KARACHI: The Pakistan Economy Watch (PEW) on Friday said operationalization of the second phase of FTA with China is the success of the government and an opportunity to resolve many pressing economic issues. Under the Phase-II of China Pakistan Free Trade Agreement (CPFTA) both the friendly countries will come closer and it will help mitigate losses resulted by the ill-negotiated...
ISLAMABAD: Ambassador Yao Jing said China and Pakistan have started establishing joint ventures under China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) framework of industrial cooperation to boost exports. “Our focus is now developing four special economic zones (SEZs), and it requires time to place state-of-the-art infrastructure to attract investment. The CPEC is regional project where companies from other countries can also invest,”...
LAHORE: Punjab Chief Minister Usman Buzdar has said on Thursday that the solution of health problems including dengue lies in proper usage of available resources. This he said while talking in an international conference on dengue organised by Punjab Primary and Secondary Healthcare in Lahore. The conference is being held with an aim to devise joint...
KARACHI/LAHORE/ISLAMABAD: The day started today with the coldest day of the year in Karachi as mercury recorded 7.5 degree centigrade while meteorological department has predicted that the extreme cold weather will remain until tomorrow. Director met department Anjum Nazeer said that maximum temperature will remain likely at 25-23 degree centigrade while air is traveling at...
LAHORE: The Punjab education department has extended winter vacations of government schools following the extremely cold weather and foggy conditions in many parts of the province on Monday. The provincial education minister Murad Raas made the announcement for extended the winter vacations of government schools till January 12. The schools will now reopen on January...
WASHINGTON: US President Donald Trump doubled down Sunday on a threat to attack Iranian cultural sites despite accusations that any such strike would amount to a war crime. Donald Trump WASHINGTON: US President Donald Trump doubled down Sunday on a threat to attack Iranian cultural sites despite accusations that any such strike would amount to...
NEW DELHI: Clashes broke out late on Sunday between students of New Delhi’s Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU), who were protesting against a fee hike, and youth wing members of a group closely tied to India’s ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), injuring over a dozen people, witnesses and officials said. Sahiba Mazid, who spoke by telephone from inside...
NAIROBI: Jihadists from Somalia’s Al Shabaab group on Sunday stormed a military base used by US forces in Kenya’s coastal Lamu region, destroying several aircraft and military vehicles, according to Kenyan police and army officials. Attackers breached heavy security at Camp Simba at dawn but were repelled and four jihadists were killed, said army spokesman Colonel Paul Njuguna. Al Shabaab...
LAHORE: TV anchor Mubashir Lucman has filed an application against Federal Minister for Science and Technology Fawad Chaudhry in Lahore’s Model Town police station. In the application, the anchorperson has alleged that Chaudhry and his guards pushed him and subjected him to torture at Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf’s (PTI) MPA Mohsin Leghari’s son’s wedding. Lucman claimed that PTI leaders Jahangir Tareen and Ishaq...
LAHORE: Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) leader and former railways minister Khawaja Saad Rafique was slightly injured when fire erupted in NAB barrack No 5 at the Camp Jail on late Sunday night. According to sources, fire erupted outside the jail cell of Fawad Ahmed Fawad due to short-circuit which spread panic among the inmates. Khawaja Saad Rafique, who...