Year: 2023
China’s EXIM bank rolls over $2.4 billion loan, says Ishaq Dar
ISLAMABAD: Federal Minister for Finance Senator Mohammad Ishaq Dar said here on Thursday that Chinese Export Import Bank (EXIM) has...
Effects of climate change increasing in Asia, UN weather agency
UNITED NATIONS: Extreme weather events ranging from large-scale floods - like last August’s deluge in Pakistan - to droughts and...
Japan’s has one of the world’s oldest populations, and it is shrinking at a record rate
Japan’s population is declining at record speed while the number of foreign nationals residing in the country has risen to...
Ship carrying 3,000 cars burns off Dutch coast, crew member dead
THE HAGUE/AMSTERDAM: A fire blazed on a ship off the Dutch coast with nearly 3,000 vehicles on board on Wednesday,...
Indian PM Modi faces no-confidence vote over Manipur violence
NEW DELHI: India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi is facing a no-confidence vote in parliament after ethnic violence in the north-eastern...
Bilawal, Russian FM discuss bilateral cooperation in various sectors
ISLAMABAD: Foreign Minister Bilawal Bhutto Zardari held a telephone conversation with Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov of the Russian Federation on...
Federal cabinet approves National Adaptation Plan, E-Safety and Personal Data Protection bills
ISLAMABAD: The federal cabinet on Wednesday approved the National Adaptation Plan 2023 aimed at protecting vulnerable communities from the adverse...
China willing to strengthen strategic coordination with Pakistan: Zhao Leji
BEIJING: China is ready to work with Pakistan to implement the important consensus reached by the leaders of the two...