Islamabad: Pakistan and Iran this week agreed to coordinate closely at bilateral and regional level to reinforce efforts for peace and stability in Afghanistan. During the 11th Session of Pakistan-Iran Bilateral Political Consultations, both the sides discussed Afghanistan situation besides bilateral ties. Foreign Secretary Sohail Mahmood co-chaired the meeting with Deputy Foreign Minister for Political […]
Read MoreChina Economic Net Beijing: Chinese President Xi Jinping has set out a vision to develop China into a global hub for talented people and innovation, with steps to train and bring in more top-flight professionals to enable them to fulfill their potential. Speaking at a central work conference on human resources – held in Beijing […]
Read MoreNewswire Karachi: Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) Chairman Bilawal Bhutto Zardari said this week that the performance of the Sindh government is far better than the other three provincial governments of the country. Bilawal said that the federal government and the PTI-led governments in the provinces had failed to resolve basic issues of the masses whereas […]
Read MoreSochi: Russia is 6-7 years ahead of its competitors in development of unique nuclear power energy technologies for space, Russian President Vladimir Putin said during a meeting on development of the space industry. “We have made a significant progress in development of unique space nuclear energy technologies. According to specialists, Russia is 6-7 years ahead […]
Read MoreNewswire Rome: Nobody expected a vertical collapse of Afghan institutions, but the international community must also make a profound reflection on what happened after 2011. Stefano Pontecorvo, Senior Civilian Representative of NATO in the land of kites, thinks of the last dramatic days he lived in Kabul and entrusts his analysis to Famiglia Cristiana, which […]
Read MoreIslamabad: Prime Minister Imran Khan this week said he had given mandate to the Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) to probe the exorbitant cost incurred on the road construction projects undertaken by the government of Pakistan Muslim League (Nawaz). Addressing at the upgradation of Balochistan’s Jhaljao-Bela Road at an event held here at the PM House, […]
Read MoreChina Economic Net Beijing: Chinese President Xi Jinping this week proposed a Global Development Initiative, calling for bolstering confidence and jointly addressing global threats and challenges to build a better world for all. Xi made the remarks at the general debate of the 76th session of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) via video, as […]
Read MoreNewswire Moscow: Russia will never revise its stance on Crimea and there is no going back on this topic since it’s a done deal, Kremlin Spokesman Dmitry Peskov explained to the media this week. “There is no chance the Russian side might revise its stance on Crimea,” Peskov said. “By and large, Crimea is a […]
Read More‘If all you have to criticise me on is my age or my accent, then you really can’t defeat me on the issues’ Islamabad: Bilawal Bhutto Zardari, son of the Muslim world’s first female Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto, turned 33 this week. Born on September 21, 1988, to Benazir Bhutto and Asif Ali Zardari, Bilawal […]
Read MoreCanberra: Pakistan’s High Commissioner-designate to Australia Zahid Hafeez Chaudhri has said that Pakistan and Australia are close friends and there is a lot of potential to enhance the cooperation further. Speaking to Covert from Canberra, the senior diplomat said Pakistan gives a special importance to its ties with Australia. “Our relationship has traditionally been good […]
Read MoreXu Wei President Xi Jinping reiterated this week China’s commitment to championing the principles of equality, mutual learning, dialogue and inclusiveness in exchanges between civilizations and working with different nations to jointly build the Belt and Road. Xi made the remark in a congratulatory letter to the 2021 Belt and Road-The Great Wall International Folk […]
Read MoreNewswire Karachi: Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) chairman Bilawal Bhutto Zardari has termed democracy as an unquestionable guarantee of security and progress of the country.He said that two Pakistans, instead of one, will continue to exist unless the constitution is not followed as per its spirit besides maintaining the supremacy of Parliament. In a statement, the […]
Read MoreLondon: British Prime Minister Boris Johnson reshuffled his senior ministers this week, appointing his party’s first female foreign secretary, as he urged his government to get on with the job of tackling economic inequality after COVID-19. Ending regional inequality is key to the agenda set in 2019 when Johnson won the biggest Conservative Party parliamentary […]
Read MoreIslamabad: Prime Minister Imran Khan said this week that as Afghanistan was at historic crossroads, there was a need for the international community to incentivize its people to achieve peace and stability. “There is another fallacy that Afghanistan can be controlled from outside. There is a history. No puppet government in Afghanistan is supported by […]
