TARBELA GHAzI -UNS: On the special instructions of Chairman WAPDA Lieutenant General (Retd) Sajjad Ghani’s, Chief Engineer Tarbela Dam Project, Torish Kumar, accompanied by Assistant Commissioner Ghazi Faiza Mosain and Director(E)T5 Aziz Somroo, visited the construction site of Tarbela 5th Extension Project, China Construction Company Limited’s camp on the other […]
Month: April 2024
BEIJING -UNS/Reuters: China is “deeply concerned” about escalating tensions in the Middle East after Iran launched drones and missiles in a retaliatory strike against Israel, a foreign ministry spokesperson said on Sunday. Iran’s strikes marked its first direct attack on Israeli territory, raising the threat of a wider conflict in […]
UNS/AFP :Iran launched more than 200 drones and missiles on Israel in an unprecedented attack late on Saturday, the Israeli army announced, “in response” to a deadly airstrike on its Damascus consular annexe earlier this month. Iran’s proxies and allies also carried out coordinated attacks on Israeli positions as sirens […]
By Qamar Bashir The Bahawalnagar incident serves as a prime example. Despite an otherwise successful media campaign, a significant flaw was the unwarranted escalation of the incident in traditional media, which initially emerged on social media and should have been contained within that platform. Let’s explore why the Bahawalnagar incident […]
BUNER -UNS:Two valiant soldiers of the Pakistan Army embraced martyrdom while killing a high value terrorist Saleem alias Rabbani in an intelligence-based operation (IBO) conducted in Buner district on Saturday, the military’s media wing said. According to the ISPR, Lance Havaldar Mudassar Mehmood and Lance Naik Haseeb Javed, having fought […]
UNS:Lightning strikes killed 15 people in Punjab and Balochistan on Saturday amid heavy rainfall and downpours, according to weather updates from their respective Provincial Disaster Management Authority (PDMA). Thirteen people were killed in Punjab while the death toll in Balochistan rose to five with two more deaths. One man and […]
By Qamar Bashir The Asian Development Bank’s recent outlook points to growth potential, contingent upon addressing underlying issues, building a more stable political environment, diversifying the economy, and investing in infrastructure which will usher the country towards sustained economic prosperity. The SWOT analysis of ADB’s outlook for Pakistan's economy reflects […]
UNS: The leaders of the Tehreek-e-Tahafuz-e-Ayeen-e-Pakistan (TTAP), a grand alliance of six opposition parties, addressed their maiden protest rally in Balochistan’s Pishin district on Saturday, where they vowed to stand for the supremacy of the constitution and announced a countrywide movement against the alleged malpractices in the Feb 8 general […]
By Qamar Bashir While it comes to China US rivalry, two opposite themes emerge. China says that this world is big enough for all of us to share its bounties and immense resources without undercutting each other. While the US leadership says that it may be true, the US will […]
ISLAMABAD -UNS/Reuters: Pakistan’s central bank has repaid $1 billion in Eurobonds, it said on Saturday, a scheduled payment ahead of the South Asian nation seeking a long-term bailout from the International Monetary Fund (IMF). The bond, launched in 2014 and repaid on Friday, was maturing this month. “The payment was […]
