Pakistan-Afghanistan border closed
By Nasir Aijaz The AsiaN Representative ISLAMABAD: Entire trade activities between Pakistan and Afghanistan have been suspended since last five days following the closure of Torkham Border due to unprovoked firing and illegal construction of a check-post by the Taliban authorities. Pakistan authorities had closed the Torkham border after the Taliban opened fires from the […]
Pakistan’s Karachi Port leased out to UAE companies
By Nasir Aijaz The AsiaN Representative KARACHI: The Pakistan government has leased out Karachi Port to AD Ports Group (ADX: ADPORTS), for a period of 50 years. The concession agreement with Karachi Port Trust (KPT), the Pakistani federal government’ agency that oversees the operations of the Port of Karachi, and AD Ports Group was signed […]
Opening ceremony held in Pakistan for WT-ADF Cares Program
By Seok-Jae Kang, Vice President, Asia Journalists Association KAHUTA: An opening ceremony was held in Pakistan for the 2023-2024 WT-ADF Cares Program amid extensive media coverage. The ceremony, which took place on June 5, 2023, at Iram Model School & College in Kahuta, Rawalpindi district of the Punjab province, drew about 900 people, including about […]
Vice Chancellors of 11 Pakistani Universities on South Korea’s visit
Vice Chancellor of Sindh Agriculture University Dr Fateh Marri with a Korean official By Nasir Aijaz The AsiaN Representative Islamabad: The Vice Chancellors of 11 universities of Pakistan, including the Sindh Agriculture University, Tandojam, are on week-long visit to South Korea under the USAID’s Higher Education System Strengthening Activity (HESSA) being implemented by the University of […]
Pakistan and the Game of Thrones
By Nasir Aijaz The AsiaN Representative ISLAMABAD: Game of Thrones – Yes, but this is not about the popular 73-episode American fantasy drama television series based on fantasy novels by George R. R. Martin, first of which was Game of Thrones. This is about the Game of Thrones being played in Pakistan. The TV series […]
Pakistan delegation visits Kabul, holds talks with Taliban
By Nasir Aijaz, The AsiaN Representative ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s Defence Minister Khawaja Asif, Director General of the Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI), country’s spy agency, and Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Hina Rabbani Khar visited Kabul and held important meetings with acting Deputy Prime Minister Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar and other high-ranking officials of Afghanistan on Wednesday. Defence […]
Terrorist attack on Pakistan Police
By Nasir Aijaz, The AsiaN Representative KARACHI, SINDH: Four personnel of law enforcing agencies and a civilian were martyred and three terrorists were killed in hours-long gun battle when the terrorists attacked the police headquarter in Karachi, the southern port city and capital of Sindh province on Friday February 17. At least 19 other personnel […]
Korean Ambassador meets Pakistan’s Finance Minister
By Nasir Aijaz The AsiaN Representative Islamabad: Ambassador of Republic of Korea Mr. Suh Sangpyo called on Pakistan’s Minister for Finance Senator Mohammad Ishaq Dar in Islamabad on Tuesday. Ishaq Dar shared the depth of friendly relations between Pakistan and Republic of Korea and highlighted the bilateral ties between both the countries in areas of […]
Pakistan: Mystery shrouds over country-wide power breakdown
By Nasir Aijaz The AsiaN Representative ISLAMABAD: The mystery shrouds over the prolonged power breakdown across the country that occurred early Monday morning and continued for over twenty four hours. The electricity supply went off suddenly and simultaneously at 7.30am on January 23, 2023 in the whole country including capital Islamabad, provincial capitals Karachi (Sindh […]
Controversy over Pakistani “journalist” deported from Malaysia
KUALAL LUMPUR: The fate of a Pakistani “journalist” who was deported from Malaysia upon a request from his home country has waded into controversy amid conflicting claims. Syed Fawad Ali Shah, who was in exile in Malaysia for more than 10 years, has been missing since Aug 23 last year. Malaysia’s home minister Saifuddin Nasution […]
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