Jiang Zaidong, a Chinese diplomat, arrived in Islamabad on Wednesday to assume charge as Beijing's new ambassador to Pakistan. Previously, he was the Ambassador of China in Laos.
The Chinese embassy posted a message on the social media platform X, previously known as Twitter, saying that Jiang Zaidong was warmly...
Islamabad , March 18: Short-term inflation in Pakistan based on the Sensitive Price Index (SPI), saw a record increase to 45.64 per cent for the combined income group on a year-on-year basis for the week ending March 16, Pakistan-based Dawn newspaper reported.
This was fuelled by a consistent increase in...
Anyone expecting chaos and mayhem on Pakistan’s streets following the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf leader Imran Khan’s arrest on Saturday 5 August in Lahore must have been disappointed. There was silence and people went about their business.
This was not the case on 9 May or earlier in March when the cricketer-turned-politician’s...
Balochistan , February 28: Children's education in Pakistan's Panjgur is adversely affected due to a lack of educational facilities. The education system is worst in rural areas of Panjgur, Pakistan vernacular media Intekhab Daily reported citing other reports.
Panjgur is a small town in the Panjgur District of Balochistan.
According to Intekhab Daily, the educational...
Karachi , March 14: Several areas of Karachi remained in darkness on Monday as a high tension (HT) transmission cable tripped due to a technical fault, ARY News reported.
About 40 per cent of Karachi was completely dark, after a high tension (HT) transmission line tripped, resulting in multiple grid...
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...
UNITED NATIONS: The United Nations has revived efforts to persuade the international community to fulfill the pledges they made last year to help Pakistan rebuild as the UN chief called the 2022 floods a ‘litmus test’ for climate justice.
Triggered by torrential monsoon rains, the 2022 floods submerged one third...
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...
Pakistan Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif is set to dissolve parliament days before his term expires at the end of the week, a development that comes shortly after popular former leader Imran Khan was imprisoned in a graft case.
“I will dissolve my government and the National Assembly on August 9,”...
ISLAMABAD: Cash-strapped Pakistan's economy showed a dismal performance during the outgoing financial year with just 0.29 per cent GDP growth and spiralling inflation at over 29 per cent, according to the economic data unveiled by finance minister Ishaq Dar on Thursday.
Dar launched the Economic Survey 2022-23 at a crowded press conference, an annual ritual performed...
