BEIJING, May 31- China's factory activity shrank faster than expected in May on weakening demand, heaping pressure on policymakers to shore up a patchy economic recovery and knocking Asian financial markets lower.   The official manufacturing purchasing managers' index (PMI) fell to a five-month low of 48.8, the National Bureau of...
London , March 14: The United Kingdom regards China as an "epoch-defining challenge" to the global order and believes that the security of the UK and Europe depends on Russia's failure to succeed in its war on Ukraine, according to an update to the UK's strategic foreign and defence...
Eleven people were killed in a suspected militant attack in northern Pakistan, caretaker Prime Minister Anwaar-ul-Haq Kakar said on Sunday. Kakar posted on X, previously known as Twitter, that a 'terrorist attack' in North Waziristan 'claimed the lives of 11 innocent laborers.' According to security and police officials, a suspected improvised...
Born in 1952 to a wealthy Pashtun family in Lahore, Pakistan, Imran Khan had access to quality education and a nurturing environment for his cricket passion. A gifted athlete, Khan played his first Test match for Pakistan at 18, marking the beginning of an illustrious two-decade career. His charisma...
The World Bank on Monday said February earthquakes are expected to have caused Syria’s real GDP output to contract by 5.5% in 2023, with recovery and reconstruction needs estimated at $7.9 billion over three years. The World Bank said its Rapid Damage and Needs Assessment report estimates the earthquakes that...
The recent upheaval resulting from the military junta-led coup in Niger appears to have raised uncertainties about the progress of China’s investment initiatives and undertakings within the nation. In the wake of news indicating the suspension of dam construction, concerns are now mounting over the potential setback facing a PetroChina-backed...
Punjab , May 10: Army troops have been deployed in Pakistan's Punjab province to maintain law and order following protests triggered by the arrest of the country's former prime minister Imran Khan on Tuesday, Dawn reported. "Federal Government, in the exercise of the powers conferred under Article 245 of the Constitution and...
BANGKOK: A Myanmar military airstrike on a village killed ten civilians, locals and media reports said on Wednesday (June 28).   Fighting has ravaged swathes of Myanmar since a coup in 2021, with the junta battling ethnic rebels and dozens of new "People's Defence Forces" across the country.   Rights groups accuse the...
The Baloch people have also declared 14 August as "Black Day" in Balochistan. The Pakistan Army occupied the independent state of Baluchistan on March 28, 1947. On the occasion of the 76th anniversary of the creation of Pakistan, which is being observed on August 14, political repression is on the...
As an angry mob, motivated by blasphemy claims, set fire to churches and wreaked havoc on Christian homes in Jaranwala tehsil of Faisalabad recently, this incident in particular reminds everyone of another distressing chapter in Pakistan's history. In an editorial, human rights activist Saima William writes that the Jaranwala incident...