Newswire Beijing: Beijing this week voiced strong opposition to the China-related content of a new United States defense act, and urged Washington to abandon its Cold War mentality and ideological prejudices and translate the consensus reached between the two heads of state in Bali, Indonesia, last month into concrete actions. While asking the US not […]
Read MoreStaff Writer Islamabad: Federal Minister for Climate Change Senator Sherry Rehman said this week that the life and political struggle of martyred Mohtarma Benazir Bhutto for the sake of people, constitution, parliament and the country was matchless like her name. In a series of tweets, the federal minister paid homage on the 15th martyrdom anniversary […]
Read MoreStaff Writer Lahore: Minister for Overseas Pakistanis and Human Resource Development Sajid Hussain Turi this week assured to resolve issues being faced by Overseas Pakistanis on priority basis. Addressing a ceremony in Lahore, he said special courts will be established for the facilitation of those overseas Pakistanis whose properties including land have been occupied by […]
Read MoreStaff Writer Islamabad: Minister for Information and Broadcasting Marriyum Aurangzeb this week said that the present government was taking all possible measures for the welfare of journalists. Congratulating the newly elected office bearers of Lahore Press Club, she said the PML-N government fully believed in freedom of speech and independence of the press. In a […]
Read MoreGlobal Times The DPP authorities have been like frightened birds in recent two days. The roar of the PLA fighter planes put them in a state of high tension. Although they’re pretending to be calm and trying to embolden themselves, it is still hard to hide the inner panic and fear. This is exactly what […]
Read MoreDing Gang In a speech in The Hague on Monday, Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte formally “apologized” for his country’s historical role in the slave trade, which he called a crime against humanity that began more than 300 years ago. For 250 years, from the 16th to the 19th centuries, the Netherlands made a fortune […]
Read MoreNew York: Foreign Minister Bilawal Bhutto Zardari this week called on the United Nations to seek solutions to resolve the issue of unsustainable debt and push for allocation of Special Drawing Rights (SDRs) to developing countries. Speaking at the concluding session of G77 ministerial meeting at the United Nations here, he said during the last […]
Read MoreStaff Writer Karachi: Federal Minister for Climate Change, Senator Sherry Rehman said this week that Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) was always at the back of marginalized communities for the protection of their rights and it is making all-out efforts to protect them at all levels. She said this while addressing a seminar titled ‘Rights of […]
Read MoreStaff Writer Taxila: Minister for Overseas Pakistanis and Human Resource Development Sajid Hussain Turi said this week the present government was working on a comprehensive plan to export one million people to several countries, including Malta, Poland, Hungary, South Korea and Japan, during the next year. He was talking to journalists after inaugurating residential flats […]
Read MoreStaff Writer Islamabad: Minister for Information and Broadcasting Marriyum Aurangzeb said this week that Pakistan Tehrik-e-Insaf (PTI) chairman Imran Khan set a horrendous record of corruption during his government’s three and half years tenure, but ironically failed to prove a single allegation levelled against his political opponents. “Imran Khan will come to his sense once […]
Read MoreDing Gang On December 8, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Hua Chunying tweeted an ancient Arab saying in Chinese, Arabic and English — “You have to strive for knowledge, even as far as China.” This is a famous quote of the Holy Prophet Muhammad (PBUH), which has been passed down across the Middle East for more […]
Read MoreGlobal Times In the face of China’s rise, the US is incapable of promoting itself, but can only rely on maximum suppression of its opponents to maintain a narrow lead. The launch of a unit focused on China by the US State Department is the latest example. The unit will be in a scale of […]
Read MoreYu Jincui, Xing Xiaojing and Chen Qingqing Beijing: Chinese President Xi Jinping this week concluded his Saudi Arabia trip, his first to the Middle East region after the 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, which was also an unprecedented diplomatic event with the Arab world. The trip has not only yielded fruitful […]
Read MoreStaff Writer Islamabad: Federal Minister for Climate Change and Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) central leader Sherry Rehman this week claimed that the allies of Pakistan Tehrik-e-Insaf (PTI) chief Imran Khan are not favouring dissolution of assemblies in Punjab and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. Sherry Rehman said in a statement that Punjab Chief Minister Chaudhry Pervaiz Elahi gave […]
