Staff Writer Larkana: Chairman Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) Bilawal Bhutto Zardari while addressing the mass gathering at Garhi Khuda Baksh said that his party does not need any deal. He announced to lead huge demonstrations against government from January 5. On the occasion of former prime minister Benazir Bhutto’s 14th death anniversary, Chairman PPP addressed […]
Read MoreGwadar Pro Islamabad: Pakistan-manufactured Covid vaccines, produced with China’s help, are getting a great response at the vaccination centers, officials said this week. Pakistan had signed a deal with Chinese company CansinoBio in late March to import a concentrate of the vaccine in bulk to process and package the vaccine locally. Later, Pakistan started producing […]
Read MoreGwadar Pro Lahore: Pakistan Punjab Provincial Health Minister Dr. Yasmin Rashid here this week inaugurated the ‘Silk Road Clinical Research Center’ at the University of Health Sciences (UHS) with funding from the Chinese government. Speaking on the occasion, the Health Minister said that UHS played an important role in research, adding that continuous work on […]
Read MoreChina Economic Net Quetta: Deputy Speaker of Pakistani National Assembly Qasim Khan Suri said this week that China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) was fast changing the fate of the Balochistan province. Speaking to journalists here, Suri predicted that CPEC will end the sense of deprivation in the Balochistan province. “CPEC will end deprivations of people of […]
Read MoreKourou: The world’s most powerful space telescope on Saturday blasted off into orbit, headed to an outpost 1.5 million kilometres (930,000 miles) from Earth, after several delays caused by technical hitches. The James Webb Space Telescope, some three decades and billions of dollars in the making, left Earth enclosed in its Ariane 5 rocket from […]
Read MoreRogue planets are elusive cosmic objects that have masses comparable to those of the planets in our Solar System but do not orbit a star, instead roaming freely on their own. Not many were known until now, but a team of astronomers, using data from several European Southern Observatory (ESO) telescopes and other facilities, have […]
Read MoreAnalysis of ancient DNA from one of the best-preserved Neolithic tombs in Britain has revealed that most of the people buried there were from five continuous generations of a single extended family. By analysing DNA extracted from the bones and teeth of 35 individuals entombed at Hazleton North long cairn in the Cotswolds-Severn region, the […]
Read MoreNewswire Islamabad: Former interior minister Rehman Malik has called to formulate long term and short term strategy to eradicate extremism and religious extremism from the country with proposing that Ulema, scholars, politicians, economists and all stakeholders sit together and decide how to run and move Pakistan forward. “The social justice system needs to be improved […]
Read MoreKarachi: The 16th official Queen’s Baton Relay arrived in Karachi this week as it continues its global journey around the 72 Commonwealth nations and territories before concluding at the opening ceremony of the 2022 Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games on 28 July 2022. A welcome ceremony was hosted by the Deputy British High Commission, Karachi to […]
Read MoreLondon: Prize winners in the sciences and arts will have their applications to be able to live and work in Britain fast-tracked from Wednesday, the interior ministry said, pressing its post-Brexit pledge to attract only the “best and brightest”. Since completing its exit from the European Union, Britain has introduced a new system for work […]
Read MoreNewswire Saitama: Two-time Olympic figure skating champion Yuzuru Hanyu has booked his place at the Beijing Games, laying down a marker with a commanding win at Japan’s national championships on Sunday. But he failed in his bid to become the first person to land a quadruple axel in competition, slightly under-rotating his maiden crack at […]
Read MoreNewswire Tokyo: Japan’s industry ministry has said it will hold an auction on February 9 to sell about 100,000 kilolitres, or 628,980 barrels, of crude oil from its national reserve as a part of a US-led coordinated release of oil reserve to cool rising prices. The supply, to be taken from its Shibushi tank in […]
Read MoreNewswire Rome: An Italian factory worker suffering from a cognitive impairment that made his job increasingly difficult received an unexpected Christmas present thanks to the solidarity of his colleagues. Alfredo Lupi, a 64-year-old janitor at the Senna Inox factory near Lodi in northern Italy, had begun struggling with his daily tasks however he was still […]
