Taiwan’s leader warned Beijing on Monday that the island would never give up its democratic way of life in a national day speech in which she drew parallels with Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. The self-ruled democracy’s 23 million people live under the constant threat of invasion by China’s Communist Party, and Moscow’s war in Ukraine […]
On Saturday, actress Priyanka Chopra Jonas was attacked for extending her support to the Iranian women protesting against the death of a 22-year-old woman named Mahsa Amini. Amini was arrested by the ‘morality police’ in Tehran for not properly wearing a hijab as per mandatory hijab laws of the country and she was then killed by the […]
Pakistan’s diplomatic skills will be tested this week when the European countries will put to vote a resolution against Russia at the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA). In March, Islamabad abstained from voting against Russia, something that drew a strong reaction from the United States and other western countries. Pakistan joined China, India and many […]
Move brightens chances for Islamabad to exit grey list. Pakistan has been listed among the top 10 countries implementing the Financial Action Task Force’s (FATF) standards, a move which brightens the country’s chances to exit the anti-money laundering watchdog’s grey list. According to Express News, the FATF meeting will be held from October 17 to […]
Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif said on Friday the “false narrative” of PTI Chairman Imran Khan — declaring the incumbent government a “product of conspiracy” — had been totally shattered after the recent audio leak. “Imran Niazi wasted five months of the nation by concocting lies and propaganda about his successor government, however, his own audio […]
Saudi Arabia’s King Salman bin Abdulaziz named his son and heir Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman as the kingdom’s prime minister and his second son Prince Khalid as defence minister, a royal decree showed on Tuesday. The reshuffle kept another son, Prince Abdulaziz bin Salman, as energy minister, the aged king said in the royal […]
Stringent monitoring of banks and crackdowns have also strengthened the rupee The Pakistani rupee continued its rally against the US dollar on Tuesday following the return of Ishaq Dar and Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif’s visit to the United States. The dollar was being traded at Rs234.11 in the interbank market while the open-market rate hovered […]
PTI Chairman Imran Khan on Saturday said that his party MNAs will return to the National Assembly if the government decides to investigate the cipher from Pakistan’s ambassador in Washington allegedly containing comments regarding the vote of no-confidence against him. Khan’s remarks came during a conversation with journalists in Islamabad. The cipher, based on then-envoy […]
Prime Minister Yair Lapid on Thursday said a two-State solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict was “the right thing” for Israel, but he cautioned that a future Palestinian state must not be “another terror base”. n his first address to the UN General Assembly, Mr. Lapid said that despite its ‘hostile surroundings,” Israel has become a […]
With debt obligations drawing to a close, PM Shehbaz Sharif has made an urgent appeal for relief in the repayment of debts from rich nations, reminding them that Pakistan is bearing the brunt of environmental damage caused by them to cater to their greed. In a conversation with Bloomberg TV, PM Shehbaz Sharif said that […]