The Senate Standing Committee on Overseas Pakistanis, chaired by Senator Zeeshan Khanzada, discussed challenges faced by Pakistanis in obtaining visas for the United Arab Emirates (UAE), particularly Dubai. The chairman asked what the problems were for Pakistanis to obtain visas for Dubai. During the meeting on Monday, it was revealed
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In a rare public admission, Israel’s Defence Minister Israel Katz has confirmed that the country was behind the assassination of Hamas political chief Ismail Haniyeh. Speaking at an event on Monday honouring Defence Ministry personnel, Katz declared that Israel had delivered a decisive blow to Hamas and its allied
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Chinese company ADM Group has announced a $350 million investment in Pakistan, supported by the Special Investment Facilitation Council (SIFC). The plan includes establishing over 3,000 EV charging stations nationwide, with 1,000 in Sindh, 1,500 in Punjab, and 750 in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Balochistan. Additionally, ADM Group
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Chinese and Pakistani academic achievements in resistant rootstocks for economic forests and grafted and fodder plants were exchanged at the just finished 4th China-Pakistan Tropical Arid Non-Wood Forest Science & Technology Exchange Conference. Over 500 professionals from China and Pakistan attended the conference simultaneously in Zhengzhou and Gwadar, China Economic
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The first round of negotiations between the federal government and the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) was held on Monday. The in-camera meeting, chaired by National Assembly Speaker Sardar Ayaz Sadiq, was held in Committee Room 5 of the Parliament House, with seven members from the government and three from PTI participating.
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A breakthrough in power-sharing talks between the Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) and Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) in Punjab appears close, with a key meeting scheduled Monday between President Zardari and Prime Minister Shehbaz. According to sources, coordination committees from both parties are set to convene Tuesday at the Governor’s
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The Islamabad Accountability Court held a hearing for the £190 million reference, but the court was unable to deliver a verdict against the PTI founder and his wife. The court postponed the verdict announcement on the £190 million reference against both accused. The court informed the PTI lawyers that the
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The European Union (EU) has expressed concerns over the recent verdicts delivered by Pakistan’s military courts against 25 civilians involved in attacks on military installations during the May 9 riots. The EU argues that these sentences conflict with Pakistan’s international obligations under the International Covenant on Civil and
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The first in-camera session of the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) and coalition government negotiating committee has been kicked off under the chair of the National Assembly Speaker Ayaz Sadiq at the speaker’s chamber. Asad Qaiser, Hamid Raza, Allama Nasir Abbas are attending the meeting while Deputy Prime Minister Ishaq Dar,
Pakistan’s former cricket captain Babar Azam broke a major record set by former Indian captain MS Dhoni during the ongoing series against South Africa, Azam scored his first half-century in the ODIs in 411 days to mark the end of a 21-innings drought. His last half-century in ODI was
: The United States has said that its decision of imposing new sanctions related to nuclear-armed Pakistan’s long-range ballistic-missile program was not meant to “color the other areas of cooperation” between the two countries. During a press briefing, United States Principal Deputy Spokesperson Vedant Patel said that the US is
The United States has withdrawn its $10 million reward for the capture of Syria’s new leader – Ahmed al-Sharaa – following the first high-level talks in Damascus since the ouster of President Bashar al-Assad earlier this month. Assistant Secretary of State for Near Eastern Affairs Barbara Leaf announced the decision on
An anti-terrorism court (ATC) in Rawalpindi has granted interim bail to Bushra Bibi, the wife of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf’s (PTI) founder Imran Khan, in 32 cases related to the November 26 protest. ATC Special Judge Amjad Ali Shah approved her bail until January 13, allowing her temporary relief as legal
Senior Supreme Court judge Justice Mansoor Ali Shah has expressed reservations over the involvement of intelligence agencies in the process of judicial appointments. In a letter addressed to the Secretary of the Judicial Commission, ahead of the commission’s meeting, Justice Mansoor Ali Shah argued that a defined mechanism for
Amid inflationary pressures, the prices of ghee and cooking oil in Pakistan have witnessed a significant hike, with some branded products seeing an increase of up to Rs100 per litre. Retailers confirmed that branded cooking oil and ghee prices now stand at Rs570 per litre, following an average rise of
Pakistan’s Minister for Planning, Development, and Special Initiatives, Ahsan Iqbal, celebrated the enduring “iron brother” relationship between Pakistan and China, describing it as a garden in perpetual spring. Speaking to China Economic Net, he highlighted the transformative impact of the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) in its first decade, including