Read MoreNewswire Lahore: Member Parliament House of Commons UK Ms Anum Qaiser this week disclosed that the United Kingdom wants to increase bilateral trade with Pakistan from existing £3 billion to £10 billion to achieve mutually beneficial outcomes. Talking to chairman UK-Pakistan Business Council (UPBC) Mian Kashif Ashfaq, she said that improvement in bilateral trade and […]
Read MoreIslamabad: Denmark this week donated over 484,000 COVID-19 Moderna vaccine doses to Pakistan. The vaccines donated by the Denmark Embassy in Pakistan were handed over to Pakistan at a ceremony here. “The Ceremony was attended by Charge d’ Affairs, Danish Embassy, Simon Kjeldsen, Dy National Prog Manager @EPIPakistan, Dr. Soofia Yunus & UNICEF’s OIC Dy […]
Read MoreNewswire Rome: Italy’s premier Mario Draghi presided over the annual Collari d’Oro awards ceremony, the highest honour in Italian sport, at the Auditorium Parco della Musica in Rome this week. Hailing 2021 as “an extraordinary year” for Italian sport, Draghi said: “I am sure that for you, as for all champions, there can never be […]
Read MoreNewswire New Zealand will tour Pakistan twice next season, including once to compensate for abandoned tour earlier this year, the cricket boards of both countries said. New Zealand aborted its limited-overs tour to Pakistan in September due to security fears just before the toss in the first one-day international was due to take place at […]
Read MoreNewswire Islamabad: Italy’s Ambassador to Pakistan Andreas Ferrarese has said that Italy and Pakistan can cooperate more in the fashion industry. The Italian Envoy maintained that his country could share its expertise in the fashion industry in order to enable Pakistan meet global standards. Ambassador Ferrarese said an enormous scope of economic cooperation existed between […]
Read MoreHu Xijin Sunday marked the 30th anniversary of the disintegration of the Soviet Union. There is no need for the Chinese people to sigh for it. What we should do is drawing lessons from it, because the US very much hopes that China will become the second Soviet Union and fall apart one day. The […]
Read MoreAndrey Kortunov Last week, CNBC published an op-ed piece by Frederick Kempe, President and CEO of the US Atlantic Council. The author, a prominent US analyst and journalist, argues that in 2022 the US will have to focus on confronting the challenges coming from China, Russia and Iran. He suggests that these three nations will […]
Read MoreKerry Boyd Anderson After his inauguration in January, President Joe Biden sought to undo much of former President Donald Trump’s foreign policy. His administration has had some success in that goal, while also facing hurdles. Biden has also sought to reframe geopolitics through a lens of democracies and autocracies — partly in response to China’s […]
Read MoreAs the year comes to a close, the global community faces several daunting challenges beyond an unremitting pandemic now past its second anniversary. North Africa roils from political turmoil and fracturing societies, with exasperated populations distraught at the intransigence of ruling elites but chastened by the fear of uprisings going awry, inviting entities less inclined […]
Read MoreRome: Senior Italian diplomat Ambassador Stefano Pontecorvo said this week that Professor Luca Maria Olivieri was one in a generation archaeologist. “Professor Luca Olivieri is a really one in a generation archaeologist. This finding confirms it. Outstanding,” he tweeted after the globally known archeologist discovered the most ancient Buddhist apsidal temple of Pakistan in Bazira […]
Read MoreIslamabad: Minister for Railways Azam Khan Swati this week informed the Senate Standing Committee on Railways that the electricity worth of Rs2 billion was being stolen annually of Pakistan Railways. The committee met here under the chairmanship of Senator Muhammad Qasim which was attended by Deputy Chairman Senate, Senator Mirza Muhammad Afridi, Senator Dost Muhammad […]
Read MoreYang Sheng and Wan Hengyi Beijing: The US has no legitimacy and influence in China’s Xizang affairs and its act to appoint a new “special coordinator for Tibet” is an awkward move, and since the current development in Xizang has received a huge amount of achievements, the US and the separatist Dalai Lama clique don’t […]
Read MoreNawabshah: Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) co-chairman Asif Ali Zardari said this week that he had already predicted the Pakistan Tehrik-e-Insaf (PTI)-led government will not deliver and will not last. Without naming anyone, the former president said that he was asked to offer assistance and share some formula but he told them that first this government […]
