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ISLAMABAD, Sep 5 :The global tech giant Google on Thursday launched an initiative to produce half a million Chromebooks in Pakistan, marking the occasion by presenting the first device to Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif at a ceremony held here. President of Google Asia Pacific (APAC) […]

ISLAMABAD, Sep 03 : The federal cabinet on Tuesday gave ex-post facto approval and endorsed the signing of Trade Framework Agreement between Pakistan and Mercosur, a South American trade bloc comprising Brazil, Argentina, Paraguay and Uruguay. The prime minister, who chaired the meeting of the […]

ISLAMABAD, Sep 2 : The core inflation measured by Consumer Price Index (CPI) decelerated further to 9.6 percent during August 2024 as compared to 11.1 percent recorded during July 2024, Pakistan Bureau of Statistics (PBS) reported Monday. According to PBS data, the CPI based inflation […]

UNITED NATIONS, Aug 30 : The UN World Health Organization (WHO) has said it delivered 1.26 million doses of polio vaccine to Gaza, with 400,000 more to follow, after Israel and Hamas tentatively agreed on “humanitarian pauses” in the fighting to allow over 640,000 children […]

Washington, Aug 30 : The United States said Friday that it has requested dispute settlement talks with Canada over a recently introduced digital services tax. Enacted by an order in late June, the three percent tax applies to large or multinational companies such as Alphabet, […]

ISLAMABAD, Aug 30:The Federal cabinet on Friday approved starting negotiations on the Financial Commitment Agreement between China and Pakistan Railways for the up gradation of the ML-1 project, a crucial component of the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC). The cabinet meeting, chaired by Prime Minister Shehbaz […]

UNITED NATIONS, Aug 29: UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres Thursday called for banning nuclear testing “for good” in a message marking the International Day against Nuclear Tests, observed annually on August 29. More than 2,000 nuclear tests have been conducted at over 60 sites around the […]

ISLAMABAD, Aug 29 : Pakistan on Thursday reiterated its call for the UN Security Council to take immediate measures to stop the genocide of Palestinian people, end Israel’s blatant violations of international laws and the UN Charter, and hold it accountable for war crimes. Foreign […]

Rawalpindi, 27 August (ISPR) Security Forces are conducting extensive Intelligence Based Operations (IBOs) in Tirah, Khyber District against Fitna-Al-Khwarij and so called Laskar-e-Islam and Jamat-ul- Ahrar. These operations based on robust intelligence, have resulted into major setbacks to Fitna Al Khwarij and its affiliates. During […]

UNITED NATIONS, Aug 27 : A new morality law enacted by the Taliban in Afghanistan, cements policies that “completely erase” women’s presence in public, the UN Human Rights Office, OHCHR, said Tuesday, calling for it to be immediately revoked. The “Law on the Promotion of […]