Yang Sheng, Chen Qingqing and Wang Cong Beijing: As the world turns its eyes to a critical high-level meeting between senior Chinese and US officials, the US picked up a signature Trump era strategy of wielding the stick ahead of talks by issuing on Wednesday sanctions against two dozen Chinese mainland and Hong Kong officials, […]
Read MoreIslamabad: Prime Minister Imran Khan this week said it was time for Pakistan to get stronghold of national security by expanding its domain inclusive of climate change, economic stability and food security, besides focusing on military strength.Addressing at the launch of first annual Islamabad Security Dialogue themed ‘Together for Ideas’, the Prime Minister stressed the […]
Read MoreNewswire Kabul: NATO Senior Civilian Representative Ambassador Stefano Pontecorvo has said that Afghanistan deserved peace.Speaking to NATO in Afghanistan National Security Adviser Hamdullah Mohib, he said Afghanistan had suffered a lot and the people were waiting for long lasting peace.They exchanged views about security cooperation and how to support ceasefire and reduction in violence initiatives, […]
Read MoreMoscow: By their actions the Western nations have only precipitated regulation of the internet sphere, Russian Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said on Sunday. “It was them to precipitate what we have been stopping short of doing for quite a long time. We felt embarrassed about the necessity to impose regulative measures in the cyberspace. […]
Read MoreYang Sheng, Chen Shasha and Li Sikun Beijing: China and the US released great news that attracted world attention on Wednesday and Thursday, as the world’s two biggest economies decided to take the first step to reset their problematic ties.They announced a “2+2” meeting between the two countries’ chief diplomats next week, which was a […]
Read MoreNewswire Lahore Islamabad: The opposition will decide when and where it will advance a no-confidence motion against the incumbent government, Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) Chairman Bilawal Bhutto Zardari warned. In a media interaction he said that the opposition had learnt lessons from the past or it wouldn’t be united right now. “We stand together and […]
Read MoreIslamabad: Lashing out at the opposition, Prime Minister Imran Khan this week said that Pakistan Democratic Movement’s (PDM) long march was meant to get a national reconciliation ordinance (NRO), ARY News reported.Presiding over a meeting of PTI’s core committee, PM Imran said that the PDM’s proposed long march has nothing to do with the problems […]
Read MoreNewswire Kabul: North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) Senior Civilian Representative in Afghanistan Ambassador Stefano Pontecorvo has urged all groups in Afghanistan to observe peace for the stability of the country.He said violence contradict commitment to reduce violence until a permanent ceasefire is reached in intra-Afghan talks. “Similarly, describing the violence as unacceptable as efforts are […]
Read MoreTim Korso Washington: One of the first orders issued by Joe Biden once gaining the office of the US president was to revoke Trump’s anti-immigration directives. However, it seems that neither of the main American political parties are content with his decisions regarding immigration. It seems as though US President Joe Biden is able to […]
Read MoreNewswire Beijing: Celebrations commenced this week to commemorate the 70th anniversary of establishment of everlasting Pak-China diplomatic relations.Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi and his Chinese counterpart Wang Yi formally commenced activities during a virtual ceremony that was simultaneously held in Islamabad and Beijing. Pakistan and China have agreed to hold over 100 events to mark […]
Read MoreIslamabad: In a huge upset in the Senate election former Prime Minister Yousaf Raza Gilani defeated government’s nominee Finance Minister Hafeez Sheikh in the race for the Islamabad seat this week. The National Assembly in which the ruling Pakistan Tehrik-e-Insaf (PTI) and its allied parties have majority was the electoral college for the Islamabad seat.Gilani, […]
Read MoreIslamabad: Pakistan Muslim League (Nawaz) Vice-President Maryam Nawaz Sharif said this week that PTI lawmakers voted for PDM’s Yousuf Raza Gillani in the Senate election after her party promised them tickets in the next elections.Several PTI ministers claimed that opposition parties used money to buy votes for Gillani. The PDM candidate defeated the ruling party’s […]
Read MoreNewswire Kabul: NATO’s civilian representative to Afghanistan Ambassador Stefano Pontecorvo has said that for dialogue both sides would need to show “flexibility, good faith and determination” to end the deadly conflict. “First and foremost, a significant reduction in violence must top the negotiation agenda to give people confidence in the process and its outcome. Popular […]
Read MoreIslamabad: Speakers, from across the globe at a two-day online workshop, this week unanimously stressed to go for informal-alternative dispute settlement by utilizing advanced technology to ensure access to affordable justice for all in human societies.Speaking as a chief guest at the event themed as “Access to justice and enhanced role of informal system of […]
Read MoreNewswire Washington: Russia, despite economic sanctions imposed on it, remains an existential threat to the US and its European allies, commander of the US European Command, Air Force General Tod D. Wolters said at the Air Force Association’s Aerospace Warfare Symposium this week. “We’re in an era of global-power competition. Winning in this era is […]
Read MoreKarachi: Sindh Chief Minister Murad Ali Shah has directed officials to grant a “one-time relief” to the Karachi Metropolitan Corporation and other local bodies so that they can pay pension and gratuity to their retired employees.The chief minister presided over a meeting to resolve pension issues of the KMC, DMCs, HAD, KDA and other local […]
Read MoreIslamabad: Pakistan and India this week agreed on strict observance of ceasefire along the Line of Control (LoC) and other sectors, with effect from February 24 midnight. The agreement took place as the Director General of Military Operations (DGMOs) of Pakistan and India held discussions over the established mechanism of hotline contact, the Inter-Services Public […]