Read MoreIslamabad: A one-day summit of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation in Islamabad this week warned that the whole region would suffer in case of an economic collapse of Afghanistan. The new Taliban acting Foreign Minister Amir Khan Muttaqi was also in attendance in the grand hall of the Pakistani Parliament, where OIC had gathered. The […]
Read MoreGwadar Pro Islamabad: Chinese short video-sharing giant TikTok announced this week that it is partnering with Virtual Dining Concepts to launch a delivery-based foodservice chain from March 2022. TikTok plans to open 300 ghost kitchen restaurant concept based on its most viral food dishes, said a company statement. The short video-sharing platform announced that it […]
Read MoreGwadar Pro Islamabad: A United Arab Emirates (UAE)-based company will make investment worth $15 million in China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) Faisalabad Special Economic Zone (SEZ), a senior Pakistani cabinet member said this week. Abdul Razak Dawood, Adviser to Prime Minister Imran Khan on Commerce and Investment, made the announcement in a tweet. Dawood elaborated that […]
Read MoreChina Economic Net Islamabad: The Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC)’s Council of Foreign Ministers (CFM) this week welcomed the participation of China in the extraordinary meeting in Islamabad, to discuss the Afghanistan issue. In a joint statement issued after the meeting, OIC-CFM appreciated the presence of a Chinese representative in the session. The meeting also […]
Read MoreBeijing: Chinese researchers have developed a new catalyst that can convert carbon dioxide and water into pure formic acid, a raw material in the organic chemical industry, the Guangming Daily reported. The researchers from the University of Science and Technology of China, the University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, and the Dalian Institute […]
Read MoreEl Paso: As soon as he heard that La Palma’s volcano had erupted, Australian geologist Matt Pankhurst loaded his microscope into his car and raced to catch a ferry to the Spanish island. Like other scientists around the world, he was eager to get a first-hand look at the rare and valuable data spilling out […]
Read MoreThe tropics is becoming hotter due to a combination of warming associated with deforestation and climate change — and that can reduce the ability of outdoor workers to perform their jobs safely. Researchers reporting in the journal One Earth on December 17 estimate how many safe working hours people living in the tropics have lost […]
Read MoreBook dedicated to Bhutto family and martyrs of PPP Newswire Islamabad: Former Interior Minister and senior PPP leader Senator A. Rehman Malik today made highly startling revelations aboutthe assassination of former Prime Minister Shaheed Mohtarma Benazir Bhutto on the eve of her 14th martyrdom anniversary. These revelations have been summed up in the form of […]
Read MoreNewswire Tokyo: The Japanese government this week launched a smartphone app that allows people to display proof of vaccination that can be used for multiple purposes, including immigration procedures. The app, called the COVID-19 Vaccination Certificate Application and available for both iPhone and Android smartphones, displays information such as the number of doses a user […]
Read MoreNewswire Tokyo: Japanese billionaire Yusaku Maezawa has returned to Earth after a 12-day journey into space, ending a practice run for his planned trip around the moon with founder Elon Musk’s SpaceX in 2023. The 46-year-old fashion tycoon and his assistant, Yozo Hirano, parachuted onto Kazakhstan’s steppe at 03:13 GMT on Monday, along with Russian […]
Read MoreIslamabad: The UK High Commissioner to Pakistan Christian Turner said this week that Pakistan-UK friendship was driven on Aviation as it provides contact between the two people. This builds an indigenous capability within Pakistan to train its pilots within the country rather than going abroad. It’s a real step forward in self reliance. His comments […]
Read More‘Tis the season for festive dressing, and when it comes to getting all done up for holiday events, nobody does it quite like the royal family. Last month, Prince William and Kate Middleton attended the annual Royal Variety Performance event at Royal Albert Hall, which supports the Royal Variety Charity to help entertainers in need. […]
Read MoreNewswire Islamabad: Italy’s Ambassador to Pakistan Andreas Ferrarese this week said that Italian archeologists have been protecting the Pakistani archeological sites for 70 years. “The Italian archaeological mission in collaboration with Khyber Pakhtunkhwa archaeological department has been protecting and excavating archaeological sites for the last seventy years in Pakistan,” he said after a team of […]
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