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China welcomes Pakistani agricultural products, expands bilateral trade through land transportation:…
BEIJING : China has expressed its welcome to quality agricultural products from Pakistan and is committed to enhancing bilateral trade through land transportation. This comes after Pakistan’s first-ever seafood cargo container arrived in…
University of Education in Lahore launches smart classroom project under CPEC
LAHORE : The Smart Classroom project, part of the CPEC, has been launched at the University of Education in Lahore. This initiative falls under the broader framework of ‘Smart Universities: Transformation through Smart Classrooms’ in the…
Pakistan to bring more seafood, agro products through KKH to Chinese market: Ambassador Haque
ISLAMABAD : The Pakistani and Chinese governments are collaborating to increase the export of Pakistani seafood and agricultural products to the Chinese market through the Karakoram Highway. The Ambassador to China, Moin ul Haque, expressed…
USAID announces $16.4mn for Sindh’s flood affectees
The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) announced $16.4 million in additional development and humanitarian assistance to flood affectees in Sindh.
As per a statement released by USAID , the US federal government…
‘Desertification miracle’: The northern border forest project that builds up…
China has doubled down on sustained efforts to do well in the "long-term historical mission of the "three-North Shelterbelt Forest Program" in a bid to counter sandstorms and soil erosion in its northern region.
Over the past four…
Saudi crown prince, Blinken had ‘candid’ talks in Jeddah: US official
JEDDAH: US Secretary of State Antony Blinken met Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman in the early hours of Wednesday and discussed a wide range of bilateral issues, in an “open, candid” conversation, a US official said.
The top US…
US asks Pakistan to grant consular access to Khadija Shah
The United States has called on Pakistan to grant consular access to Khadija Shah, a prominent fashion designer who was detained after the violence on May 9 in the aftermath of Imran Khan’s arrest.
Khadija, who has Pakistani as well as…
China’s foreign trade up 4.7% in first five months
China's total imports and exports expanded 4.7 percent year on year to 16.77 trillion yuan in the first five months of 2023, official data showed Wednesday.
Exports grew 8.1 percent year on year while imports rose 0.5 percent in the…
Gunman shoots two dead, wounds five others at Virginia high school graduation
A man armed with four handguns killed two people and wounded five others when he fired into a crowd outside a high school graduation ceremony in Richmond, Virginia, police said.
Police said they arrested one suspect, a 19-year-old man…
Tens of thousands at risk from flooding after Ukraine dam collapse
KHERSON: About 42,000 people are at risk from flooding in Russian- and Ukrainian-controlled areas along the Dnipro River after a dam collapsed, as the UN aid chief warned of “grave and far-reaching consequences”.
Ukraine and Russia blame…