BEIJING: The Chinese Foreign Ministry on Thursday urged the United States to stop arms sales to the Taiwan region and cut military ties with the island. In response to reports that the U.S. Department of Defense has approved the sale to the Taiwan region of “advanced tactical data link system upgrade plan” worth $75 million, Mao Ning, spokesperson for the …
BEIJING: China stands ready to work with all parties to continue deepening the BRICS strategic partnership, Mao Ning, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson, said on Thursday. Mao made the remarks at a daily press briefing when asked to comment on a report that Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro Moros had said recently that the old colonial world with wars, interventions, genocide and …
LAHORE: Incarcerated PTI President Chaudhry Parvez Elahi on Thursday accused Caretaker Chief Minister Mohsin Naqvi of robbing the people of their mandate in the Feb 8 election, predicting an accountability of his alleged crimes soon. “Mohsin Naqvi and his police are the real culprits behind stealing the mandate of the citizens,” Mr Elahi said in a brief conversation with the …
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan plans to seek a new loan of at least $6 billion from the International Monetary Fund (IMF) to help the incoming government repay billions in debt due this year, Bloomberg News reported on Thursday, citing a Pakistani official. The country will seek to negotiate an Extended Fund Facility with the IMF, the report said, adding that the talks with the global …
ISLAMABAD: The Jamiat Ulema-i-Islam-Fazl held a workers’ convention in the federal capital on Thursday, terming it the beginning of a countrywide protest movement against alleged rigging in the elections. Addressing the ‘Islamabad general council’ of the JUI-F, party chief Maulana Fazlur Rehman said the nation witnessed the worst rigging in the country’s history on Feb 8. He alleged that the 2024 polls …
ISLAMABAD: PTI founding chairman Imran Khan will write to the IMF urging it to call for an independent audit of the Feb 8 general elections before it continues talks with Islamabad, PTI leader Senator Ali Zafar disclosed on Thursday. The PTI has also decided to hold intra-party elections on March 3, with over six million party members allowed to cast their votes …
ISLAMABAD: Days after dropping a bombshell by confessing that he played a role in rigging the elections to make the losers win in Rawalpindi Division, former commissioner of Rawalpindi, Liaquat Ali Chattha on Thursday supposedly backtracked on his allegations. In a letter to the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) secretary, Mr Chattha said last week’s press conference was held at the behest …
LAHORE: Amid protests and delays, newly elected representatives were sworn into the Punjab Assembly on Friday. The session was summoned by Punjab Governor Balighur Rehman a day earlier after the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) partially notified lawmakers on seats reserved for women and minorities. The Punjab Assembly is the largest elected house in the country, with 371 seats, comprising …
Brazil exported more than 39.24 million 60-kg bags of coffee last year, on par with those in 2022, according to the the Brazilian Coffee Exporters Council. Of these, 1.48 million bags were exported to China, a significant 278.6 percent increase over 2022, making China the 6th largest export destination for Brazilian coffee. “In 2017, Brazil’s coffee exports to China were …
Construction of the China-Thailand railway, a key project under the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) and Thailand’s first standard-gauge high-speed railway, continued as scheduled during the Chinese Lunar New Year, also known as the Spring Festival. The project, divided into two phases, will connect Bangkok, the Thai capital, with Nakhon Ratchasima province and Nong Khai city in northeast Thailand. It …