In the early hours of July 12 morning, seven heavily armed terrorists belonging to the Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) sneaked into Zhob Cantonment in Balochistan where surprised security forces tried to contain the intrusion. The Inter Services Public Relations (ISPR) press release No PR-95/2023-ISPR admitted the same day that nine...
Lawyers continue to face systemic persecution for defending human rights in China, the Law Society of England and Wales warned.
The Law Society has raised its concerns with the United Nations (UN) as part of the Universal Periodic Review (UPR).
The continuing erosion of judicial independence and the independence of the...
China has rolled over a $600 million loan to Pakistan, helping shore up the country’s foreign exchange reserves on the back of an IMF deal, Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif said on Tuesday.
This was in addition to over $5 billion in loans that longtime ally China has rolled over for...
As tensions between China and India have grown in the last few years, the countries wedged between them are becoming more strategically significant. The two competing powers have sought a buffer between them ever since their founding—1949 in the case of the People’s Republic of China, and 1947 for...
The latest data from China show the slowdown in the world’s second largest economy, reflected in significant deflationary trends, is not abating. Moreover, it is in danger of missing the already low official target of 5.5 percent growth this year.
According to official figures released on Monday, the economy grew...
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan needs another International Monetary Fund (IMF) programme and support from other multilateral lenders beyond the coming election cycle and the ongoing standby arrangement, the lender said in a report released on Tuesday.
“Resolving Pakistan’s structural challenges, including long-term BOP pressures, will require continued adjustment and creditor support...
KATHMANDU: Cross-border railway connection between India and Nepal, the Kurtha-Bijalpura rail section of the Jaynagar-Bijalpura-Bardibas has become operational from Sunday.
The Minister of Physical Infrastructure and Transport Prakash Jwala launched the operation in the sector amid a ceremony held at Bijalpura.
The Deputy Chief of Mission, Embassy of India Kathmandu Prasanna Shrivastava,...
India on Sunday gifted 84 vehicles to various organisations working in health and education sectors across Nepal, the Indian Embassy in Nepal said.
The keys of 34 ambulances and 50 school buses were handed over by Indian Ambassador Naveen Srivastava in the presence of Ashok Kumar Rai, the Minister of...
Pakistan incurred a huge USD 8.3 billion loss in remittances and exports during the previous fiscal year as the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N)-led coalition government chose to appease the International Monetary Fund (IMF) for a USD 1.2 billion tranche.
Due to a lack of attention to these two big inflows,...
