Islamabad , March 6: Pakistan is seeking confirmation from Saudi Arabia for securing additional deposits of USD 2 billion and a USD 950 million loan programme from the World Bank and Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) for the signing of a Staff-Level Agreement (SLA) with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) within...
Washington , March 6: US Senator Mark Warner on Sunday (local time) said that America would be introducing bipartisan legislation this week aimed at letting the government "ban or prohibit" foreign technology products such as Chinese-owned TikTok.
Warner said that he and Senator John Thune will introduce the bill, adding, "I've got...
Beijing , March 6: China is slowly becoming a suffocating police state like the former Soviet Union as President Xi Jinping wanted the security apparatus under his direct grip, Nikkei Asia reported citing sources.
The sources have expressed concern over the possibility of creating a new police and state security organization, which would be placed under...
TALLINN: Estonians go to the polls on Sunday as one of Europe’s most staunchly pro-Kyiv governments faces a challenge from a far-right party seeking to capitalise on anger at rising living costs and which would shut out further Ukrainian refugees.
If, as opinion polls predict, Prime Minister Kaja Kallas’ liberal...
BEIJING/TAIPEI: Chinese Premier Li Keqiang pledged “peaceful reunification” with Taiwan on Sunday as well as resolute steps to oppose Taiwan independence, with Taipei responding that Beijing should respect the Taiwanese people’s commitment to democracy and freedom.
China, which claims democratic Taiwan as its own territory, has increased its military activity...
Islamabad , March 3: A study into the legal barriers faced by religious minorities living in Pakistan revealed that a significant number of religious minorities have been reported as facing difficulty in obtaining computerised national identity cards (CNIC) or being unable to obtain one at all.
Numerous basic rights of citizenship in Pakistan are...
Beijing, March 2: China has unveiled an ambitious plan to construct a new railway line along the Line of Actual Control (LAC) and through the disputed Aksai Chin region.
According to a new railway plan revealed by the Tibet Autonomous Region (TAR) government, the ‘medium to long-term railway plan’ will...
Islamabad , March 3: Pakistan's government has accepted another International Monetary Fund (IMF) demand, announcing a surcharge of up to PKR 3.23 per unit on electricity consumers across the nation from July 1, Dawn reported.
The decision has been taken to generate PKR 335 billion more in revenue over the next fiscal...
Protests continued in Quetta, Karachi, Kech, Khuzdar, Mand and other parts of Balochistan against the enforced disappearances of Baloch women.
New series of these protests are taking place after the enforced disappearances of Baloch women. On February 3, Pakistan Army in collaboration with intelligence agencies forcibly disappeared Rahim Zehri, his...
Taipei: The United States has approved the potential sale of $619 million in new weapons to Taiwan, including missiles for its F-16 fleet, as the island reported a second day of large-scale Chinese air force incursions nearby.
The arms sales are likely to further sour already tense ties between Washington...
