Prime Minister Imran Khan said that after facing various economic challenges; Pakistan’s economy was now stable. It is moving in the right direction and getting stronger with the passage of time. The prime minister said he was convinced that US President-elect Joe Biden. It would not reverse the Afghan peace process. Being the greatest achievement […]
United States President-elect Joe Biden has been formally given the go-ahead by a federal agency to begin his transition to the presidency, shortly after the battleground state of Michigan certified him as the winner there. With the rapid-fire developments on Monday, President Donald Trump’s already languishing efforts to overturn his November 3 defeat appeared to […]
Most coronavirus infections spread by people who have no symptoms. Masks are the only available protection against this. The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) said in newly updated guidance. The warning follows the second wave of Covid-19 infection. It is spreading at an unprecedented speed. So far, the World Health Organisation (WHO) […]
Donald Trump has been dealt a new setback in his effort to overturn the United States’s November 3 election results as a federal judge dismissed a lawsuit filed by his campaign that sought to throw out millions of mail-in votes in the state of Pennsylvania. US District Court Judge Matthew Brann ruled on Saturday that […]
China has finally congratulated Joe Biden on his projected win in the US presidential election, breaking a frosty period of silence. “We respect the choice of the American people. We extend congratulations to Mr. Biden and Ms. Harris,” a foreign ministry spokesman said on Friday. The China-US relationship is crucial to both sides, and the […]
President-elect has pledged to immediately halt travel restrictions imposed by the Trump administration on more than a dozen nations. On the first day of his presidency, president-elect Joe Biden intends to rescind Donald Trump’s travel bans on travellers from 13 countries, most either majority-Muslim or African nations. Shortly after taking office in 2017, Trump issued […]
Afghanistan reels from attack on Kabul University that left at least 22 people, including 18 students, dead. Sami Mahdi, a professor at Kabul University, is shaken by the killing of his students by gunmen on Monday. He has just returned after laying them to rest but their memories still remain fresh. He recalls the dreams […]
WASHINGTON: The US election was plunged into chaos early Wednesday as President Donald Trump prematurely declared victory and sought Supreme Court intervention to stop vote-counting — even as his Democratic rival Joe Biden voiced confidence in his own chances. In a divisive election cast under the shadow of the coronavirus pandemic that has claimed more […]
The United States dollar fell to a six-month low against the rupee in the interbank market, losing 14 paisas to reach Rs159.97, according to data released by the State Bank of Pakistan on Tuesday. The last time the dollar stood at similar levels was earlier this year on May 8, when it was changing hands […]
Prime Minister Imran Khan urged the US to adopt an “evenhanded” treatment as the Pakistani leader warned that the region could “flare up at any time” due to India’s actions in Indian occupied Kashmir. In an interview with German magazine Spiegel, PM Imran reflected the US was under the impression that India could limit China’s […]
