Islamabad , February 3: The Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) supremo Nawaz Sharif is set to address a political demonstration at Gujranwala's Jinnah Stadium today, party leader Marriyam Aurangzeb has said. The PML-N supremo will talk about his election manifesto and the current crises facing the country. Meanwhile, amidst rising tensions and...
New Delhi , February 3: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday attended the inaugural event of the CLEA -Commonwealth Attorneys and Solicitors General Conference (CASGC) 2024 at the Vigyan Bhawan in New Delhi. The event is also being attended by Union Law Minister Arjun Ram Meghwal and CJI DY Chandrachud. The...
The Chinese authorities have permanently stationed four warships in the waters around the island of Taiwan. According to the newspaper, Beijing thereby expects to put pressure on the Taipei administration in peacetime, as well as prevent US ships from approaching the island in the event of a conflict in the...
Last week, during China’s fourth Universal Periodic Review (UPR) at the United Nations Human Rights Council in Geneva, Japan expressed “concern about the human rights situation in China” and recommended that Beijing “protect the rights of the minorities, including Tibetans and Uyghurs … guarantee the fundamental rights and freedom...
House Speaker Mike Johnson issued a warning Wednesday about China's "organ harvesting" during a speech emphasizing the importance of religious freedom.   Johnson delivered the address at the International Religious Freedom Summit, where he emphasized the importance of religious freedom across the globe. He warned that government becomes "tyrannical" when it...
NEW DELHI: The Army’s assertive stand in Ladakh since the fatal border clash in 2020 has emboldened the nomadic tribes to reclaim their traditional winter grazing grounds, leading to incidents of arguments with Chinese troops. Unlike in the past, graziers are venturing deep into their traditional grazing areas and standing...
For the second year in a row, China's population fell. Data from the country's National Bureau of Statistics showed that China's population declined by two million in 2023 while the birth rate fell from 6.77 births to 6.39 births per 1,000 people — a record low. China has been scrambling to...
The threat of a Chinese amphibious assault against Taiwan is the central driver of U.S. defense strategy. If such an assault were to be successful, it would confirm China’s status as the dominant military power in the Western Pacific. Washington faces severe challenges in deterring and/or defeating the threat to...
ISLAMABAD: While painting an otherwise rosy economic picture at the fag-end of its rule, the caretaker government on Wednesday conceded the persisting inflationary trends and rising pressures on current expenditure mainly due to the policies of the government and the State Bank of Pakistan, respectively, continue to remain critical...
Islamabad , January 31: Pakistan's National Electric Power Regulatory Authority (NEPRA) on Wednesday announced that electricity prices in Pakistan will be increased by Pakistani Rupees (PKR) 5.63 per unit. The price hike was announced after the NEPRA completed a hearing of a petition by the Central Power Purchasing Agency (CPPA)...