MOSCOW – The Afghan Taliban claimed control of 85 percent of Afghanistan’s land on Friday, as the organisation pressed its attack despite the US military departure.Taliban negotiator Shahabuddin Delawar stated at a news conference in Moscow that the organisation controls “85 percent of Afghanistan’s land,” including 250 of the country’sContinue Reading
Afghanistan’s Foreign Minister, Mohammad Hanif Atmar, has asked Pakistan for assistance in ending the country’s raging conflict, saying he hopes Islamabad can encourage the Taliban to resume negotiations.The situation in Afghanistan has deteriorated, with the Taliban starting a blistering assault and seizing key areas of the nation, bolstering their positionContinue Reading
US President Joe Biden defended America’s choice to leave Afghanistan on Thursday, dismissing the notion that the Taliban’s takeover was “inevitable.” However, the US president acknowledged that a unified Afghan government controlling the majority of the country was “very improbable.” His comments came as US and international soldiers began toContinue Reading
Prime Minister Imran Khan unveiled Pakistan’s first domestically produced electric motorbike on Thursday.The prime minister said the debut of the electric motorbike was a “futuristic stride” and that his government’s new electric vehicle (EV) policy laid out a strategy and established a future direction at a ceremony in Islamabad.The introductionContinue Reading
Sheikh Rashid Ahmed, Pakistan’s interior minister, announced on Thursday that the government has decided to register all foreigners in the country. “The interior ministry has decided to register all foreigners [in the nation], whomever they may be,” he told the reporters in Islamabad. He said that some people who wereContinue Reading
Chinese Foreign Minister and State Counselor Wang Yi vowed Wednesday that despite changes in international politics, China will remain committed to Pakistan. Yi was speaking at a conference organised by the Pakistan-China Institute (PCI) to commemorate 70 years of Pakistan-China ties titled “Pakistan-China At 70: A Unique Bilateral Partnership.” FMContinue Reading
ISLAMABAD :Samsung has been in negotiations with three investors about establishing a mobile manufacturing facility in Pakistan. According to sources, one of the three parties has a franchise from Korea and has already established car assembly factories in Pakistan as part of the Auto Development Policy (ADP) 2016-21, while theContinue Reading
Dubai: The emirate’s media office said Thursday that a fire that broke out aboard a container ship at Dubai’s main port after an explosion has been brought under control, with no injuries reported. At least three homeowners in the blast’s vicinity said their windows and doors were shattered as aContinue Reading
PORT-AU-PRINCE: Interim Prime Minister Claude Joseph stated in a statement early Wednesday that a gang of unidentified persons invaded Haitian President Jovenel Moise’s private residence overnight and shot him dead. The incident took place amid an increase in politically motivated violence in the poor Caribbean country. There are worries ofContinue Reading
On Tuesday, Pakistan issued $1 billion in international bonds under the Sukuk programme. These Sukuk bonds have a subscription price of $3 billion for five, ten, and thirty years.The federal cabinet has approved the issuance of Eurobond and Sukuk bonds, which are expected to produce 3.5 billion dollars this fiscalContinue Reading
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