Writer Karachi: Former president and Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) Co-Chairman Asif Ali Zardari has strongly condemned sloganeering against state institutions in an event held in Lahore, according to an official statement. The statement comes days after several videos of the anti-establishment sloganeering against the surfaced on social media, among other videos carrying speeches of […]
Read MoreXinhua Beijing: Chinese researchers have deployed an in-situ scientific experiment station on the seabed that will enable long-term uncrewed scientific research in the deep sea, the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) said. The researchers aboard the research vessel Tansuo-2 (Discovery 2), carrying the crewed submersible Shenhai Yongshi (Deep Sea Warrior), deployed the station during their […]
Read MoreChina Economic Net Beijing: For gardeners and homeowners who often lament the toil of mowing the lawn, a made-in-China robot can come to their service. The robotic lawn mower developed by Chinese service robotics firm ECOVACS can automatically map a lawn and its boundaries in less than 30 minutes, and mow a lawn of 600 […]
Read MoreChina Economic Net Beijing: For Muhammad Hasan Makhdomzada, perhaps the best way to comprehend China is by experiencing its villages, after the Afghan student visited a photovoltaic power station in the countryside, explored fruit and vegetable plantations, and tasted wine produced on a farm in his quest to understand China better. Makhdomzada who came to […]
Read MoreStaff Writer Shikarpur: The United States has announced an additional $30 million in aid for flood victims in Pakistan, according to a press release issued by the US Embassy in Islamabad. The press release said that total funding from the US for the flood response, food security, disaster preparedness and capacity-building efforts in the country […]
Read MoreStaff Writer Peshawar: The 70th anniversary of Pak-Japan diplomatic relations was gracefully held at Mahboob Medical Institute Habib Physiotherapy Complex Hayatabad this week. Health Minister KP Taimoor Saleem Jhagra was the chief guest. Honorary Consul General of Japan Nawabzada Fazal Karim Afridi, and Mahboob Medical Institute Chairman Dr Mahboob-ur-Rahman also spoke at the ceremony, attended […]
Read MoreWaqar Mustafa – Khaleej Times London: The UK’s new Prime Minister, Rishi Sunak, is a scion of a Hindu-Punjabi family that migrated to Kenya for work in the 1930s from the food, wrestling, and industrial centre of Gujranwala – about an hour’s drive from Lahore, the capital of Pakistan’s Punjab province. The Sunaks, a Hindu-Khatri […]
Read MoreLondon: The United Kingdom’s (UK) King Charles III has expressed his desire to visit Pakistan during a discussion with a Pakistani expatriate. The King conveyed his intention in a conversation with Pakistan’s honorary Ambassador-at-large on investment, Zeeshaan Shah, in the first public reception held by the monarch to commemorate the British-South Asian community. According to […]
Read MoreStaff Writer Islamabad: Federal Minister for Climate Change, Senator Sherry Rehman said this week that Pakistan was gearing up to make the case for climate justice at the upcoming multilateral climate forum COP27 in Egypt. The minister said, “We are in the 20th nightmarish week of longest relief phase in Pakistan’s history. As of now, […]
Read MoreStaff Writer Islamabad: Federal Minister for Overseas Pakistanis and Human Resource Development (OP&HRD) Sajid Hussain Turi said this week that Pakistan, with the cooperation of Saudi Arabia, would establish a technical and vocational university for Overseas Pakistanis. He said that Saudi Arabia was the home of some 2.3 million Pakistanis who were working and living […]
Read MoreStaff Writer Sialkot: Defence Ministewr Khawaja Muhammad Asif has said that the country’s politics has reached a turning point and the month of November will prove to be very important in the country’s politics. Addressing a news conference at his residence here this week, he said that it was claimed from the march container that […]
Read MoreMalik Zahid Awan On October 20, the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) announced the removal of Pakistan from its grey list. In fact, the news of Pakistan’s delisting was a source of joy for every Pakistani as the country faced difficulties for a long time and fought hard to get out. If we take a […]
