ISLAMABAD: The Economic Coordination Committee (ECC) of the cabinet on Tuesday approved 400,000 tonnes of additional wheat procurement by the Centre, allowed the import of 200,000 tonnes of urea, and sanctioned about Rs144 billion in supplementary grants. However, the ECC meeting, presided over by Finance Minister Muhammad Aurangzeb, did not immediately allow the supply of subsidised gas to domestic urea …
LAHORE: An anti-terrorism court on Tuesday granted post-arrest bail to 10 more suspects in the Corps Commander House attack case of May 9 riots. Judge Arshad Javed allowed bail petitions of the suspects subject to furnishing surety bonds of Rs100,000 each. The suspects include Atif Nisar, Mohammad Naeem, Syed Mazhar Hussain Shah, Khalid Iqbal, Mohammad Riaz, Nadeem Ali, Rana Islam …
ISLAMABAD: Information Minister Attaullah Tarar on Tuesday rubbished the notion that a proposed extension in the retirement age was to favour “one particular institution”, adding that the move would be implemented across the board if approved. The rebuttal comes in the wake of media reports claiming that the government was mulling changes to the Constitution to fix the tenure of the …
BELGRADE: Chinese President Xi Jinping and Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic on Wednesday signed a joint statement on the building of a China-Serbia community with a shared future in the new era, making Serbia the first European country to build such a community with China. Chinese President Xi Jinping and Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic on Wednesday held talks in Belgrade. Thanking Vucic …
In 2015, China and Serbia signed a memorandum of understanding, pledging to jointly push ahead the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI), which marked a new stage of high-quality development in their cooperation. Chinese enterprises have taken an active part in important infrastructure projects in Serbia, promoting connectivity between Serbia and its neighboring regions, and contributing to the local economic and …
hile 5G technology is being applied in various industries in China, 6G is also experiencing booming development in the country. It is expected that China will set standards for 6G technology around 2025, and realize the commercialization of the technology around 2030, said Wang Zhiqin, vice president of the China Academy of Information and Communications Technology. Beijing has seized on …
This year marks the 60th anniversary of the establishment of China-France diplomatic relations. On May 5, 2024, Chinese President Xi Jinping arrived in Paris for a state visit to France at the invitation of French President Emmanuel Macron. France was the first major Western country to establish diplomatic relations at the ambassadorial level with the People’s Republic of China. Bilateral …
At the mouth of the Minjiang River in southeast China’s Fujian province, the water flows calmly without ripples. Nestled by the Luoxing Pagoda along the river bank, the Fujian Navy Yard, also known as Foochow Arsenal, stands as a precious industrial and cultural heritage site founded 158 years ago and a witness to China-France exchanges that have spanned over 100 …
ISLAMABAD: Hours after a press conference by the military spokesperson on the events of May 9 and the PTI’s alleged involvement in them, party spokesperson Raoof Hasan termed it as being “full of contradictions”. Earlier today, Inter Services Public Relations (ISPR) Director General (DG) Maj-Gen Ahmed Sharif said that any dialogue with the PTI could happen only if it “earnestly apologises in …
ISLAMABAD: Inter Services Public Relations (ISPR) Director General (DG) Maj-Gen Ahmed Sharif on Tuesday said that any dialogue with the PTI could happen only if it “earnestly apologises in front of the nation”, promises to adopt “constructive politics” and forgoes “politics of anarchy”. The DG ISPR made the remarks in a lengthy press conference in Rawalpindi just two days before …