Liauqat Ali Islamabad: Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) chairman Bilawal Bhutto Zardari will stand for the post of Prime Minister while his father and former president Asif Ali Zardari will be the nominee for president in the upcoming polls, party information secretary Faisal Karim Kundi said this week. His statement comes days after Zardari indicated that […]
Read MoreLiaquat Ali Islamabad: As the general elections drew near, Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) leader Murad Ali Shah stated this week that his party was well positioned to form the next government at the Centre. The PPP leader ruled out any ‘competition’ for the party in Sindh, while stressing that the party also has a majority […]
Read MoreAbdullah Jan Islamabad: Islamabad High Court this week quashed the conviction of former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif in a final corruption case, which brings him closer to running for national elections in February. Sharif has served as Pakistan’s prime minister for three nonconsecutive terms. Sharif returned to Pakistan in October after a four-year self-imposed exile […]
Read MoreDing Gang Once again, I find myself in Foshan, a pivotal industrial hub within South China’s Guangdong Province. My frequent visits to friends here in recent years have allowed me to observe the city’s evolution, particularly in the post-COVID era. New eateries and stores have sprung up, and the familiar hustle of traffic resumes at […]
Read MoreZhang Yansheng From December 18 to 22, 1978, the Third Plenary Session of the 11th Central Committee of the Communist Party of China (CPC) was held in Beijing, which proposed the task of reform and opening-up, “a crucial move in making China what it is today.” This policy has created the miracle of China’s rapid […]
Read MoreJakarta: Indonesia’s president has ordered the military to help farmers plant rice, as severe drought fuelled by the El Niño weather phenomenon threatens yields. Joko Widodo told army officers to take advantage of recent rainfall in some provinces and help with the planting effort. Prolonged drought has reduced output of the staple crop in South […]
Read MoreGlobal Times Beijing: This year marks the 15th anniversary of the establishment of the China-Vietnam comprehensive strategic cooperative partnership. High-level interactions between the two countries have been frequent, and exchanges in various fields such as the economy and trade have been increasing. At the end of November, the 12th meeting of the China-Vietnam Economic and […]
Read MoreNewswire Milan: French President Emmanuel Macron is lobbying other European leaders to agree on former European Central Bank president and Italian Prime Minister Mario Draghi as the next president of the European Commission, an Italian newspaper reported. According to la Repubblica, which cited diplomatic sources in Paris and Brussels, Macron has informally approached German Chancellor […]
Read MoreLiaquat Ali Islamabad: Ahead of the hearing on a presidential reference seeking to revisit the death sentence awarded to former prime minister Zulfikar Ali Bhutto, PPP Chairman Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari said the party expected “justice” to be served. A nine-member larger bench of the Supreme Court will commence on Tuesday (Dec 12) a long-pending presidential reference […]
Read MoreGwadar Pro Peshawar: Caretaker Chief Minister of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Syed Arshad Hussain Shah this week underscored efforts to secure development projects under the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) and assured the establishment of a special security unit for international development partner projects Speaking to journalists here during a visit to the Chinese Cultural Centre ‘China Window,’ […]
Read MoreAbdullah Jan Islamabad: Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) Digital Media head for Islamabad Umar Rehman Malik said this week that the people had given their verdict in favour of PPP chief Bilawal Bhutto Zardari ahead of the general elections. “People are never wrong, they may be poor, they may be hungry, but their thinking can never […]
Read MoreCelina Ali Islamabad: Dr Riina Kionka, ambassador and head of the delegation of the European Union to Pakistan said this week that Pakistan is a potential market for business and investment activities and it should focus on sustainable economic policies to attract more foreign investment. She said this while talking to a delegation of the […]
Read MoreLiaquat Ali Islamabad: Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) Senator Sherry Rehman this week urged immediate climate action and accountability of developed nations, emphasising the two main drivers of the climate crisis — “inaction” and “injustice”. This call was made during her address at the COP28 Pakistan pavilion in Dubai. “I feel strongly that there are two […]
