August 2022

BEIJING : Pakistan firmly believes in the one-China principle, supports China’s sovereignty and territorial integrity and will continue to extend full support to its iron brother- China, on issues concerning its core national interest,…

AFP BEIJING: China carried out fresh military drills around Taiwan Monday, Beijing said, defying calls for it to end its largest-ever exercises encircling the democratic island in the wake of a visit by US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi.…

AFP VIENNA: The European Union submitted a "final text" at talks to salvage a 2015 deal aimed at reining in Iran's nuclear ambitions and Tehran said Monday it was reviewing the proposals. Britain said he hoped to see the "quality"…

Islamabad : The Economic Coordination Committee on has approved the import price of $390 per metric ton for the import of wheat from Russia. During the ECC meeting, presided by Finance Minister Miftah Ismail, on Monday, the Ministry of…

WASHINGTON : US President Joe Biden expressed deep anger at the killings of four Muslim men in Albuquerque and assured the Muslim community that the US was standing behind them. US President said this in a tweet in which he said, “I am…

ISLAMABAD: Federal Interior Minister Rana Sanaullah has said that PTI leader Shehbaz Gill was arrested in a case registered against him by the state. Addressing a press conference in Islamabad on Tuesday alongside Information Minister…

ISLAMABAD:  Once again Vowing to “fight till the end” once again, former prime minister Imran Khan has said that he is ready and willing to sacrifice anything in the fight, which he terms as “jihad” against the “imported” government…

KARACHI : TV Actor and model couple Sadaf Kanwal and Shahroz Sabzwari have welcomed their first child, their mutual friend announced on Tuesday. Their model friend, Mehreen Syed, announced to her 565,000 followers on Instagram on Tuesday…

PESHAWAR,  (AFP) The chief of an offshoot of the Pakistani Taliban has been killed in a US drone strike, a spokesman for the group told AFP Thursday. Jamaat-ul-Ahrar (JuA), a faction of the Pakistani Taliban, had claimed responsibility…

by Rida Tahir Empowering women in the economy is central to realising women’s rights and eliminating gender inequality. Women’s economic empowerment can only be achieved if barriers that impede their access to the world of work are…