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Bachelet had defended her visit earlier on Saturday while still inside China, saying it was “not an investigation” but called on Beijing to avoid “arbitrary and indiscriminate measures” in its crackdown in Xinjiang. She said the trip was a chance for her to speak with “candour” to Chinese authorities as well...
Gilgit Baltistan: Gilgit-Baltistan Chief Minister Khalid Khurshid Khan on Sunday accused the central government of intentionally slashing the region’s development budget by half, claiming that this was done “under an agenda to push the region backwards”. Addressing a presser in Islamabad along with Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf’s Murad Saeed and Ali Amin...
London: The Free Balochistan Movement (FBM) in a statement to the media condemned the violent attack of Pakistan forces on the peaceful vigil of the families of forcibly disappeared persons and other peaceful protesters in Karachi. The FBM has urged the international community to take notice of the violence of...
Pakistan’s third-most populous province has decided to have a work-from-home policy on Fridays for its employees, in the latest among a raft of decisions to save energy and avoid nationwide blackouts. The step has been announced to save fuel and electricity, Taimur Khan Jhagra, the finance minister of the northwest...
Indian Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman announced a cut in excise duty on petrol by ₹8 per litre, and ₹6 per litre on diesel. Former Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan heaped praise on India for buying discounted oil from Russia despite “pressure from the US”, saying his government was also working to achieve...
Dharamshala: Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama has written to Australian Prime Minister-elect Anthony Albanese congratulating him on his party's victory in the elections there. "Beginning with my first visit to Australia in 1982, I have had the privilege to visit your beautiful country quite regularly, mostly at the invitation...
Sri Lanka, reeling under its worst economic crisis since independence and hit by political turmoil, has asked India for bridging finance until the economic adjustment programme with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) can be negotiated and finalised. The two sides explored the possibility of increasing and restructuring the assistance provided...
Beijing: Pakistan's newly-appointed Foreign Minister Bilawal Bhutto Zardari held talks with his Chinese counterpart Wang Yi on Sunday in Guangzhou city and emphasised that "it is critical to resolve all outstanding disputes in South Asia in view of the challenges faced by the people due to the pandemic, soaring...
Tensions are building in Pakistan once again with ousted prime minister Imran Khan seemingly on a collision course with the country's government after he called his followers to defy a ban on a protest march to Islamabad today to demand fresh elections. Visuals Tuesday from the capital city's Red...
Islamabad , August 21 (ANI): Pakistan is mooting a proposal where the country will receive 20 per cent of the total cost of five China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) projects from the sponsoring Chinese firm in order to cover the expenses that it will incur on Pakistan, including paying salaries...