Read MoreLiaquat Ali Islamabad: Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) Information Secretary Faisal Karim Kundi has said those who are afraid of people’s decision do not want elections. “In Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, there is a Maulana Fazlur Rehman government and we don’t know what kind of favourable environment they want,” he said while commenting on JUIF Chief Maulana Fazlur […]
Read MoreJalalpur Jattan: Pakistan Muslim League (Nawaz) Chief Organiser Maryam Nawaz said this week that former prime minister Nawaz Sharif faced “bogus” cases. Addressing the public gathering in Jalalpur Jattan, Maryam said: “Nawaz Sharif was allowed to contest just once every 22 years. Those who are causing uproar about the level playing field should know that […]
Read MoreDong Yifan The 24th China-EU Summit, marking the first in-person meeting between Chinese and European leaders in four years, was held on Thursday in Beijing. The significance of this face-to-face interaction cannot be overstated, considering its influential role in guiding China-EU relations. However, the European Union, in its approach to the development of China-EU relations, […]
Read MoreNewswire Beijing: China’s new development will create new opportunities for Europe and the rest of the world, and it is hoped that the EU will observe China’s development and domestic and foreign policies in a comprehensive and objective way, a Foreign Ministry spokesperson said this week. It was reported that recently the EU raises concerns […]
Read MoreLiaquat Ali Quetta: Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) Chairman Bilawal Bhutto Zardari said this week that there was a dire need to introduce a new style of politics. Addressing the party workers here, the former foreign minister said, “In 2018, it was said that that particular leader is an angle and the rest of them are […]
Read MoreAbdullah Jan Islamabad: Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) Digital Islamabad this week expressed its profound appreciation for Chairman Bilawal Bhutto Zardari’s unwavering commitment to safeguarding the nation’s interests and his exceptional leadership during his tenure as foreign minister. Umar Rehman Malik, the son of Rehman Malik, head of PPP Digital Islamabad, this week lauded Bilawal’s exceptional […]
Read MoreLiaquat Ali Islamabad: Chairman, Senate Standing Committee on Defence, Senator Mushahid Hussain Sayed this week acclaimed the Indonesian President Soekarno as a great friend of Pakistan and lauded him as hero of the third world at a function organised by Embassy of Indonesia to laud the historical services of their Father of the Nation. He […]
Read MoreNewswire And the Japan has been able to lower the inflation with a controversial but well-thought policy. Proof is a latest Reuters poll which shows that the core consumer inflation in Tokyo likely grew in November but at slower pace than the month before. Tokyo: Japan has been under attack launched by Western media for […]
Read MoreLiaquat Ali Islamabad: Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) senior leader Yousuf Raza Gilani this week called for transparent polls on Sunday. Speaking to journalists in Lodhran, the former prime minister said: “There seems to be no choice but to delay elections following the assurances of the president, chief justice, and Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP).” “Every […]
Read MoreAbdullah Jan Quetta: Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) senior leader Faisal Karim Kundi said this week that the talks were vital to resolving the country’s issues. Addressing a press conference in Quetta, Kundi took a swipe at the Pakistan Tehrik-e-Insaf (PTI) chief, saying, ‘‘The PTI chief ignored Quetta.’’ He expressed his thoughts about the upcoming elections […]
Read MoreLiaquat Ali Islamabad: Apparently disappointed with his party leadership, Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) senior leader Shahid Khaqan Abbasi has confirmed that he would not contest the upcoming general elections, slated to be held on February 8, 2024. Abbasi had stepped down from the party office soon after the appointment of Maryam Nawaz as senior vice […]
Read MoreZheng Yongnian Asia today faces unprecedented security challenges, and the situation in Asia needs to be understood from the perspective of overall international relations. China should think out of the box and consider what it can do for the world. I would like to discuss China’s unique role in world order from the perspective of […]
Read MoreXin Ping Beijing: The world had been holding breath for the historical San Francisco summit between President Xi Jinping and President Joe Biden that would pull back China-US relations from running further downhill and thus anchor the world. Given serious headwinds and back-to-back crises facing the world – the once-in-a-century pandemic, sluggish global economic recovery, […]
Read MoreCelina Ali Islamabad: Pakistan and Denmark, while expressing satisfaction at the positive trajectory of the bilateral relations, agreed this week to further enhance cooperation between the two countries in the various fields. The bilateral ties were discussed during the third round of the Pakistan-Denmark annual bilateral political consultations (BPC) held in Copenhagen, according to a […]
