NEW YORK: Information Minister Attaullah Tarar said on Friday that social media platform X has been banned due to national security issues, not to curb freedom of expression. In March this year, in its first direct admission regarding imposing an official ban on X (formerly Twitter), the interior ministry informed the Sindh High Court (SHC) that the social media platform …
ISLAMABAD: The Punjab government on Friday imposed Section 144 in Rawalpindi district for two days, banning public gatherings, as the PTI called on supporters to gather at Liaquat Bagh. Section 144 of the Code of Criminal Procedure is a legal provision that empowers district administrations to prohibit an assembly of four or more people in an area for a limited …
NEW YORK: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Friday demanded an immediate end to the ongoing Israeli military offensive in the Gaza Strip, terming it “systematic slaughter” and “bloodshed”. The premier was addressing the plenary meeting for the UN General Debate as the second speaker at the 79th session of the 193-member United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) in New York. “This …
ISLAMABAD: Weeks after an embarrassing retreat on a package seeking sweeping changes to the Constitution, the government plans to bring it to parliament soon, hoping that it will secure the required support for its passage. “The constitutional package is most likely to land in parliament in the first week of October,” Irfan Siddiqui, PML-N’s parliamentary leader in the Senate, told …
ISLAMABAD: A day after JUI-F chief Maulana Fazlur Rehman reportedly backed the government’s proposal for a constitutional court, a PTI delegation met him on Thursday, claiming that he would never support such a constitutional amendment. However, the JUI-F remained silent on the matter, with no official statement from party leaders refuting or confirming Mr Rehman’s position. On Wednesday, the JUI-F …
At 12:28 p.m., Aug. 27, solar power generation in the power grid of north China’s Shanxi province surpassed 20 million kilowatts for the first time, setting a new record and accounting for 63.9 percent of the province’s electricity load. In response, coal-fired power plants proactively reduced their output to make room for renewable energy, ensuring safe and stable operation of …
Fruit trade between China and ASEAN countries has been thriving in recent years thanks to the increasingly close trade relations between the two sides. At a fruit trading center in Youyi township, Pingxiang, south China’s Guangxi Zhuang autonomous region, there are always constant streams of trucks loaded with various types of fruits. As the largest port city for fruit trade …
The impact of China’s first domestically built large cruise ship, the Adora Magic City, has continued to grow since its commercial maiden voyage on Jan. 1 this year. The cruise ship has made a splash in China’s tourism sector. So far, it has completed over 50 trips and served more than 200,000 tourists, accounting for around 40 percent of the …
“China is a leader in the green economy transition,” Beate Trankmann, the United Nations Development Programme’s (UNDP) resident representative for China, told People’s Daily Online at a forum held in Beijing on Sept. 19. The remark was made during the East Asia Forum 2024, which focused on how China and the Asian Development Bank (ADB) can collaborate to address regional …
NEW YORK: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif called on the United Nations Security Council to end Israel’s “genocidal war” against Palestine and impose sanctions, during the “Leadership for Peace” debate on Wednesday. “We must compel Israel to halt its genocidal war in Gaza and prevent its attempt to provoke a wider conflict in the Middle East,” he stated. “It is time …