Bilawal felicitates Qin Gang, Chinese FM
ISLAMABAD: Foreign Minister Bilawal Bhutto Zardari on Monday (9th of Jan 2023) held a telephone conversation with Qin Gang, the newly appointed Foreign Minister of China. Conveying his felicitations on…
China
China ends quarantine for overseas travelers
BEIJING: China lifted quarantine requirements for inbound travelers on Sunday, ending almost three years of self-imposed isolation even as the country battles a surge in Covid cases.The first people to…
Indians evacuated from sinking holy town
DEHRADUN (India): Authorities in one of the holiest towns in the Indian Himalayas were evacuating panicked residents Sunday (8th of January, 2023) after hundreds of houses began developing yawning cracks…
Iranian held in Germany suspected of chemical terror plot
BERLIN: An Iranian man has been arrested in western Germany suspected of preparing a chemical bomb attack using cyanide and ricin, police and prosecutors said Sunday.Muenster police and the Dusseldorf…
Pakistan welcomes China’s latest COVID policy
BEIJING: Pakistan welcomes China's recent COVID policy adjustment and believes it will significantly contribute to the recovery and growth of the world economy, Pakistan Ambassador to China Moin ul Haque…
Hijab Protests: Iran executes two more men
PARIS: Iran on Saturday executed two men for killing a paramilitary force member during unprecedented protests sparked by the death in custody of a young woman.The latest hangings double the…
Iran closes French institute to protest Khamenei cartoons
PARIS: Iran announced Thursday the closure of a Tehran-based French research institute in protest against cartoons of the Islamic republic's supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei published by French satirical weekly…
Sino-Pak fast-track bilateral cooperation
ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Thursday (5th of Jan 2023) held a telephonic conversation with Chinese Premier Li Keqiang wherein he emphasized Pakistan’s unswerving focus on timely progress of…
Iran warns France Charlie Hebdo
Iran warns France over ‘insulting’ Khamenei cartoons
PARIS: Iran warned France on Wednesday of consequences after satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo published cartoons depicting supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei that Tehran deemed to be insulting. The weekly had…
Markets
Asian markets rise again
HONG KONG: Asian markets built on their positive start to the year Wednesday (4th of Jan, 2023) as investors brushed off a drop on Wall Street and weighed China's reopening…
American rally driver Ken Block is dead
ANKARA: American rally driver and YouTube sensation Ken Block died in a snowmobile accident on Monday. He was 55. "It's with our deepest regrets that we can confirm that Ken…
Khawaja Asif
TTP operating from Afghan soil: Defense Min
ISLAMABAD: Minister for Defense Khawaja Muhammad Asif on Monday said that defunct organization of Tehreek e Taliban is operating from Afghan soil to spread terrorism in parts of Pakistan. The…
China’s new FM calls for ‘better’ ties with US
BEIJING: Before flying out of the US for his new post in Beijing, China’s new Foreign Minister Qing Gang has spoken to his American counterpart calling for a “better China-US…
Pk, India swap Nukes details
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan and India have officially swapped annual lists of their nuclear installations and facilities under the Agreement on Prohibition of Attacks against Nuclear Installations and Facilities. “Pursuant to the…
China’s Xi says ‘light of hope in front of us’ on Covid
BEIJING: President Xi Jinping said Saturday the "light of hope is right in front of us" as China faces an explosion of Covid-19 cases after an abrupt lifting of restrictions.Three…
Iran protester on death row granted retrial
PARIS: Iran's top court has ordered the retrial of a third death row inmate sentenced over the nationwide protests that started more than 100 days ago, the judiciary said Saturday…
Turkish Navy Ship conducts naval drills with PN
KARACHI: The Turkish Navy Ship TCG BURGAZADA on Friday visited Karachi Port and participated in bilateral naval Exercise TURGUTREIS – VII. The Turkish ship port was earlier called Karachi harbor…
UNSC asks Taliban to drop restrictions on women
MANHATTAN: Stepping up the pressure on the Taliban, the UN Security Council has called for the full, equal and meaningful participation of women and girls in Afghanistan, denouncing a ban…
NGO
NGOs halt work in Afghanistan
LONDON: Christian Aid and ActionAid on Monday became the latest foreign aid groups to suspend operations in Afghanistan after the country's Taliban rulers ordered all NGOs to stop women staff…
Chinese city seeing half a million Covid cases a day
BEIJING: Half a million people in a single Chinese city are being infected with Covid-19 every day, a senior health official has said, in a rare and quickly censored acknowledgement…
Hijab Protests in Iran
Iran to retry rapper reportedly on death row
TEHRAN: Iran's supreme court has ordered the retrial of a Kurdish rapper who was reportedly sentenced to death over protests sparked by Mahsa Amini's death, the judiciary said Saturday.Protests have…
Amrullah Saleh acts as Indian puppet
ISLAMABAD: Former head of Afghanistan’s National Directorate of Security (NDS) Amrullah Saleh continues to spit venom at Pakistan by maligning state, army and intelligence agency through social media, just to…
Pakistan urges Afghan authorities to revisit ban on university girls
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan on Wednesday urged the Afghan authorities to revisit the decision to suspend university and higher education for girl students in Afghanistan. “Pakistan is disappointed to learn about the…
Afghanistan: Girls cant go to Universities
KABUL: The Afghan Taliban authorities on Tuesday ordered an indefinite ban on university education for girls, the ministry of higher education said in a letter issued to all government and…