ISLAMABAD, May 13 (INP): “There is a huge potential for cooperation between China and Pakistan in the rose industry,” highlighted Naeem Iqbal Cheema, Political Counsellor at Embassy of Pakistan, Beijing at the 2023 Rose products Expo held in Pingyin county, China, Gwadar Pro reported on Saturday. At the opening ceremony of the expo, the “Belt and Road Initiative” rose …
A division bench of the Islamabad High Court (IHC) on Friday granted PTI Chairman Imran Khan two-week bail in the Al-Qadir Trust case, a day after the Supreme Court termed his arrest from the IHC premises “invalid and unlawful”. A division bench comprising Justice Miangul Hassan Aurangzeb and Justice Saman Rafat Imtiaz heard the PTI chief’s bail plea at …
ISLAMABAD, May 12 (INP): POWERCHINA, the contractor of Diamer Basha Dam Project (DBDP) not only offers internship opportunities to local youth but also provides permanent jobs to meritorious students who successfully complete their internships at the site. Recently, according to Gwadar Pro on Friday, out of six who completed their internship at DBDP obtained permanent jobs with POWERCHINA. The …
Islamabad, May 12 (INP): It seems that economics of humanity is at the lowest ebbs in the priority list of the US foreign policy which has intentionally imposed unilateral sanctions on other developing countries just to secure its own so-called socio-economic, geopolitical and geostrategic vested interests. In this regard, according an article carried by Gwadar Pro on Friday, unfortunately Afghanistan has been in the line of fire because of the US military misadventures and subsequent sanctions for the last twenty five years which has badly affected its national capacity building apparatus to cope with the increasing ratios of poverty, hunger, unemployment and deteriorating law & order situation. Imposition of unilateral sanctions of the US against Afghanistan has been one of the main reasons of instability, disintegration, discrimination and social division in Afghanistan. The Chinese State Councilor and Minister of Foreign Affairs Qin Gang while visiting Pakistan and chairing the trilateral dialogue between China, Pakistan, and Afghanistan on May 6th rightly projected the inhumane and indecent chronic policies of the US pertaining to sanctions against Afghanistan which widespread miseries among the general masses. …
KARACHI, May 12 (EW): After Thursday’s historic decline in the Pakistani rupee’s value, the local unit gained Rs12.43 against the US dollar in a “dramatic twist” in early trading session on Friday. The dollar was being traded at Rs286.50 during the inter-bank trade around 10:15am. On Thursday, the dollar reached all-time high of Rs298.93 after gaining Rs8.71 in the …
ISLAMABAD, May 12 (EW): Islamabad police arrested Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) leader Shireen Mazari in the wee hours of Friday. Imaan Hazir-Mazari, the daughter of Mazari, shared a video on Twitter that showed men in civvies forcefully entering Mazari’s home in Islamabad to take the former minister for human rights into custody. Another video popped up on Twitter showing female …
BEIJING, May 10 (INP): Gansu University of Chinese Medicine, Pakistan Health Service Academy, and the China Acupuncture Center and Clinical Lab in Islamabad have reached an agreement to join hands in training Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) talents as well as promoting TCM clinical diagnosis and treatment in Pakistan. “Starting from 3-month or 6-month training, we will strive for providing …
ISLAMABAD, May.9 (INP): China Southern Airlines is poised to resume flight operations from Lahore to Urumqi on June 13th. The flight operations were suspended when the pandemic erupted, causing a significant downturn in the aviation industry. Gwadar Pro quoting an official from the Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) on Tuesday stated the flight service will connect Lahore with Urumqi, the capital …
BEIJING, May.9 (INP): Pakistani Men’s garments export to China increases 29% in first quarter of 2023, China Economic Net (CEN) reported on Tuesday. According to Ghulam Qadir, the Commercial Counsellor of the Pakistan Embassy in Beijing, the Pakistani men’s garment export to China experienced a significant growth of 29% in the first quarter of 2023. This growth can be attributed …
Moody’s Investors Service warned that Pakistan could default without an International Monetary Fund (IMF) bailout as the country faces uncertain financing options beyond June, reported Bloomberg on Tuesday. “We consider that Pakistan will meet its external payments for the remainder of this fiscal year ending in June,” Grace Lim, a sovereign analyst with the ratings company in Singapore, was quoted as …
