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ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Muhammad Shehbaz Sharif has left on a two-day official visit to France at the invitation of French President Emmanuel Macron. During his visit, he will participate in the New Global Financing Pact Summit being…

BEIJING: The transaction of Pakistan’s first government-to-government import of discounted Russian crude oil in Chinese yuan is in line with Pakistan’s practical and broad-based economic partnership with China and is based on our strong…

ISLAMABAD: President Dr Arif Alvi on Wednesday approved the appointment of Justice Qazi Faez Isa as the next Chief Justice of Pakistan. Justice Qazi Faez Isa will assume office on September 17, 2023, following the retirement of the…

ISLAMABAD: As the deadline for the ongoing IMF programme looms closer, Minister for Finance Ishaq Dar met US Ambassador Donald Blome in a bid to get help to revive a stalled bailout. During the meeting, the minister informed him about the…

UNITED NATIONS: Pakistan has told the international community that it continues to be a victim of attacks from “externally sponsored terrorist groups” such as the TTP, Da’esh and Baloch militant groups. “We have ample evidence of the…

In the World Economic Forum’s (WEF) Global Gender Gap Report 2023, Pakistan has been ranked 142 out of 146 countries — with a 57.5 per cent gender parity — the highest since 2006. The annual report benchmarks the current state and…

WASHINGTON: Georgia State Assembly has conferred on Masood Khan, Pakistan’s Ambassador to the United States, Georgia’s Honorary Citizenship, reflecting the growing US-Pak ties. Representative Farooq Mughal had piloted a resolution in the…

ISLAMABAD: In Indian illegally Occupied Jammu and Kashmir (IIOJK), APHC leaders and parties have urged India to shun its anti-Kashmir policies and take sincere steps for the resolution of the Jammu and Kashmir dispute through talks. APHC…

PESHAWAR: World Health Organization (WHO) Representative in Pakistan Dr. Palitha Mahipala visited the Directorate General Health Services and inaugurated Nutrition Stabilization Centre. Directorate General Health Services Dr. Shoukat Ali…

ISLAMABAD: President Dr Arif Alvi has given his assent to Maternity and Paternity Leave Bill 2023. Under the Bill, women employees of public and private departments under administrative control of the federal government will be entitled to…