Read MoreLiaquat Ali Islamabad: Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) Chairman Bilawal Bhutto Zardari this week said that his party’s manifesto is the solution to all the problems. Addressing a public gathering in Chitral, the former foreign minister maintained that the country was witnessing severe economic hardships. “Whenever we (PPP) had the opportunity, we delivered for the masses. […]
Read MoreAbdullah Jan Islamabad: Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) Digital Media head for Islamabad Umar Rehman Malik said that PPP strongly believes in ethics and decency so would like to advise PPP social media activists to always follow the party line while using social media platforms to criticize opponents within the bounds of ethics and morals, unlike […]
Read MoreNewswire Karachi: Senator Sherry Rahman, the vice-president of the Pakistan People’s Party (PPP), this week delivered a stirring tribute to late Benazir Bhutto Shaheed at the Adab Festival in Karachi. Reflecting on a book written by senior journalist Zahid Hussain called “Face to Face with Benazir”, Senator Rahman talked about the challenges inherent in navigating […]
Read MoreLiaquat Ali Islamabad: Central General Secretary of Pakistan People’s Party Human Rights Cell Samana Malaika Raza this week submitted the application of People’s Party candidate from National Assembly Constituency 46 of Islamabad. Secretary General PPP Syed Nair Bukhari was present as she submitted the application at the PPP Secretariat. In a statement later, she expressed […]
Read MoreLiaquat Ali Islamabad: Secretary Information Pakistan People’s Party (PPP), Faisal Karim Kundi said this week that PPP is not going for a political alliance with the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) in the upcoming general elections, scheduled in the month of February. Addressing a news conference here, Faisal Kundi said that PPP would contest the upcoming general […]
Read MoreChen Weihua Fu Cong, China’s ambassador to the European Union, hit the nail on Tuesday when he told a forum in Brussels that for most Chinese including himself, understanding EU’s “holy trinity” of defining China as a cooperation partner, economic competitor and systemic rival is a “mind-bogging exercise”. It has baffled me, too, since the […]
Read MoreChina Daily Politicization of economic and trade issues has proved detrimental to all parties, as has the adoption of protectionist approaches. Such practices only make things harder in what is already a testing time and do a disservice to the settlement of differences. Dialogue and a willingness to overcome challenges together represent the way for […]
Read MoreXinhua Beijing: Chinese President Xi Jinping this week returned to Beijing after holding a China-US summit meeting and attending the 30th APEC Economic Leaders’ Meeting in San Francisco, with expectations from experts from both China and the US that the trip will serve to further stabilize the most important bilateral ties in the world, while […]
Read MoreNewswire Astana: Prime Minister of Kazakhstan Alikhan Smailov, leaders of top international companies, and experts reviewed Kazakhstan’s emerging opportunities and challenges in building investment infrastructure for long-term sustainable growth as part of the Kazakhstan Global Investment Roundtable (KGIR) this week in Astana. In his welcoming speech, Smailov said that “despite the current global challenges, Kazakhstan’s […]
Read MoreLiaquat Ali Peshawar: Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) Chairman Bilawal Bhutto Zardari this week once again launched scathing criticisms at the PTI and the PML-N, saying that those who once claimed to be representative of change turned out to be that of disaster and those who clamoured for “vote ko izzat do (give respect to vote)” […]
Read MoreAbdullah Jan Islamabad: Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) leader Umar Rehman Malik said this week that the PPP had always been the unsung hero of stabilising the national economy. “The PPP has always been the unsung hero of stabilising the national economy. The government between 2008-2013 had to contend with an average global Brent oil price […]
Read MoreNewswire Brussels: The European Commission this week decided to refer Poland to the Court of Justice of the European Union for failure to communicate the measures transposing into national legislation the Directive on the right of access to a lawyer and to communicate upon arrest. The deadline for Member States to transpose the Directive was […]
Read MoreLiaquat Ali Islamabad: Senator Sherry Rehman this week emphasized the urgency of addressing climate change and its profound impact on Pakistan’s capacity to achieve both public and private sector goals. She stated, “Climate Change is a ticking bomb for Pakistan, as is the population. It impacts our capacity to achieve goals in both the public […]
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