BEIJING (AFP) – On Saturday, Chinese President Xi Jinping hosted a banquet for heads of state and foreign organisations attending the Winter Olympics, as part of a diplomatic blitz after nearly two years without face-to-face contacts due to the epidemic. Along with the lunch, dozens of guests, many from autocraticRead More →

KARACHI: Two’street criminals’ were apprehended by police in Karachi’s Gulshan-e-Iqbal neighbourhood on Thursday. According to authorities, the alleged street criminals were stealing items from civilians Sufyan and Taha in the Gulshan-e-Iqbal district. They were quickly apprehended by police at the scene of the crime. Arms and stolen property were retrievedRead More →

On Thursday, security personnel in North Waziristan district conducted an intelligence-based operation (IBO) in response to indications of a terrorist hideaway in the Ghulam Khan Khel area. During the examination of the location, a substantial quantity of guns, ammunition, and improvised explosive devices (IEDs) were discovered, according to the ISPR.Read More →

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) authorised the sixth tranche of its Pakistan programme on Wednesday. Shaukat Tarin, the Finance Minister, verified the news on Twitter. “I am glad to inform that the IMF Board has approved the sixth tranche of their plan for Pakistan,” Tarin said on Twitter. The IMFRead More →