Acute food insecurity to rise in 22 crises-hit countries, including Pakistan: UN agencies
UNITED NATIONS: Some 22 countries, including Pakistan, will see an increase in acute food insecurity over the next six months,...
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Uzbek Ambassador calls for promoting connectivity projects between Pakistan and Uzbekistan
ISLAMABAD: His Excellency Ambassador of Republic of Uzbekistan to Pakistan Mr. Aybek Arif Usmanov called on Engr Amir Muqam, Adviser...
Pakistani agronomists develop inter-cropping technologies with China experience to save oil seed imports
BEIJING: A team of young Pakistani agricultural scientists at the National Research Center of Intercropping (NRCI) of Bahwalpur’s Islamia University...
Transboundary water cooperation ‘crucial’ for wider regional integration, peace: Pakistan
UNITED NATIONS: Pakistan has stressed the need for transboundary water cooperation, which responds to the challenges of shared water resources,...
Pakistani parliamentarians urge international cooperation, aid to developing countries at hearing on water crisis
Entitled Water for People and Planet: Stop the waste, change the game, invest in the future, the 2023 Parliamentary Hearing...
UNHCR Pakistan launches one-off cash assistance scheme for 1.3 million Afghan refugees
ISLAMABAD: The United Nations High Commission for Refugees (UNHCR) on Thursday launched a one-time cash assistance scheme for some 1.3...
PM Shehbaz inaugurates K-3 nuclear power plant in Karachi
KARACHI: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Thursday inaugurated K-3, the third unit of Karachi Nuclear Power Plant (KANUP), which will...
Twenty oil tankers wait to cross the Bosphorus Strait
ISTANBUL: Twenty oil tankers have been waiting in the Black Sea to pass through Istanbul's Bosphorus Strait on the way...
Crypto meltdown a boon for bankruptcy lawyers
Turmoil in the cryptocurrency industry has rattled major exchanges and sent the value of digital assets tumbling, but at least...
G7 coalition agrees $60 per barrel price cap for Russian oil
WASHINGTON/BRUSSELS: The Group of Seven (G7) nations and Australia said they had agreed a $60 per barrel price cap on...