Read MoreNewswire Rome: Ah Italy, the land of pizza, pasta and plenty of tomato sauce. At least, that’s the impression many visitors have when planning a trip to the Bel Paese. But if they’re planning to visit popular tourist sites like Cinque Terre or Portofino, they might be in for a shock — because the traditional […]
Read MoreCanberra: Pakistani High Commissioner to Australia Zahid Hafeez Chaudhri said this week that India must end the cruel rule in held Kashmir. “Kashmir Black Day – a stark reminder of continued oppression of Kashmiri people and denial of their legitimate right to self-determination enshrined in the UNSC resolutions,” he tweeted. Kashmiris on both sides of […]
Read MoreCovert Report Karachi: Ambassador of Denmark to Pakistan Jakob Linulf this week said collective efforts were needed to cope with the effects climate change. In a media interaction during a visit to the Pakistani Wind Corridor in Jhimpir, accompanied by a delegation of a Danish Energy Agency (DEA) led by its Director Global Cooperation Ulrik […]
Read MoreNewswire Islamabad: Italy’s Ambassador to Pakistan Andreas Ferrarese has been backing enhanced economic ties between Italy and Pakistan for the last more than two years when he took charge in Islamabad. This week, the Ambassador and his wife Albana Ferrarese hosted an event to promote architectural cooperation between Pakistan and Italy. Speaking at the event, […]
Read MoreMike Davies Former Peterborough Petes head coaches Mike Keenan and Mike Pelino are teaming up again, this time to coach Italy’s national men’s hockey team through to when they host the 2026 Winter Olympics. Pelino, a Welland native and Welland Sports Wall of Fame inductee, Class of 2013, played for Keenan with the Oshawa Legionnaires […]
Read MoreNewswire Former Pakistan captain Wasim Akram admitted in his autobiography Sultan: A Memoir that he became addicted to cocaine after retiring from international cricket. Additionally, Akram claimed that he began using cocaine as “a substitute for the adrenaline rush of competition” of playing cricket. The 56-year-old, who had 916 wickets in international play, hung up […]
Read MoreDing Gang In a recent New York Times article (published on October 21) analyzing the new US chip strangulation strategy against China, two words are used. The first appears in the headline, “Biden Just Clobbered China’s Chip Industry.” The English dictionary explains the word “clobber” as “defeat decisively or strike heavily.” Another word, “devastate,” appears […]
Read MoreAndrey Kortunov Having spent less than seven weeks in 10 Downing Street, Liz Truss turned out to be the shortest-serving British prime minister in the history of the country. Her claim to become a new Margaret Thatcher for the modern Britain ended abruptly with an embarrassing resignation. It would be tempting to attribute this failure […]
Read MoreIshtiaq Ahmad With Europe and the US facing a mounting economic crisis caused by the Ukraine war, China and Russia have geared up the process of economic and security integration across Asia. Not only are the current regional networks in Eurasia and Southeast Asia being consolidated, but their mutual nexus is also being reinforced and […]
Read MoreOussama Romdhani Tunisian officials breathed a sigh of relief on October 15 after the International Monetary Fund announced preliminary approval for a $1.9 billion loan package. The country’s politicians viewed it as a vote of confidence for their policies, while government technocrats felt vindicated in the way that they negotiated the deal. The protracted talks […]
Read MoreStaff Writer Islamabad: Ambassador of Italy to Pakistan Andreas Ferrarese is playing key role in boosting the trade relations and strengthening close coordination between the private sectors of Italy and Pakistan. Under the Ambassador’s vision, bilateral trade between Italy and Pakistan can swell to €4 billion annually by fully exploiting the existing potential of the […]
Read MoreDoha: Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani, the Emir of the State of Qatar, this week opened the second ordinary session of the first legislative term, corresponding to the fifty-first annual session of the Shura Council, in the Tamim bin Hamad Hall at the headquarters of the Council. The opening was attended by His Highness […]
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