BEIJING, Dec. 22 (INP): “Promoting mutual trust and learning between our peoples, especially our younger generation within the framework of Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) will undoubtedly contribute to overall progress and prosperity of our countries,” said Moin ul Haque, Pakistani ambassador, according to Gwadar Pro. At the Forum on SCO Country People-to-People Exchange 2022 held by China Center for …
ISLAMABAD, Dec. 22 (INP): The National Electric Power Regulatory Authority (NEPRA) has awarded Port Qasim Electric Power Company (Pvt) Ltd (PQEPC) with the CSR STALWART Award and Power with Prosperity Award for playing a vital role to transform the socio-economic landscape of Pakistan. According to a tweet from the Embassy of China, PQEPC won the awards from NEPRA in …
GLASGOW, Dec 22 (AFP): A chef from Glasgow, who claims to have invented the curry dish chicken tikka masala, has died at the age of 77, a family member told AFP on Wednesday. Ahmed Aslam Ali, who invented the dish by improvising a sauce made from a tin of tomato soup at his restaurant Shish Mahal in the 1970s, died …
SANTIAGO, Dec 22 (EW): President Gabriel Boric of Chile, whose country has the largest Palestinian population outside of the Middle East, said Wednesday that he planned to open an embassy “in Palestine”. The announcement by the leftist president, who began his four-year term in March 2022, came at a Christmas ceremony for Chile’s Palestinian community, estimated to be more …
New Zealand’s cricket team returned to Pakistan on Thursday to play two Tests and three one-day internationals, a year after abondoning their tour over a security threat. The arrival of the Kiwis comes just days after England whitewashed Pakistan at home in a three-match Test series that has seen the hosts’ cricket board chief sacked. New Zealand sparked deep …
LAHORE, Dec 22 (FD): The political crisis in Punjab has intensified as Federal Interior Minister Rana Sanaullah said on Thursday that Punjab Governor Balighur Rehman is likely to issue the notification to denotify Chief Minister Pervaiz Elahi today. Talking to media outside Punjab Governor House, Rana Sanaullah said that Pervaiz Elahi was no more the executive of the province …
ISLAMABAD, Dec 22 (INP): Rising inflation rate in the US is expected to trigger global repercussions, especially in developing economies, such as Pakistan, that are deeply linked to the US economy in terms of exports and the Greenback. The Pakistani rupee is pegged to the U.S. dollar, hence its value has decreased, albeit a few other factors have also …
LAHORE, Dec 21 (EW): PTI leader and former federal minister Chaudhry Fawad Hussain said on Wednesday the decision of closing the restaurants at 8pm could harm the hotel industry and its thousands of workers. Taking to Twitter, he said the government on the one hand had no money to buy fuel but, on the other, was squeezing the traders …
ISLAMABAD Dec. 21 (INP): “With Chinese technology, we have witnessed a historic breakthrough in local royal jelly production. Thirty beekeepers have mastered the skill to extract royal jelly, and more will be trained in the future”, said Dr. Muhammad Asif Aziz in an interview to China Economic Net (CEN). He is an Associate Professor of the Department of Entomology …
ISLAMABAD, Dec 21 (INP): CPEC’s positive stir in IT industry and digital economy in 2022 has set the tone of resilient growth and progression for 2023 on automation, e-governance, e-commerce, IT parks, Research & Development, Internet density and computer Technology in Pakistan. According to Gwadar Pro, benefited by CPEC-led cooperation on IT and digital economy, it is predicted that …