Read MoreChina Economic Net Beijing: The Group of 20, which comprises 19 countries and the European Union, should uphold real multilateralism in the spirit of solidarity and cooperation in order to define the direction of global governance and jointly cope with the common challenges that the world is facing, President Xi Jinping said this week. In […]
Read MoreMoscow: Politicizing the origins of COVID-19 will only lead to untrustworthy conclusions, Russian President Vladimir Putin said this week during the plenary session of the sixth Eastern Economic Forum (EEF).“Those who choose to politicize this issue are making colossal, catastrophic mistakes in the fight against the pandemic,” Putin said. “When politicization occurs, this immediately decreases […]
Read MoreNewswire Multan: Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) chairman Bilawal Bhutto Zardari this week took a jibe at Pakistan Muslim League (Nawaz) Shehbaz Sharif saying whenever Shehbaz Sharif makes a statement his party members distance themselves calling it his ‘personal decision.’Bilawal further claimed: “If Pakistan Democratic Movement (PDM) had stayed (united), it could hold a long march, […]
Read MoreNewswire Bangkok: “The runway of the HKIA #Kabul international airport is open. I see airplanes landing and taking off ”. With a dry post on Twitter where he shares the most beautiful photos of his Rome and pets, career diplomat Ambassador Stefano Pontecorvo, born in 1957, seems like a spectator rather than a protagonist as […]
Read MoreIslamabad: Prime Minister Imran Khan this week directed Power Division to employ technology to save paying consumers from load-management in low recovery grids. Prime Minister Imran Khan chaired 48th meeting of the Council of Common Interests (CCI) here.The meeting was attended by Federal Ministers Hammad Azhar, Dr. Fehmida Mirza, Asad Umar, Shaukat Fayaz Tareen, Dr. […]
Read MoreWan Lin and Lu Yameng China’s first official regulation on education supervision since the founding of the People’s Republic of China took effect this week. Education authorities said the regulation will mainly focus on local governments and schools’ implementation of the newly introduced measures to reducing pressure on students and parents as China further advances […]
Read MoreNewswire Kashmore: Pakistan People’s Party Chairman Bilawal Bhutto Zardari this week heavily criticised the Pakistan Democratic Movement (PDM)’s “confused” strategy to oust the government and slammed the alliance for “wasting” his party’s time. Speaking to journalists, he advised the alliance to first resign from the parliament and then head to Islamabad for the long march […]
Read MoreVladivostok: Russian President Vladimir Putin named law, economics and politics as the spheres in which he considers himself an expert at a back-to-school gathering on Wednesday to mark the occasion of the Day of Knowledge during his visit to Russia’s Far East.“Technically we are having a ‘lesson’ today. Had it been a real lesson, then […]
Read MoreNewswire Rome: NATO head Jens Stoltenberg this week awarded Ambassador Stefano Pontecorvo, the alliance’s Senior Civilian Representative to Afghanistan, with a medal for his contribution to the evacuation mission from the Central Asian country. “Secretary General @jensstoltenberg awarded the #NATO Meritorious Service Medal to our Senior Civilian Representative @pontecorvoste & his team for their service […]
Read MoreIslamabad: Minister for Foreign Affairs Shah Mehmood Qureshi this week said the international community should continue its support to Afghanistan and should not abandon the country in the present situation.Addressing a news conference along with Foreign Minister of Netherlands Sigrid Kaag here, he said he discussed with the Dutch minister, the bilateral relations and the […]
Read MoreXu Keyue and Liu Xin Beijing: Chinese President Xi Jinping said this week that China is willing to strengthen communication and coordination with Russia and the international community on the Afghan issue and stressed that China and Russia should deepen cooperation against interference in a phone conversation with Russian President Vladimir Putin.The top leaders of […]
Read MoreNewswire Karachi: Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) Chairman Bilawal Bhutto Zardari this week questioned how the rulers will handle the Electronic Voting Machines when they could not deal with the Results Transmission System (RTS). “PTI (Pakistan Tehrik-e-Insaf) is trying its best to steal votes as the party sees its defeat in the next elections”, said the […]
Read MoreNewswire Kabul: Senior Civilian Representative of NATO in Afghanistan Ambassador Stefano Pontecorvo has been working round the clock these days as Afghanistan awaits a new government.“Round the clock coordination with diplomatic & military colleagues from NATO allies and partners to continue safe evacuation of our nationals and Afghans at risk from Kabul airport. #Afghanistan. Allied […]
