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SAINT PETERSBURG: Pakistan and the Russian Federation on Thursday signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) for cooperation between Pakistan Customs and Russia’s Federal Customs Service on exchange of statistical data on mutual trade.…

ISLAMABAD: Minister of State for Poverty Alleviation and Social Safety Faisal Karim Kundi says Benazir Income Support Program (BISP) is providing assistance to over 8.9 million people of the country to alleviate poverty and improve their…

ISLAMABAD: Foreign Minister Bilawal Bhutto Zardari and Danish Minister for Development Cooperation and Global Climate Policy Dan Jorgensen on Thursday agreed to enhance cooperation in building climate-resilient green energy infrastructure…

BAKU: Pakistan and Azerbaijan have agreed to enhance their bilateral trade and promote cooperation in different areas including energy and defence.  This came at a meeting between Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif and President of Azerbaijan…

ISLAMABAD: China's Consul General in Lahore Zhao Shiren has said that all projects initiated under the multibillion China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) on the Pakistani soil belonged to Pakistan.  In an exclusive interview with Voice…

ROME: Rescuers scoured seas off Greece on Thursday in a massive search operation, as hopes dwindled of finding survivors of a shipwreck that killed at least 78 migrants in one of Europe’s deadliest such disasters in recent years, Reuters…

Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Hina Rabbani Khar said Pakistan is not interested in picking sides between China and the US in the growing global rivalry between the two powers. Talking to a European news outlet POLITICO, Khar…

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan on Thursday strongly condemned India for confiscating properties of Kashmiri activists and human rights defenders in the Indian Illegally Occupied Jammu and Kashmir (IIOJK). “We are concerned about the recurring acts of…

WASHINGTON: Pakistan’s Ambassador to the United States Masood Khan has appreciated the role of US Senator Lindsey Graham in strengthening Pak-US relations. This appreciation was given during a meeting between the ambassador and the US…