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Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Ishaq Dar chairs a meeting to review wheat stocks in the country on Thursday. Photo: X ISLAMABAD: DPM/FM Ishaq Dar on Saturday expressed concern over the continued violations against Al-Aqsa Mosque/Al-Haram Al-Sharif and attempts to alter the historical and legal status quo in Occupied East Jerusalem. He reiterated Pakistan’s … Read more
Russia’s foreign minister met with his German counterpart during the U.N. General Assembly but spent part of his address defending his country’s war on Ukraine.
ISLAMABAD: The Special Investment Facilitation Council (SIFC) and Ambassador of Portugal Paulo Domingues on Saturday discussed ways to enhance bilateral economic, trade and investment cooperation, with particular focus on textiles, agriculture, information technology, pharmaceuticals and Special Economic Zones (SEZs). The SIFC hosted the ambassador for a wide-ranging discussion focused on strengthening economic, trade and investment … Read more
[The White House TV pool went dark this past week amid a standoff between CNN and the president. Network leaders, however, believe an indefinite suspension may be untenable.
The cabinet committee told the Power Division to seek all organizational ways to improve financial performance through better operational efficiency ISLAMABAD: The Power Division has said that the reduction in financial allocation by K-Electric has caused an increase in circular debt in the power sector. The Ministry of Energy (Power Division) recalled that the Cabinet … Read more
[New fuel-economy standards, which President Trump said he finalized Saturday, would kill a federal effort to speed the transition to electric vehicles.
. For decades, the contractual and financial rights of women in Pakistan have been systematically taken for granted, reduced to mere ceremonial formalities rather than legally binding safeguards. Despite explicit Islamic tenets declaring haq-mahr i.e. dower a mandatory legal right incumbent upon the husband at the very inception of marriage, societal customs have distorted this … Read more
. So who blinked first? The time and space separating September 27 with October 4 are vaster than a mere seven days. Therein lies the deviously delicious story of how and why the long march is getter longer in execution and shorter in expectations. Here’s how the situation looks presently. 1. Chief Minister K-P Sohail … Read more
Urges stronger international cooperation to protect Gulf states and shipping routes at UNGA Saudi Foreign Minister Prince Faisal bin Farhan addresses the 81st session of the United Nations General Assembly at the UN headquarters in New York on Saturday. Photo: Anadolu Agency Saudi Arabia’s Foreign Minister Prince Faisal bin Farhan on Saturday warned that escalating … Read more
Directs police to ensure recovery of Fazal Shakoor Khan, who was abducted near motorway toll plaza The Peshawar High Court on Saturday directed the Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa police chief to investigate the alleged abduction of provincial minister Fazal Shakoor Khan and take immediate steps for his recovery. A two-member bench comprising Justice Syed Arshad Ali and Justice Kamran Hayat … Read more