ISLAMABAD, Feb 12 (EW): Islamabad and Washington are all set to step up their security cooperation as two strategic allies will hold mid-level defence dialogue from tomorrow to further cement ties. The 2nd round of the Pakistan-US mid-level defence dialogue will kickstart from February 13 in Washington where the Chief of General Staff will lead Pakistan’s inter-agency delegation comprising …
United Nations (UN) Secretary General Antonio Guterres on Sunday described terrorism as an “affront to humanity” and called on the international community to not lower its guard against it. His remarks marked the first-ever ‘International Day for the Prevention of Violent Extremism as and when Conducive to Terrorism’. The UN chief described terrorism as an “affront to humanity as …
UN Relief chief Martin Griffiths has said that the death toll from massive earthquake in Turkiye and Syria will double or more from its current level of 28,000. Griffiths arrived on Saturday in Turkey’s southern city of Kahramanmaras. In an interview with Sky News on Saturday, Griffiths said: “I think it is difficult to estimate precisely as we need …
ISLAMABAD, Feb. 10 (INP): Twenty new projects are on the way of completion in 2023 and onward years as per their scheduled timeframes, according to a report published by Gwadar Pro on Thursday. These projects entail desalination potable water plant, Gwadar Free Zone North (Phase 11), Gwadar Safe City Project, New Gwadar International Airport, three electricity projects, Gwadar Smart Port …
ISLAMABAD, Feb 10 (EW): The World Bank (WB) has said Pakistan’s economy can grow sustainably only if the country adopts productivity-enhancing reforms. The WB in its report issued on Pakistan’s economy said the country’s economy cannot prosper without adopting reforms of enhancing productivity as per resources. Pakistan needs to uplift the manufacturing and trade sectors rather than the real …
LAHORE, Feb 10 (APP): Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Friday said Pakistan will extend every possible support to Turkey in the wake of the catastrophic earthquake that has killed more than 20,000 people and injured thousands more. The premier further urged the people to donate to the Prime Minister’s relief fund. Talking to the media at the Lahore airport, …
LAHORE, Feb 10 (EW): Veteran poet and drama writer Amjad Islam Amjad passed away at the age of 78 in Lahore. The literary icon of Pakistan died off a heart attack, confirmed his family. Amjad was born on August 4, 1944 in Lahore. He did his Maters in Urdu from University of Punjab in 1967. In 1968, he was …
ISLAMABAD, Feb 10 (EW): The International Monetary Fund (IMF) mission chief Nathan Porter has said that “considerable progress” was made during the talks with Pakistani officials on “policy measures to address domestic and external imbalances”. In a statement issued on Friday, the international lender official said that said that the timely and decisive implementation of policy measures along with …
ISLAMABAD, Feb 10 (EW): Minister of State for Petroleum Musadiq Malik has said that the deal with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) will have an impact on the common man. Speaking to Hamid Mir in Geo News programme ‘Capital Talk’ on Thursday, the minster said that the government was striving to ensure minimum effect of deal on the common …
TURKEY, Feb 10 (AFP): The death toll from the massive earthquake in Turkey and Syria kept on climbing Thursday, topping 21,000 as the first UN aid reached Syrian rebel-held zones but hopes of finding more survivors faded. The chief of the World Health Organization said he was on his way to Syria, as bitter cold hampered the search of …
