Pak-Sino collaboration in PV sector sustainable development goals

BEIJING, June. 2 (APP): China’s leading solar solutions provider LONGi officially released the sixth annual corporate sustainability report for 2022 in Beijing, providing an elaborate summary of its practices and achievements in the field of environment, society and governance (ESG) in the past year. Pakistan, […]

Plantation plays pivotal role in economic growth of any country

LAHORE, Jun 02 (APP): Tree plantation played a critical role in achieving the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and has a direct link with the economic growth-engine of any country for development. Deforestation was directly associated with eco-degradation which was one of the largest threats that […]

Taiwan tribe despairs as drought shrinks bamboo crop

Taipei, June 2 (AFP/APP): Hacking at a bamboo plant with a machete, Avayi Vayayana peels back the shoot’s stiff bark as he scans southern Taiwan’s mountains, anxious for more of the money-making crop his Indigenous tribe increasingly struggles to find. Generations of the Tsou tribe […]

Blinken says Ukraine war ‘strategic failure’ for Russia

Helsinki, June 2 (AFP/APP): US Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Friday called the invasion of Ukraine a “strategic failure” for Russia, pointing to Western unity and Moscow’s losses. Russian President Vladimir “Putin’s war of aggression against Ukraine has been a strategic failure — greatly […]

ATC extends interim bail of Imran Khan in three cases

LAHORE, Jun 02 (APP): An anti-terrorism court (ATC) on Friday extended the interim bail of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Chairman Imran khan in three different cases related to May 9 riots, including Jinnah House attack case, till June 13. ATC Judge Ijaz Ahmad Buttar conducted the […]

Vietnam’s economy has yet to bottom out: HSBC

HANOI, June 2 (Xinhua/APP):Vietnam’s economy has yet to bottom out despite a series of stimulus measures to bolster business confidence, Vietnam News reported on Friday. Vietnam’s exports in May extended the decline by a further 5.86 percent from a year ago, though at a slower […]

SUKKUR: Heatstroke centers set up for older people

SUKKUR, Jun 02 (APP): The Inter Global Human Development Society (IGHDS) has established a Heatstroke Centre to facilitate the people aged 60 years at Minara Road here Friday. Keeping in view the rising temperature, the Centre has been set up to assist older people who […]

Justice Faez Isa issues clarification about viral video clip

ISLAMABAD, Jun 02 (APP): Justice Qazi Faez Isa, the senior puisne judge of the Supreme Court (SC), Friday issued a clarification to reject ‘erroneous interpretations’ in the media that he did not greet Chief Justice of Pakistan (CJP) Umar Ata Bandial or shake hands with […]

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