Read MoreIslamabad: The State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) has received US$ 2.75 billion from the International Monetary Fund (IMF), as part of Special Drawing Rights (SDR) allocation announced by the fund recently, the central bank confirmed through a tweet here.“#SBP has received US$ 2.75 billion from the IMF, as part of SDR allocation announced by IMF […]
Read MoreXinhua Beijing China this week urged the United States to abide by the provisions of the three China-US joint communiques, sever military links with Taiwan and stop arms sales to the island.Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Hua Chunying said there is only one China in the world, and Taiwan is an inalienable part of Chinese territory. […]
Read MoreNewswire Karachi: Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) Chairman Bilawal Bhutto Zardari this week said that the parliament must be taken into confidence on the Afghanistan issue. Addressing a news conference, Bilawal Bhutto, flanked by senior party leader Sherry Rehman and Sindh Chief Minister Murad Ali Shah, said Afghanistan should be warned that any ‘activity’ inside Pakistan […]
Read MoreNewswire Kabul: Taliban spokesperson Zabihullah Mujahid said this week that Afghanistan faces major challenges and assured that there will be no confrontation with anyone.Addressing a press conference in Kabul, he said that freedom was “our ligitimate right,” adding that they do not have any animosity towards anybody. The spokesperson also congratulated the Afghan people.“I would […]
Read MoreIslamabad: Pakistan this week started exporting mangoes to Russia after the time period to exchange perishable goods between the two countries was reduced to a mere seven days since a multinational export convention opened up the option of land route.Pakistan Customs announced that the first consignment of White Chaunsa (a popular mango breed) to Russia […]
Read MoreNewswire Kabul: NATO’s Senior Civilian Representative in Afghanistan Ambassador Stefano Pontecorvo said this week that NATO will stay in Afghanistan as long as possible to assist in the difficult time. “We will stay here as long as possible to assist Afghanistan in this difficult time. The role played by the NATO it carries out to […]
Read MoreXinhua Beijing: There is no evidence that SARS-CoV-2, the novel coronavirus behind the COVID-19 pandemic, was created in a lab, and none of the lab leak claims “hold up to scientific scrutiny,” a virologist with the University of Glasgow has said.The lab leak theory “offers no evidence other than the circumstantial location of the Wuhan […]
Read MoreNewswire Quetta: Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) Chairman Bilawal Bhutto Zardari said this week said that his party would form the government across the country after sweeping the next general elections.“A Jiyala (PPP stalwart) would lead the next Balochistan government as the chief minister,” he said while addressing a party event. The function was held at […]
Read MoreIslamabad: The National Command and Operation Centre (NCOC) this week issued special instructions for managing Muharram-ul-Harram activities with proper COVID-19 standard operating procedures (SOPs) to contain disease spread.The Forum issued these instructions keeping in view the recommendations of the ulema (scholars) concerned regarding Muharram. The NCOC guidelines underlined that all gatherings and processions would be […]
Read MoreNewswire Kabul: NATO Senior Civilian Representative in Afghanistan Ambassador Stefano Pontecorvo has appreciated the role that Afghan leaders and the Afghan security forces had played in reaching close to peace in Afghanistan.“This is a historic moment for Afghanistan as Afghans prepare to determine the future of their country through intra-Afghan negotiations. The Afghan people and […]
Read MoreNewswire Islamabad: Pakistan has formally conveyed to Afghanistan that it had thoroughly investigated the matter of alleged abduction of the daughter of the Afghan ambassador from Islamabad on July 16 and found that the complainant had not fully reported the incident. A delegation from Afghanistan visited Islamabad in connection with the reported complaint of the […]
Read MoreLiu Xuanzun Beijing: Chinese and Russian troops have been eagerly preparing for the upcoming Zapad/Interaction-2021 exercise in China, with the participating Russian servicemen provided with modern weapons and equipment of the Chinese People’s Liberation Army (PLA) for the first time in a move Chinese experts said displays high level of mutual trust and will enhance […]
Read MoreIslamabad: Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) Chairman Bilawal Bhutto Zardari said this week that the federal government does not care for poor people’s problems and rejected the recent petroleum price hike.The PPP chairman said in one month, Rs10 have been increased on a litre of petrol. “The government is [increasing petrol prices] to meet its own […]
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