By Our Correspondent ISLAMABAD: Pakistan and China on Monday expressed their determination to reach new heights through the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC). Addressing an event planned to mark the 10 years of the CPEC, Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif said: “Today is an important day for both countries”. He thanked Chinese […]
KARACHI -UNS: The State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) on Monday maintained the status quo and decided to keep the key policy rate unchanged at 22 per cent. The announcement was made by SBP Governor Jameel Ahmed after a meeting of the bank’s Monetary Policy Committee (MPC). The State Bank said […]
BY JAMES M. DORSEY The United Arab Emirates resembles US ‘Teflon President’ Ronald Reagan.Congresswoman Pat Schroeder awarded Mr. Reagan the label because nothing stuck to him while he was president in the 1980s – not the recession, not his interventions in Lebanon that cost the lives of 241 US Marines, […]
By Qamar Bashir Over the last decade, the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) has been a huge success story. The project has aided in the improvement of communication between China and Pakistan, as well as the economic prosperity of both countries. It has been a decade of success in terms of […]
DUBAI-UNS: A wax figure of former prime minister Benazir Bhutto will be unveiled at the Madame Tussauds museum in Dubai today (Sunday). According to Gulf News, Benazir’s wax figure would be the first of a Pakistani personality at the museum’s Dubai location. Benazir’s son and Foreign Minister Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari, who […]
ISLAMABAD -UNS: Senate Chairman Sadiq Sanjrani on Sunday “dropped” a bill aimed at curbing violent extremism after fierce opposition from lawmakers, including those from the ruling coalition. According to the agenda for today’s session, Interior Minister Rana Sanaullah was supposed to table the bill titled ‘The Prevention of Violent Extremism […]
ISLAMABAD -UNS: Chinese Vice President He Lifeng arrived on Sunday in Pakistan on a three-day visit to mark the 10 years of the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) project. The Chinese vice premier was welcomed by Interior Minister Rana Sanaullah and Planning Minister Ahsan Iqbal. Local holidays had been announced in […]
ISLAMABAD -UNS: Chinese Vice Premier He Lifeng will arrive in Pakistan today/Sunday on a three-day visit during which he will attend a ceremony planned to mark 10 years of the China Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) project. A statement issued by the Foreign Office (FO) on Saturday said that the Chinese […]
MOSCOW -AFP/UNS: Three Ukrainian drones were downed over Moscow early on Sunday, Russia’s defence ministry said, in an attack that briefly shut an international airport. While one of the drones was shot down on the city’s outskirts, two others were “suppressed by electronic warfare” and smashed into an office complex. […]
ISLAMABAD -UNS: Mourners across the country are taking out processions to observe Yaum-i-Ashura (Muharram 10) amid tight security arrangements, with mobile phone services suspended in some areas to prevent any untoward incident. Yaum-i-Ashura is observed every year on Muharram 10 with solemnity to pay homage to Imam Husain — the […]
