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 autocraticContinue Reading
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 retrievedContinue Reading
KABUL, Afghanistan (AFP) – The Taliban are getting closer to international recognition, but any concessions made by Afghanistan’s new rulers will be on their terms, according to the regime’s foreign minister. Foreign Minister Amir Khan Muttaqi also urged Washington to free Afghanistan’s assets to assist ease a humanitarian catastrophe inContinue Reading
According to diplomatic sources, Prime Minister Imran Khan is unlikely to meet Russian President Vladimir Putin in China. Vladimir Putin is expected to be in China during Prime Minister Imran Khan’s visit, according to diplomatic sources. The Winter Olympics’ opening ceremony is being attended by a number of world leaders,Continue Reading
The militants who attacked security troops in Noshki and Panjgur, according to Balochistan Home Minister Mir Zia Lango, had ties to India and Afghanistan. Zia Langu, speaking to the media in Quetta about the attack on security forces in Noshki, Panjgur, claimed that terrorism has been rife in Balochistan forContinue Reading
The Punjab Attorney General (AG) on Thursday requested that the medical board established by the Punjab government evaluate the medical report given in Lahore High Court by former Prime Minister and PML-N supremo Nawaz Sharif (LHC). Nawaz Sharif’s 3-page medical report, according to which doctors have barred Nawaz Sharif fromContinue Reading
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.Continue Reading
Pakistan has reported 48 more deaths from new coronavirus in the previous 24 hours, bringing the total number of verified positive cases to 1,448,640. On Friday, the number of those killed in Pakistan had risen to 29,420. In the last 24 hours, 6,377 people tested positive for COVID-19, according toContinue Reading
TOKYO, Japan (AFP) – Sony raised its full-year net profit prediction, encouraged by the popularity of its latest Spider-Man film and good earnings in the gaming industry despite a global chip shortage. The Japanese computer behemoth has already posted a record net profit in 2020-21, thanks to a pandemic surgeContinue Reading
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 IMFContinue Reading
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