Islamabad: Prime Minister Imran Khan this week said Pakistan’s macroeconomic indicators were stable and expressed confidence that by the end of the fiscal year, the economy would grow at a higher rate compared with previous year. He expressed these views while chairing a meeting of the Macro Economic Advisory Group. Imran Khan said the increase […]
Read MoreNewsiwre Rome: Senior Italian diplomat Ambassador Stefano Pontecorvo this week celebrated his 31st wedding anniversary with Lidia Pontecorvo. “31 years of you and me. Still counting my blessings every day. Happy Anniversary to us,” he tweeted. The senior diplomat, who was until recently NATO’s Senior Civilian Representative, shared a picture of him and his wife. […]
Read MoreNewswire Beijing: China and Russia pledged this week to strengthen bilateral energy cooperation to jointly uphold energy security as part of efforts to promote their comprehensive strategic partnership of coordination for the new era. President Xi Jinping and Russian President Vladimir Putin made the pledge in congratulatory messages delivered to the third China-Russia Energy Business […]
Read MorePeshawar: Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) chairman Bilawal Bhutto Zardari said this week that the people will hold Prime Minister Imran Khan accountable. Addressing the PPP’s 54th foundation day event, Bilawal Bhutto said this “complete failure of a government” is ruling the country and “toying with Pakistan’s future and its people”. “After three years, every Pakistani […]
Read MoreIslamabad: Pakistan Institute of Legislative Development and Transparency (PILDAT) this week urged the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) to consider low voter turnout in youth observed during the general elections held since 1988. Citing estimated data on youth voter turnout collected by Gallup Pakistan over the past eight General Elections since 1988, PILDAT said that […]
Read MoreGwadar Pro Lahore: President of Pakistan China Joint Chamber of Commerce and Industry (PCJCCI) Wang Zihai said this week that Pakistan can boost its gemstone exports to China. In his online address to PCJCCI’s Export Promotion Committee, Wang Zihai mentioned that Pakistan was the fifth largest country of gemstones reservoirs. “Pakistan can increase its exports […]
Read MoreGwadar Pro Karachi: Federal Minister for Planning, Development and Special Initiatives Asad Umar this week announced that the Chinese buses will start running on the roads under the Green Line project within a few days. Green Line project: Chinese buses to start running on Karachi roads within days “Prime Minister Imran Khan will inaugurate the […]
Read MoreChina Economic Net Islamabad: Pakistan said this week that Pakistan and China were committed to a clean and green vision of the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC). Foreign Ministry spokesperson, Asim Iftikhar Ahmed noted that CPEC had put Pakistan into a stage of high-quality development. “This vision is being translated into reality through projects such as […]
Read MoreSeven Earth-sized planets orbit the star TRAPPIST-1 in near-perfect harmony, and U.S. and European researchers have used that harmony to determine how much physical abuse the planets could have withstood in their infancy. “After rocky planets form, things bash into them,” said astrophysicist Sean Raymond of the University of Bordeaux in France. “It’s called bombardment, […]
Read MorePromising news in the effort to develop drugs to treat obesity: University of Virginia scientists have identified 14 genes that can cause and three that can prevent weight gain. The findings pave the way for treatments to combat a health problem that affects more than 40% of American adults. “We know of hundreds of gene […]
Read MoreA rare disease that still affects humans today has been found in the fossilized remains of a duck-billed dinosaur that roamed the Earth at least 66 million years ago. The back of a skull found in a Grecian cave has been dated to 210,000 years ago. Known as Apidima 1, right, researchers were able to […]
Read MoreNewswire Islamabad: Italy’s Ambassador to Pakistan Andreas Ferrarese and his wife Albana Ferrarese this week advocated for women empowerment, especially in Pakistan. They showed satisfaction with the progress of women in Pakistan as the literacy rate rises and the opportunities grow. Ambassador Ferrarese said that Women economic and social empowerment is essential for the development […]
Read MoreNewswire Islamabad: Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) Senior Leader and Former Interior Minister Senator A. Rehman Malik this week felicitated workers across the world on the occasion of the party’s 54th founding day anniversary. He said this is the day to pay rich tributes to former Prime Minister Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto and founding members of PPP […]
