ISLAMABAD: A day after receiving an order from the Islamabad High Court (IHC), authorities made the decision to transfer Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Chairman Imran Khan from Attock prison to Rawalpindi’s Adiala jail. The move was not without its share of high drama, marking another significant development in the ongoing legal proceedings involving Khan. A day earlier, IHC CJ Aamer Farooq expressed …
ISLAMABAD: The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) announced on Thursday that general elections will be held in the country in the last week of January 2024 – well beyond the 90-day limit given in the Constitution. The ECP reviewed the progress of the delimitation process on Thursday and decided that the preliminary list of constituencies will be published on September …
ISLAMABAD: China and the U.S. share important responsibility for world peace, stability and development, Chinese President Xi Jinping said in a reply letter to Chairman of the Sino-American Aviation Heritage Foundation Jeffrey Greene and Flying Tigers veterans Harry Moyer and Mel McMullen on September 12. Greene, Moyer and McMullen jointly wrote a letter to Xi recently, expressing their commitment to …
ISLAMABAD: Award-winning Miami design house Varabyeu is coming to Pakistan as partner of One Homes, a leading real estate development group, for its new Islamabad development. The collaboration will see Varabyeu as the lead design partners for One Homes’ recently acquired $180 million mega mixed-use development. The collaboration between One Homes and Varabyeu Partners represents a significant milestone in Pakistan’s real …
DUBAI: Finance Minister Ishaq Dar said on Sunday that the United States can not stop Pakistan from purchasing Russian oil and it will be possible to do so soon. While addressing Pakistan Muslim League – Nawaz (PML-N) workers in Dubai, the finance minister said during his visit to the US last month, he had a meeting with the officials of the …
— Proposed deal to support US foreign policy, national security objectives, says Defence Security Cooperation Agency WASHINGTON: The US State Department has approved the potential sale of F-16 aircraft sustainment and related equipment to Pakistan in a deal valued at up to $450 million, the Pentagon said on Wednesday. The principal contractor will be Lockheed Martin Corp (LMT.N), the Pentagon …
BEIJING: China on Monday refuted a report released by the U.S. State Department’s Global Engagement Center (GEC), which accused China of creating and spreading disinformation about its Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region. The report is “confounding right and wrong and deflecting blames,” Foreign Ministry spokesperson Zhao Lijian said at a daily news briefing when asked to comment on the report, adding …
ISLAMABAD: Ambassador-at-Large on Investment Zeeshaan Shah has urged the American-Pakistani investors to shift their investments to Pakistan for big returns as Pakistan provided lucrative investment opportunities. Zeeshaan Shah made this statement while addressing the American Pakistani investor diaspora in Houston, USA, at an event arranged by the Bank of Punjab in collaboration with Pakistan Chamber of Commerce, in Houston, USA. The …
NEW JERSEY: Forbes magazine disclosed that using a 233-year-old law, the US government ordered two major global travel companies to track a Russian national so he could be arrested and extradited,. The outlet sued to obtain the court records, aided by privacy advocates who have criticized such warrants as secretive and open to abuse. The magazine also revealed that Aleksey …
The European Union (EU) said Friday that the talks it is chairing on the revival of the 2015 Iran nuclear accord must be paused, citing “external factors.” “A pause in #ViennaTalks is needed, due to external factors,” High Representative of the EU for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Josep Borrell tweeted, adding that “a final text is essentially ready and …