Read MoreStaff Writer Islamabad: Sajid Hussain Turi, minister for overseas Pakistanis and human resource development, appreciated Qatar for hosting the World Cup, soccer’s biggest event, and thanked the oil- and gas-rich Gulf nation for providing employment opportunities to workers from Pakistan. “Profound gratitude and appreciation for Qatar for hosting #FIFAWorldCup and making incredible security and other […]
Read MoreStaff Writer Sialkot: Federal Minister for Defence Khawaja Muhammad Asif said this week that former premier Imran Khan, during around four year tenure in government, not only destroyed the national economy but also the upcoming generations by feeding them with negative narratives. Addressing the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) workers convention here, he said that the […]
Read MoreStaff Writer Islamabad: Former Interior Minister Senator Rehman Malik was remembered this week by his friends and family on his first birthday since his demise that left all his loved ones in a shock. His sons Umar Rehman Malik and Ali Rehman Malik expressed their feeling on twitter along with the feeling of the veteran […]
Read MoreStaff Writer Islamabad: Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) chief Bilawal Bhutto Zardari said this week that the coalition government inherited from its predecessor “a divided country and a collapsed economy.” Bilawal, the incumbent Foreign Minister, did not see the need to hold early elections in the country as was being demanded by Pakistan Tehrik-e-Insaf Chairman Imran […]
Read MoreStaff Writer Islamabad: Federal Minister for Climate Change Senator Sherry Rehman this week urged the development sector and partners to enhance projects and resources on climate change adaptation and mitigation. Addressing the In Summit on Higher Education and Workforce Development in the 21st Century organised by USAID’s Higher Education System Strengthening Activity, the Minister said […]
Read MoreStaff Writer Parachinar: Federal Minister for Overseas Pakistanis and Human Resources, Sajid Hussain Turi said this week that one million Pakistani workers were being sent for employment in foreign countries. Talking to the journalists in Parachinar, he said that besides skilled persons, youth were also being sent to Japan, Korea, Romania, Greece, Azerbaijan, Iran, Iraq, […]
Read MoreStaff Writer Islamabad: As PTI chief Imran Khan threatens to imperil the ruling coalition by scuttling provincial assemblies and triggering early polls, the PML-N seems ‘nonchalant’ about the consequences. The government has repeatedly rejected PTI’s demand of holding snap polls or, at least, announce a date for it, as it believes accepting talks tied to […]
Read MoreGlobal Times China has had an epic decade since 2012. Particularly in the last five years, which have been momentous and extraordinary, the country has successfully dealt with major challenges including turbulent developments in the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region and the COVID-19 epidemic. The 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China (CPC) […]
Read MoreAndrew Hammond Many headlines have been made this year by the intensified US focus on the Asia-Pacific region, including at the recent Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation Summit in Thailand. Meanwhile, the increasing attention that the EU is devoting to the world’s fastest-growing economic region is often overlooked. A new signal of intent from Brussels toward the […]
Read MoreChina Economic Net Beijing: Chinese President Xi Jinping said this week that China is ready to work with Russia to forge closer partnership in energy cooperation. Energy cooperation is an important cornerstone of practical cooperation between China and Russia, and also a positive force for maintaining global energy security, Xi said in a congratulatory letter […]
Read MoreStaff Writer Karachi: Chairman Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) and Foreign Minister Bilawal Bhutto Zardari said this week that his party would be victorious in the upcoming second phase of local government elections, adding that the next mayor of Karachi would be from PPP. He was addressing on the occasion of the 55th foundation day of […]
Read MoreStaff Writer Islamabad: Ambassador of Qatar in Islamabad Sheikh Saoud bin Abdulrahman Al-Thani this week called on Foreign Minister Bilawal Bhutto Zardari here and conveyed an invitation from the Qatari foreign minister to watch FIFA World Cup match in Qatar. The foreign minister congratulated the Qatari ambassador on his country hosting the biggest football event. […]
Read MoreStaff Writer Islamabad: Federal Minister for Climate Change Senator Sherry Rehman this week reprimanded Imran Khan for meddling in state affairs and asked him to stop thinking himself as the prime minister. In a statement received here, the Federal Minister said the government had appointed the Chairman Joint Chiefs of Staff Committee and Army Chief […]
