Russia VTB Bank offers deposits in Chinese Yuan

MOSCOW, Mar 9 (AA/APP):Russia’s VTB Bank on Wednesday launched the opening of deposit accounts in Chinese currency yuan with up to an 8% annual rate amid volatility on the currency market. Customers will be able to open such deposit accounts from March 9 in their […]

Sweden fears Russia World Cup ban gives Poland upper hand

Paris, March 9 (AFP/APP): Sweden said Wednesday it believed its team could be at a disadvantage after FIFA confirmed that Russia would be kicked out of the 2022 World Cup playoffs over the invasion of Ukraine. World football’s governing body said Tuesday that Poland, who […]

Volkswagen reimagines classic camper for the electric age

Frankfurt, March 9 (AFP/APP): Seventy years after its first model rolled off the factory line, Volkswagen is reinventing the VW bus, symbol of the hippy movement, for today’s climate-conscious generation — but some of its former afficionados remain to be convinced. The German automaker will […]

Two Sessions 2022; what it means for China and Pakistan

BEIJING, Mar 9 (APP):China’s National People’s Congress (NPC) and the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC), short-termed “Two Sessions”, being held this month are significant for the economic, political and diplomatic agenda that China will set for itself for the coming year. The government work […]

Chinese envoy calls on COAS Bajwa

Rawalpindi March 09 (Online): Chinese Charge d’ Affairs to Pakistan Pang Chunxue called on Chief of Army Staff (COAS) General Qamar Javed Bajwa at General Headquarters Rawalpindi on Wednesday. During the meeting, matters of mutual interest, defence collaboration, progress on CPEC and regional security were […]

Govt to hold long-awaited LB polls in AJK: PM Qayyum

MIRPUR (AJK): Mar 09 (APP): Prime Minister of Azad Jammu and Kashmir Sardar Abdul Qayyum Niazi said that his government was ready to facilitate the Election Commission by providing the required funds to hold long-awaited local body elections in the region. The Prime Minister Niazi […]

National Assembly to celebrate its platinum jubilee

ISLAMABAD, Mar 9 (APP): The National Assembly of Pakistan will celebrate its platinum jubilee on August 10, 2022, as the first session of the constituent Assembly of Pakistan was held on the same day in 1947, a week prior to the independence of Pakistan. Therefore, […]

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