ISLAMABAD: Finance Minister Muhammad Aurangzeb will embark on a visit to China starting today, as Pakistan is seeking a rescheduling of $15bln loan from Beijing, well-placed sources told. As per details, a joint working group will be established between Pakistan and China to facilitate the loan rescheduling, sources added. Additionally, discussions...
Balochistan , August 13: The Chinese Consulate General in Karachi issued a safety warning on Sunday following the targeted attack on a Chinese convoy in Balochistan. A convoy of Chinese engineers was attacked in Gwadar in Pakistan’s Balochistan on Sunday. “The Chinese Consulate General in Karachi, Pakistan issued a safety warning...
Births in China could drop below 8 million this year, setting a record low and further clouding the country’s gloomy demographic outlook, according to a leading medical academic. “The expected number of births in 2023 is estimated to be around 7 million to 8 million,” Qiao Jie, dean of the...
Pakistan's Lahore on Thursday topped the global pollution ranking with an unhealthy air quality level during the whole day, Dawn reported. The second-largest city in Pakistan continues to suffer from a smog crisis that has affected the health and livelihood of millions of people. According to Swiss air quality technology company,...
Tel Aviv , November 14: The Israel Defence Forces on Tuesday announced that it is coordinating the transfer of incubators from Israel to hospitals in the Gaza Strip. The military shared a recording of a conversation between a liaison officer and the Director of the Shifa Hospital, stating the transfer...
WASHINGTON: A large number of Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf supporters in the United States, calling themselves as PTI US, on Sunday urged the Biden administration to impose visa bans on Pakistani officials.   The request came as pro and anti-PTI activists vie for favours in Washington.   PTI has introduced another player — Shahbaz Gill...
Washington, DC , March 07: The Uyghur Human Rights Project (UHRP), organized a virtual discussion to highlight mass arbitrary detention, torture, enforced disappearances, mass surveillance, cultural and religious persecution, separation of families, forced labor, sexual violence, and violations of reproductive rights of Uyghurs in China. The discussion held on Wednesday...
In the run-up to Taiwan’s January 2024 general election, unsubstantiated reports circulated about outgoing President Tsai Ing-wen’s alleged plans to escape the island aboard a US military aircraft in the event of conflict with China. It has now been disclosed that Chinese state media spread these reports. These claims, first...
Amid ongoing delays attributed to the military conflict between Russia and Ukraine, India has been informed by Russia that the remaining two squadrons of the S-400 long-range air defence missile system will be supplied by August 2026. A deal was signed between Russia and India for the procurement of five...
Dubai , July 20: The UAE has ranked first globally in mobile internet speed for the month of June, with a download speed of 204.24 Mbps and an upload speed of 22.72 Mbps, according to the Speedtest Global Index published by Ookla, a web service that provides analysis of...