Read MoreLondon: The United Kingdom’s government has announced plans for its own talks on the Channel crisis with European ministers this week as it was frozen out of a crisis meeting in France. Government ministers from Belgium, France, Germany, and the Netherlands will meet in Calais on Sunday with officials from the European Union and EU […]
Read MoreMilly Hardwick was searching for buried treasure in a field in Hertfordshire, England, when her metal detector pinged. The 13-year-old’s father, Colin, joked that she’d found an ax. He was partially right: Hardwick had, in fact, stumbled onto a trove of 65 Bronze Age axes and artifacts dated to around 1300 B.C.E. “I was shocked,” […]
Read MoreNewswire Karachi: The Government of Japan extended a grant of $89,283 to Advocacy, Research, Training and Services (ARTS) Foundation for “The Project for Constructing ARTS Vocational Training Centre in Mirpurkhas” under the scheme of Grant Assistance for Grassroots Human Security Projects (GGP). Through this grant, they constructed a vocational training centre in the rural area […]
Read MoreNewswire Karachi: To commemorate the friendship between Pakistan and Japan, the Consulate-General of Japan in Karachi organized “Japan Fest 2021” at the official residence of the Consul-General this week. The festival started off in a traditional Japanese style wadaiko (Japanese drums) performance led by Deputy Consul-General ASHIDA Katsunori, followed by the speech of the Consul-General […]
Read MoreISLAMABAD: Italy’s stall at the annual charity bazaar organsied by the Pakistan Foreign Office Women’s Association (PFOWA) outshined the friendly competitors at the event. Sepideh Neccia, the spouse of the Italy’s Deputy Ambassador Robberto Neccia told Covert that the stall of Italy organised by herself and Albana Ferrarese – the spouse of Italy’s Ambassador Andreas […]
Read MoreHermione Kitson Milan: Italy is working to strengthen its sporting and cultural ties with China ahead of the Beijing Winter Olympics next year and the winter games of Milan-Cortina in 2026. The Italian Alps are striking and unique but are mostly enjoyed by European neighbors. Ski master Valerio Malfatto is working to change that, by […]
Read MoreLance Klusener and the Afghanistan Cricket Board have mutually agreed to part ways, and not extend the former South Africa allrounder’s contract as head coach of the national men’s team. Klusener, who was appointed in the role in September 2019, has a contract that runs till December 31 this year, and will step away from […]
Read MoreDing Gang When Washington set Beijing as the US’ “most serious competitor,” think tankers in the White House failed to anticipate that a domestic problem, lurking under the surface of US society, finally started to erupt. Due to the epidemic, the challenge has come earlier and more fiercely. More and more young Americans do not […]
Read MoreDing Gang Soaring energy prices have led to serious inflation in the US, which shows, once again, that the US’ economic model is still under the traditional framework based on fossil energy. The energy transformation will experience a complicated and long process. The US is the world’s biggest economy, whose global strategy must take into […]
Read MoreKerry Boyd Anderson A draft of a new EU Strategic Compass was recently presented to senior European officials, with plans to approve a final version in the first half of 2022. The document seeks to help Europe better adapt to a changing global security environment. However, the EU’s foreign policy challenges run deep, including its […]
Read MoreChris Doyle It is a fair bet that Boris Johnson and Emmanuel Macron will be scrubbing each other off their respective Christmas card lists this year. With both in full-on clash mode, every other day brings yet another Punch and Judy-style spat. The Entente Cordiale has been peppered with insults and accusations hurled across the […]
Read MoreNewswire Rome: Italy’s senior diplomat Ambassador Stefano Pontecorvo this week completed his term with the NATO as his Senior Civilian Representative. “Today my NATO mandate ends. Going back to the MFA. Thank you to @jensstoltenberg for the appreciation, trust and support throughout my mission. I’m grateful to all the wonderful people I have met and […]
Read MoreMultan: Former Prime Minister and Leader of the Opposition in Senate, Syed Yusuf Raza Gilani this week said that no one could deny the sacrifices rendered by Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) for the country and democracy. In a message on the 54th founding day of the PPP, he paid homage to former Prime Ministers, Zulfikar […]
