ISLAMABAD: Chief Election Commissioner Sikandar Sultan Raja met with a delegation of the Commonwealth Observers Group at his office on Monday and apprised it of election preparations and the Election Commission of Pakistan’s (ECP) efforts to ensure free, fair, and transparent polls. During the meeting, also attended by ECP members, secretary and other senior officers, the CEC thanked them for …
BEIJING: Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi on Monday met with visiting Minister of Foreign Affairs of Norway Espen Barth Eide in Beijing, with the two sides vowing to safeguard multilateralism and free trade. Noting Eide is the first European foreign minister to visit China in 2024, Wang, who is also member of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of …
RAWALPINDI: In a display of solidarity, Pakistan’s Armed Forces, alongside the Chairmen of Joint Chiefs of Staff Committee (CJCsSC), and Services Chiefs, have paid heartfelt homage to the unwavering resolve and courageous struggle of the people of Kashmir. They have stood resolute in the face of grave human rights violations and enduring inhumane lockdowns imposed by Indian occupation forces in …
ISLAMABAD: The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) has commenced the delivery of 260 million ballot papers across 859 National Assembly and provincial assembly constituencies nationwide as the general election nears, stated a spokesperson for the oversight body on Sunday. Printing was finalized at three government presses, with some papers necessitating reprinting following court decisions on candidacy-related petitions. This election cycle …
ISLAMABAD: The Election Commission of Pakistan has asked the caretaker provincial government to stop the privatisation process of the Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) in view of the upcoming general elections on Thursday, next week. The ECP also requested the federal government not to enter into any kind of agreement related to the PIA privatisation, seeking the plan documents prepared by …
BEIJING: China’s Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center launched the world’s first in-orbit artificial intelligence (AI) commercial hypersatellite on Saturday from waters off the coast of Yangjiang City in south China’s Guangdong Province. A Smart Dragon-3 (SD-3) carrier rocket blasted off at 11:06 a.m. (Beijing Time) from the launch site, sending a group of nine satellites, including the AI commercial hypersatellite and a distant …
BEIJING: Chinese President Xi Jinping on Friday inspected troops stationed in north China’s Tianjin Municipality ahead of the Spring Festival, or Chinese Lunar New Year. Xi, also general secretary of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee and chairman of the Central Military Commission (CMC), extended festive greetings to service personnel of the People’s Liberation Army (PLA) and the …
LAHORE: An anti-terrorism court on Saturday adjourned the hearing of pre-arrest bail petitions of former prime minister Imran Khan in seven cases of May 9 riots. Advocate Salman Safdar, the counsel of Khan, appeared before the court of judge Arshad Javed. A deputy prosecutor told the court that there was some delay in the arrangements made to mark the attendance …
ISLAMABAD: Caretaker Minister for Information and Parliamentary Affairs Murtaza Solangi has assured foreign and national media that all is set to hold peaceful, free, fair and transparent elections on February 8. “More than ample resources are available to ensure peaceful, free and fair elections,” he added at a press briefing here on Saturday. Foreign Office spokesperson Mumtaz Zahra Baloch, special …
KARACHI: Caretaker Finance Minister Dr Shamshad Akhtar stated on Saturday that the interim government’s “proactive measures” to encounter external and domestic challenges have stabilised the economy. She added that the process of transforming the economy is underway in the country, acknowledging that structural reforms in every sector takes time. While addressing members of the Federation of Pakistan Chambers of Commerce …