Karachi , March 17: Expressing grave concerns over the shortage of different medicines including life-saving drugs, the Pakistan Medical Association (PMA) demanded the government to ease the process of opening letters of credit (LCs) for drug manufacturers, Dawn reported.
In a statement issued here on Thursday, the PMA said that...
China removed its defence minister on Tuesday, the second ousting of a senior leader in three months, raising questions about the stability of the leadership team around Chinese President Xi Jinping.
General Li Shangfu, who has been absent from public view for two months, was dismissed as defence minister and...
United Nations Human Rights Chief Volker Türk said he is “alarmed” by reports that Afghan refugees are being abused in Pakistan as the country carries out its policy of forced mass deportation.
In a statement Wednesday, Türk expressed concern at reports that “the arbitrary expulsion of Afghan nationals from Pakistan...
As the United States was watching the skies in the aftermath of the spy balloon incident, China may have been acting at sea. In early February, maritime vessels disabled the two undersea cables connecting Taiwan’s Matsu Islands, a tiny archipelago just 10 nautical miles off China’s coast, to the...
NEW DELHI: Nepal's very expensive Pokhara international airport is shaping up to be an economic albatross for the cash-strapped nation and has saddled it with debt to creditors in Beijing for years to come.
The fate of the airport strongly parallels that of Gwadar Port in Pakistan which was built under China's Belt and...
Hanoi , February 3: Vietnam's Ministry of Culture, Sports, and Tourism's Vietnam National Authority of Tourism (VNAT) has announced that the sector is actively pushing forward digital transformation via building a smart tourism ecosystem, a strategic move designed to improve state management and the overall tourist experience.
According to the...
Tensions are flaring between Pakistan and Myanmar as a fleet of newly acquired JF-17s fighter planes supplied by Pakistan face significant operational issues. The Myanmar military junta leader, Min Aung Hlaing, has expressed his displeasure to Pakistan's Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif and military chief, General Asim Munir. These JF-17...
The US Treasury Department and China's Ministry of Finance launched a pair of economic working groups on Friday in an effort to ease tensions and deepen ties between the nations.
Led by Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen and Vice Premier He Lifeng, the working groups will be divided into economic and...
Foreign businesses’ direct investment into China last year increased by the lowest amount since the early 1990s, underscoring challenges for the nation as Beijing seeks more overseas investment to help its economy.
China’s direct investment liabilities in its balance of payments rose by $33 billion last year, 82% down on...
New Delhi , March 20: Pro-Khalistan Twitter accounts have been withheld in India. The withheld accounts include the Twitter accounts of Canada’s New Democratic Party leader Jagmeet Singh. The Twitter accounts of Canadian poet Rupi Kaur, the voluntary organisation United Sikhs, and Canada-based activist Gurdeep Singh Sahota have also...
