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Ambassador Haque visits Chairman Mao’s Mausoleum in Hunan province

BEIJING, Pakistan Ambassador to China, Moin ul Haque visited Shaoshan, the hometown of Chairman Mao Zedong in Hunan province to pay homage to the great revolutionary leader and the founder of New China. In this year, when China and Pakistan are celebrating 70 years of […]

Lanzhou to receive first shipment of Pakistani mangoes tomorrow

BEIJING, Lanzhou, a beautiful and developed capital city of China’s Northwestern Gansu Province with over four million population, is all set to receive the first shipment of Pakistani mangoes tomorrow. The shipment, which consists of 18 tons of Pakistani Sindhri mangoes, will be dispatched from […]

Pakistan, Uzbekistan Cooperation in SCO highlighted

ISLAMABAD, Pakistan and Uzbekistan share common interests and have deep-rooted cooperation within the framework of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation. There are diverse areas of cooperation in the framework that both Pakistan and Uzbekistan may explore and build in this important regional multilateral forum. Both countries […]

US considering airstrikes if Kabul faces risk of falling to Taliban: NYT

NEW YORK, The US military is mulling whether to authorize airstrikes in Afghanistan if Kabul or other cities are in danger of falling to the Taliban, The New York Times reported Thursday, citing senior American officials. The officials told the newspaper that military officials are […]

Child labour rises to 160 million, first time in two decades: UN report

UNITED NATIONS, For the first time in two decades, the number of children being put to work has risen to 160 million worldwide, representing an increase of 8.4 million over four years, while millions of other are at risk due to the coronavirus pandemic, according […]

India may create new border conflict to shift attention from worsening economic, pandemic conditions: experts

BEIJING, Experts have said that despite China and India having channels to discuss disengagement in remaining regions, China should beware of nationalistic manipulation in India, following media concerns over the China-India border issue a year after the Galwan Valley clash. On June 15, last year, […]

UN slams ‘horrendous attack’ on demining partner HALO Trust

UNITED NATIONS, The United Nations Wednesday called for an investigation into the deadly attack in northern Afghanistan against the HALO Trust, a humanitarian group working to rid the country of landmines. Ten people were killed, and 16 others injured, when gunmen burst into a demining […]

Only UN resolutions provide way forward to reach permanent settlement of Kashmir issue: AJK PM

MIRPUR (AJK): Azad Jammu and Kashmir Prime Minister Raja Muhammad Farooq Haider said the Kashmiris living at both sides of the line of control were always committed to encourage early resolution of the Kashmir issue. “Holding of an impartial plebiscite in line with the United […]

AJK President terms welfare of special persons as responsibility of society

MIRPUR (AJK): Azad Jammu Kashmir President, Sardar Masood Khan has said that the persons with physical and mental disabilities were a part of our society and they should be given their due rights and accepted as useful members of our society. He made these remarks […]

UN chief ‘appalled’ over killing of Pakistani Muslim family in Canada, urges united fight against Islamophobia

UNITED NATIONS, UN Secretary-GeneraI Antonio Guterres Tuesday expressed his outrage over the “targeted” killing of a Pakistani-origin Muslim family, and called for unitedly standing against Islamophobia. “I am appalled by the targeted and heinous attack on a Muslim family in Ontario, Canada,” the UN chief […]

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