Pakistan’s external financing pipeline seems to be drying up as the country received 38 per cent lower inflows in the first 10 months of the current fiscal year, Dawn reported.   Pakistan is already struggling to find stability in politics and now, the cash-strapped country is seeing a slow pace of...
Bangladesh will get global recognition of the "1971 genocide" which was committed by the Pakistan army in 1971, a former member of the Dutch Parliament and human rights activists Harry van Bommel said on Sunday, reported Bangladesh Sangbad Sangsta (BSS).   "Even if it takes a hundred years to get global...
With the Chinese economy still not out of the woods and experts already having started punching holes in Xi Jinping’s resurgence narrative after the country abandoned its draconian ‘Zero Covid’ policy, the pandemic seems poised to hit it hard once more. Covid19 cases are expected to peak at 65...
Taiwan has armed its most advanced fighter jets with new air-to-air missiles, as People’s Liberation Army warplanes make regular sorties near the self-ruled island. The Taiwanese air force said the AIM-9X Sidewinder missiles were bought from the United States and had recently been allocated to its F-16 Viper squadrons, which...
Many Chinese companies are still struggling with overdue payments, despite modest improvement following Beijing’s reopening of borders that ended nearly three years of zero-Covid controls, according to a new report. Coface, a global trade credit insurance group, said on Tuesday in its latest China Corporate Payment Survey, involving 1,000 Chinese...
Sydney , May 23: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday said that a new Indian Consulate will be opened soon in the Australian city of Brisbane. Addressing a community event in Sydney on the second day of his visit to Australia, PM Modi said that IMF considers India a bright spot in the global economy and the World Bank believes...
Islamabad , May 23: Pakistan's Anti-Terrorism Court (ATC) on Tuesday granted interim bail to former Prime Minister Imran Khan in eight cases registered against him until June 8 related to violence that erupted at the Judicial Complex here in March. Multiple cases were registered against Imran Khan after clashes erupted between police and...
Islamabad , May 23: Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) leader Shireen Mazari on Tuesday announced her decision to quit PTI and politics. Mazari's announcement came after incidents in Pakistan on May 9 and 10 which she strongly condemned. She announced, "From today onwards, I am no longer a part of PTI or any political party." Shireen Mazari expressed her commitment to her...
Thimphu , May 23: Bhutan has a reason to celebrate as the Gross National Happiness (GNH) Index of the country has witnessed a remarkable rise of 3.3 per cent over the past seven years. The announcement was made in Thimphu on Tuesday as Bhutan's Prime Minister Lotay Tshering launched the 2022 GNH report. The survey,...
Sydney , May 23: The first Indian-origin Lord Mayor of Australia's Parramatta City Council, the city with the fastest-growing population of the Indian diaspora, Sameer Pandey is hopeful to witness India and Australia relations "grow further" under the leadership of PM Modi. Pandey made the above remarks in an interaction after Prime Minister Narendra Modi addressed the Indian diaspora in Sydney at...