Read MoreNewswire Kabul: The North Atlantic Treaty Organization senior civilian representative in Afghanistan, Stefano Pontecorvo this week met with the chief of the country’s negotiating team, Mohammad Masoom Stanekzai, stressing the importance of revitalizing the ongoing talks with the Taliban. “Met with Chief Negotiator @MMStanekzai (Mohammad Masoom Stanekzai) today on the Afghan Peace Process – which […]
Read MoreIslamabad: Foreign Minister Makhdoom Shah Mehmood Qureshi while reiterating that a peaceful and stable Afghanistan was in the best interest of Pakistan, this week emphasized the country’s consistent support for the Afghan peace process.Prime Minister Imran Khan had always stressed that there was no military solution to the Afghan conflict, he added.The Foreign Minister expressed […]
Read MoreDing Gang We could have never imagined that the US would evolve into a “socialistic democratic” country like Sweden. But we will soon have to face a US that has a strong socialist democratic tendency. I predicted in an article a few months ago that once the pandemic eases, all the countries will attach more […]
Read MoreWang Qi Beijing: China should keep a close watch on the Indo-Pacific region and mark its red lines, Chinese experts said, right before the third Quad meeting of the US, Japan, India and Australia since 2020.US State Department spokesperson Ned Price announced this week that Secretary of State Antony Blinken will speak with his counterparts […]
Read MoreNewswire Lahore: Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) Chairman Bilawal Bhutto Zardari said this week that the federal government was panicked after the victory of the PPP candidates in the recent bye-elections. Addressing a gathering in Karachi to celebrate Yousuf Murtaza Baloch’s victory in the PS-88 Malir bye-election Bilawal Bhutto said that the ruling party has gone […]
Read MoreMoscow: Russian President Vladimir Putin this week warned Russia to ensure its parliamentary elections scheduled for September are free of any external interference.Putin said the country needed to protect the vote and “suppress any attempts at foreign influence,” during an online meeting with the four parliamentary party leaders in the State Duma. “We cannot and […]
Read MoreNewswire 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 […]
Read MoreLondon: 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 […]
Read MoreBeijing: As people celebrated Chinese New Year and spring holidays Chinese President Xi Jinping and his U.S. counterpart Joe Biden gave the world a gift of hope.The two leaders held their first telephone conversation this week since the latter entered the White House in late January, sending a series of positive signals to the world […]
Read MoreNewswire Karachi: Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) chairman Bilawal Bhutto Zardari this week said that anti-government march will be held in the month of March. The PPP chief censured Prime Minister Imran Khan, saying the PM does not like Sindh or its people but wanted the islands and the coal in the provnce.His remarks came in […]
Read MoreGwadar 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 […]
Read MoreNewswire 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 […]
Read MoreMoscow: 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 […]
Read MoreKristin Huang Beijing: China says it is closely watching the movements of the US Navy after an American warship sailed through the Taiwan Strait, the first to do so since the inauguration of President Joe Biden.The USS John S. McCain, an Arleigh Burke-class guided missile destroyer, passed through the waterway that separates the Chinese mainland […]
Read MoreMoscow: 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 […]
Read MoreNewswire 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 […]
Read MoreNewswire Kabul: NATO’s Senior Civilian Representative for Afghanistan Ambassador Stefano Pontecorvo said ceasefire was key to Afghanistan peace. In a meeting with Sayed Sadat Mansoor Naderi, Afghanistan State Minister for Peace this week, the envoy said all parties must give up hostilities and make a new beginning. “They discussed NATO support for the Afghan Peace […]
Read MoreIslamabad: Opposition parties will march towards Islamabad against Prime Minister Imran Khan’s government on March 26, Maulana Fazlur Rehman announced this week. The announcement came after a meeting of the Pakistan Democratic Movement (PDM) in Islamabad.Caravans from across the country will leave for Islamabad on March 26, Fazl told reporters. He was flanked by other […]
Read MoreNewswire Islamabad: Transparency International this week released its annual report, showing that the corruption situation in Pakistan has worsened in 2020. The annual Corruption Perceptions Index (CPI) for 2020 has revealed that persistent corruption is undermining health care systems and contributing to democratic backsliding amid the COVID-19 pandemic.Countries that perform well on the index invest […]
Read MoreChina Economic Net Beijing: China has made it clear that there was no genocide in the country. Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Zhao Lijian said China will never accept lies made by former US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Xinjiang.“The most important thing should be repeated three times – China has no genocide; China has […]
Read MoreNewswire Herat: Italian Army Brigadier General Alberto Vezzoli, Commander of the “Julia” Brigade and Multinational Land Force, officially handed over the command of Train, Advise, Assist Command-West (TAAC-W) at Camp Arena to Italian ArmyBrigadier General Beniamino Vergori, Commander of the “Folgore” Brigade this week.The ceremony was attended by the Italian Minister of Defence Hon. Lorenzo […]
Read MoreGwadar Pro Islamabad: Speaker National Assembly Asad Qaiser and Chairman National People’s Congress of China this week agreed for formation of a joint Parliamentary Committee for effective oversight of China Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC).They were of the view that enhanced economic cooperation would give impetus to the existing bilateral relations through parliamentary and economic cooperation. […]
Read MoreKeir Semmens Washington: Four score and eight years ago, Franklin Roosevelt entered the White House with the United States on the brink of economic collapse amid a world of brewing tensions and fascist rulers on the rise. Compared with what awaits Joe Biden, he had it easy.As Biden takes the oath of office, he confronts […]
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