Pakistan

Pakistan Navy Ship ZULFIQUAR (with embarked helo) participated in Passage Exercise (PASSEX) with South Korean Navy Ship DAE JO YEONG. Both ships are patrolling in Gulf of Aden as part of International efforts to counter piracy and ensure…
Read More...

Almost 2 million babies are stillborn every year – or 1 every 16 seconds – according to the first ever joint stillbirth estimates released by UNICEF, WHO, the World Bank Group and the Population Division of the United Nations Department of…
Read More...

NEW DELHI: China was accused by Taiwan of trying to impose censorship in India after its embassy in New Delhi advised journalists to observe the “one-China” principle after newspapers carried advertisements for Taiwan’s national day.…
Read More...

A global civil society alliance has called on Pakistani authorities to organize "prompt and impartial investigations" into the recent wave of attacks against the country’s beleaguered transgender community. The CIVICUS, an alliance of…
Read More...

Pakistan is marking the 15th anniversary of the deadly 2005 earthquake that hit Azad Kashmir and parts of northeastern Khyber Pakhtunkhwa killing more than 87, 000 people. At 8:52 am on October 8, 2005, the quake with its epicenter…
Read More...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The World Bank said on Wednesday that the coronavirus pandemic could push as many as 150 million people into extreme poverty by the end of 2021, wiping out more than three years of progress in poverty reduction.…
Read More...

Foreign Minister Makhdoom Shah Mahmood Qureshi held a telephone conversation with his Saudi counterpart  Prince Faisal bin Farhan Al Saud to exchange views on bilateral relations, regional situation and issues of common interest.…
Read More...

Democratic vice presidential hopeful Kamala Harris on Wednesday called Donald Trump's Covid-19 response a historic failure that disqualified him from a second term, in a pointed but mostly civil debate with Mike Pence who sought to portray…
Read More...

REUTERS: In a surprising statement, US President Donald Trump, who tested positive for COVID-19, eager to revitalize his ailing re-election campaign, repeatedly stressed how well he felt so far in his recovery from COVID-19, the disease…
Read More...

LAHORE: The incumbent government is on crutches and it will fall on its own weight, said PML-N vice president Maryam Nawaz on Wednesday, as she addressed a joint press conference with JUI-F and the Pakistan Democratic Movement (PDM) chief…
Read More...

ast month was the world’s hottest September on record, with unusually high temperatures recorded off Siberia, in the Middle East, and in parts of South America and Australia, the European Union’s Copernicus Climate Change Service said on…
Read More...

Pakistan and the European Union in their sixth round of political dialogue have held ‘productive and fruitful exchange’, encompassing areas of economic engagement, regional issues and COVID-19. The virtual dialogue held late Tuesday was…
Read More...

REUTERS: US Democratic Presidential nominee Joe Biden said that Donald Trump had "turned his back on the American people" during the COVID-19 pandemic when the US president suspended talks with the Democrats on an economic aid package.…
Read More...

ISLAMABAD: Federal Minister for Education Shafqat Mahmood on Wednesday shot down rumours that educational institutions would close by October 15 owing to the rising number of COVID-19 cases. Taking to Twitter, the education minister said…
Read More...

REUTERS: China on Wednesday urged the United States to desist from its "Cold War attitude" and avoid its accusations against Beijing and ratcheting up tensions. Pompeo on Tuesday visited Japan and called for deeper cooperation with…
Read More...