Read MoreNewswire Beijing: China-US relations should not be dominated by a Cold War mentality, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Zhao Lijian said this week. He said the continuation of the Ping Pong Diplomacy serves as a reminder to the United States that there shall be no drawing of ideological lines or clique confrontation. China and the US […]
Read MoreIslamabad: Lashing out at the “incompetency” of those running the country, Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) chief Bilawal Bhutto Zardari said this week that the federal government must go to provide relief to the common man. Expressing serious concerns over the ongoing gas crisis across Pakistan, Bilawal Bhutto said that Prime Minister Imran Khan was continuously […]
Read MoreCanberra: Pakistani High Commissioner to Australia Zahid Hafeez Chaudhri this week urged for collaboration between Pakistani and the Australian universities. He met Professor Patricia M Davidson, Vice Chancellor and President of University of Wollongong. “Met with Prof Patricia M Davidson, VC & President of University of Wollongong. Discussed possible areas of collaboration between UOW and […]
Read MoreGwadar Pro Islamabad: Pakistan expects to enhance orange exports to China this year, a top government official said. Adviser to Prime Minister Imran Khan on Commerce and Investment Abdul Razak Dawood maintained that the mangoes season had already provided good revenue. In 2020-21, Pakistan exported a record 460,000 tons of oranges, marking this as the […]
Read MoreChina Economic Net Xinjiang: “Country of Origin: Pakistan” – if you walk into a clothing store in any shopping mall in a major Chinese city-whether it is an international or a local brand-such a hang tag is not uncommon. Especially in jeans wear section, these high-quality Pakistani products are increasingly popular with Chinese consumers. According […]
Read MoreGwadar Pro Lahore: Many Chinese companies are investing in the Punjab province as part of the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC), a provincial minister said. Punjab Provincial Minister for Industries, Commerce and Investment Mian Muhammad Aslam Iqbal mentioned the development in the province due to the gigantic CPEC. He expressed these views, while witnessing the signing […]
Read MoreMars explorers searching for signs of ancient life could be fooled by fossil-like specimens created by chemical processes, research suggests. Rocks on Mars may contain numerous types of non-biological deposits that look similar to the kinds of fossils likely to be found if the planet ever supported life, a study says. Telling these false fossils […]
Read MoreAfter decades of uncertainty, researchers have confirmed the existence of lunar carbon dioxide cold traps that could potentially contain solid carbon dioxide. The discovery will likely have a major influence in shaping future lunar missions and could impact the feasibility of a sustained robot or human presence on the moon. In the permanently shadowed regions […]
Read MoreA consequence of global warming is a greater frequency and intensity of extreme heat events. This extreme heat is associated with a greater risk of adverse cardiovascular incidents, especially for adults with pre-existing cardiovascular diseases. Experts writing in the Canadian Journal of Cardiology, published by Elsevier, discuss how extreme heat affects cardiovascular health, why health […]
Read MoreNewswire Islamabad: Former Interior Minister and Chairman Institute of Research and Reforms (IRR) Senator A. Rehman Malik has said that Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi is planning to create an atmosphere of confrontation for WW-III in South Asia as he has already created various stimuli to facilitate those who are waiting for this great opportunity. […]
Read MoreNewswire Islamabad: Food has no boundaries and food ideas are unstoppable particularly in this fast-paced era. The combo of chai-biscuit may be a daily routine in Pakistan but it is no less than a feast in Japan where Pakistani biscuits are gaining popularity. “Pakistani cumin (zeera) cookies are delicious. Cumin seeds are kneaded into the […]
Read MoreIslamabad: Having moved to Japan from Pakistan some 30 years ago, Haroon Qureshi is setting an example for others in the country by supporting the needy people including refugees through food, accommodation and employment. Qureshi, 55, who also serves as Executive Director of the Islamic Cultural Center of Japan, housing Masjid Otsuka, in Toshima-ku, Tokyo, […]
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