Chinese firm to invest $20m in taxi, cargo services in Pakistan
By Nasir Aijaz AsiaN Correspondent Islamabad: A Chinese firm is working on comprehensive business plan to provide five important services in Pakistan, initially investing $20 million, with prospects of $600m in the future. Chinese company Time-saco intends to provide a rapid services platform to citizens by launching five special services including a taxi […]
Pakistan willing to give up nuclear weapons if India does the same: Imran Khan
Washington: Pakistan is willing to give up its nuclear weapons if India does the same, Pakistan’s Prime Minister Imran Khan has said. “If India said we would give up our nuclear weapons, would Pakistan?” Khan on a three-day official visit to the U.S. was asked during an interview on Fox News “Special Report with Bret […]
Social media in Pakistan proves its strength
A controversial decision to make plastic wrapping over all checked in luggage mandatory at Pakistan airports was withdrawn less than one day after it was announced. The decision waded into controversy amid heavy criticism by frequent flyers concerned about delays and costs and environmentalists worried about the negative consequences of the massive use of plastic. […]
Pakistan: proving identity mandatory for making purchases
[Islamabad] The Federal Board of Revenue has made it mandatory: ordinary citizens have to show Computerized National Identity Card (CNIC) in case of making purchases of over Pakistan rupees 50000 (US$312). In the case of a female buyer, the CNIC of her husband or father will be considered valid for the purchases. However, the condition […]
Pakistan’s former Premier arrested
Former prime minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi was arrested by a 12-member National Accountability Bureau (NAB) team on Thursday in a multi-billion-rupee case related to the award of a liquefied natural gas (LNG) import contract. When he was arrested, Abbasi was on his way to attend a press conference, accompanied by his party leaders. Abbasi […]
Pakistan’s Chief Selector steps down after failure in World Cup Campaign
[Islamabad] On Wednesday, during a press conference, Inzamam-ul-Haq announced that he would no longer be the chief selector of the men’s cricket team after July 30. “I think it is time to step down, I will complete my term that ends on July 30,” said Haq, who was addressing the media for the first time after […]
Pakistan: 36.9% of people experience food insecurity
[Islamabad] The State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) says the 36.9 percent of the population experience food insecurity. Alarmingly, among them, the 18.3% face “severe” food insecurity. In its third quarterly report on the state of the economy, released Monday, the SBP noted provincial disparities in terms of food security. Only 63.1% of the country’s households are “food secure”, […]
Pakistani TV anchorman gunned down in Karachi
Pakistanis have been paying rich tribute to a television journalist who was gunned down in in the port city of Karachi on Tuesday night. Mureed Abbas was an anchorman working for Bol News, a private television channel, was reportedly shot by his business partner Atif Zaman who later tried, according to the police, to commit […]
Pakistan’s Edhi Foundation wins humanity award in Bahrain
A welfare foundation in Pakistan with a wide array of welfare services including mortuaries, orphanages, old age homes, and shelter homes for women has been named as the winner of the 2019 Isa Award for Service to Humanity. The prestigious biennial award, named after Bahrain’s late Amir Shaikh Isa bin Salman Al Khalifa, this year […]
Dialogues among civilizations provide spiritual support for building community with shared future: Pakistani scholar
Exchanges and mutual learning among civilizations will consolidate consensus for development and provide spiritual support for the building of a community with a shared future for mankind, a Pakistani scholar told People’s Daily during a recent interview ahead of the upcoming Conference on Dialogue of Asian Civilizations. Syed Hasan Javed, Director of Chinese Studies Centre […]
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