Read MoreStaff Writer Islamabad: Federal Minister for Overseas Pakistanis and Human Resource Development Sajid Hussain Turi visited Pak-Afghan border at the Kharlachi and Borki area of Kurram district this week, where the border authorities briefed him on the border situation. In a bilateral negotiation, the reopening of Pak-Afghan border was decided for trade and movement. Along […]
Read MoreStaff Writer Islamabad: Minister for Information and Broadcasting Marriyum Aurangzeb has said that Youth Development Program had been started during the previous regime of Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz which provided zero tax incentives to the young generation. Delivering her speech at the launching ceremony of “Economic Affairs” magazine here, the minister said that in its previous […]
Read MoreAndrew Hammond Rishi Sunak this week celebrated the end of his first month as UK prime minister, yet many of his fellow Conservative MPs are already looking beyond his time in office to the next leader and the party’s future direction. Sunak has not had the disastrous start to his leadership that Liz Truss did. […]
Read MoreBeijing: Five days after the closely watched meeting between the top leaders of China and the US at G20, Chinese President Xi Jinping had a brief conversation with the US Vice President Kamala Harris at the request of the US side during the APEC Economic Leaders’ Meeting, and the Chinese president hoped that Harris can […]
Read MoreStaff writer Sharm El-Sheikh: Federal Minister for Climate Change Senator Sherry Rehman this week, while representing G-77 plus China group statement at the concluding plenary of the international climate change conference termed the establishment of Loss and Damage Fund a landmark achievement and the international moot as an implementation conference by fulfilling the long-standing goal. […]
Read MoreStaff Writer Islamabad: Federal Minister for Overseas Pakistanis and Human Resource Development Sajid Hussain Turi this week said that Pakistan had great potential to meet the human resource of Romania in all professional sectors. He expressed the remarks while meeting with Minister for Labour and Social Solidarity of Romania Marius-Constantin Budai in Bucharest. He said […]
Read MoreStaff Writer Islamabad: Governor Sindh Kamran Khan Tessori has agreed to lead a delegation of Pakistani businessmen who was likely to fly to Ethiopia Airlines which will commence its flight to Karachi by the end of this year or January 2023. The consensus between Kamran Tessori and Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary H.E Jemal Beker Abdula […]
Read MoreStaff Writer Islamabad: Prominent economist Umar Rehman Malik this week paid glowing tribute to Foreign Minister Bilawal Bhutto Zardari for successful foreign policy. In a statement, Umar Rehman Malik – son of the late Senator Rehman Malik – said that Foreign Minister Bilawal Bhutto Zardari had lifted Pakistan’s image in a few months as the […]
Read MoreHu Xijin US President Joe Biden will be absent on Friday at the APEC Economic Leaders’ Meeting held in Bangkok, Thailand. He returned home directly after the G20 summit in Bali, Indonesia, to attend his granddaughter’s wedding. Such an arrangement would generally be understandable in Western culture, but the discussion has emerged in media outlets, […]
Read MoreDing Gang The last two names on the list of the US delegation to meet with President Xi Jinping were Rush Doshi and Jonathan Czin, both of whom are members of the Biden-chaired US National Security Council, which is responsible for China affairs. These two men should not be overlooked as we make predictions about […]
Read MoreAndrew Hammond UK Chancellor Jeremy Hunt may have pledged not to return the UK to the financial austerity of the years from 2010 to 2019, but he announced collective tax rises and spending cuts of £55 billion ($64 billion). Hunt was appointed to the Treasury last month following the debacle of the Truss government’s emergency […]
Read MoreWang Cong, Bai Yunyi and Yang Sheng Bali: Current state of China-US relations is not in the fundamental interests of the two countries and peoples, and is not what the international community expects, Chinese President Xi Jinping said during his meeting with US President Joe Biden in Bali, Indonesia this week, which marked the first […]
Read MoreStaff Writer Islamabad: In recognition of Islamabad’s progress to improve money laundering and terrorist financing controls, the United Kingdom (UK) this week removed Pakistan from ‘High Risk Third Countries’ list. Taking to Twitter, Foreign Minister Bilawal Bhutto Zardari shared a letter of the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, revealing that the UK had removed Pakistan […]
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