Pakistan supporting WFP operations in Afghanistan PESHAWAR: In order to assist people in Afghanistan on humanitarian basis, the Pakistan government is supporting... Updated 18 Nov, 2021 11:21am
World ‘Razor-sharp precision’: Russia hails anti-satellite weapons test MOSCOW: Russia said on Tuesday it had conducted a weapons test that targeted an old Russian satellite with... Published 17 Nov, 2021 04:22am
Pakistan Mashaal Malik conferred with Allama Iqbal Award LAHORE: Governor Punjab Chaudhry Moha-mmad Sarwar on Tuesday awarded ‘Allama Iqbal Award’ to Mashaal Malik, wife... Published 17 Nov, 2021 04:22am
Pakistan Senate passes 'The Factories (Amendment) Bill 2021' ISLAMABAD: The Senate, on Monday, passed The Factories (Amendment) Bill 2021- a private-member bill that seeks to... Published 16 Nov, 2021 04:26am
World Fighting near key Yemen port displaces over 6,000: UN DUBAI: A recent Huthi rebel advance near Yemen's lifeline port of Hodeida has displaced more than 6,000 people, the... Published 16 Nov, 2021 04:26am
World China's negotiator says COP26 not perfect, but only needs small edits GLASGOW: China's negotiator, Zhao Yingmin, told the COP26 summit on Saturday that while the proposed final... Updated 14 Nov, 2021 12:35am
Print Taliban-ruled Afghanistan’s prospects brighten ISLAMABAD: The “Extended Troika” involving Pakistan, China, the United States, and Russia, Thursday, asked the... Updated 12 Nov, 2021 09:45am
Pakistan Pakistani businessman re-elected to key UN committee UNITED NATIONS: Syed Yawar Ali, a prominent Pakistani businessman, was re-elected on Tuesday to the United Nations... Published 11 Nov, 2021 05:20am
Print Sustainable trade finance: ICC proposes first global rules LONDON: The standard setter for global trade finance flows has proposed a new set of rules to define sustainability... Published 11 Nov, 2021 05:11am
World As a test case, UN bypasses Taliban to pay Afghan health workers UNITED NATIONS: The United Nations has paid nearly $8 million in salaries to some 23,500 health workers across... Updated 10 Nov, 2021 02:00pm
World Afghanistan begins first polio vaccination drive under Taliban rule KABUL: Afghanistan on Monday launched a nationwide polio immunisation campaign — the first since the Taliban... Published 09 Nov, 2021 04:48am
Business & Finance Salient features of 'Expo 2025' highlighted KARACHI: Director for International Exhibitions Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI) of Japan, Sugano... Published 06 Nov, 2021 03:57am
World Developing countries need 10 times more money to protect themselves from climate change effects: UN GLASGOW: Developing countries need up to 10 times more funding to protect themselves from increasingly ferocious... Published 05 Nov, 2021 04:39am
Opinion FATF: no respite for Pakistan Once again, our efforts towards the fulfillment of the agenda of Finical Action Task Force (FATF) have fallen short... Published 05 Nov, 2021 04:39am
Opinion Climate change crisis and COP26 'Parties to the 2015 Paris Agreement pledged to limit global warming to well below 2°C and to pursue efforts to... Published 05 Nov, 2021 04:39am
World UNICEF to directly fund Afghan teachers KABUL: The United Nations children’s agency said it was planning to set up a system to directly fund Afghan... Published 04 Nov, 2021 04:32am
Pakistan Prisons should function as ‘correction houses’: Sindh CM HYDERABAD: Chief Minister Sindh Syed Murad Ali Shah has said that it is pleasure for him to be here in the handing... Published 03 Nov, 2021 03:54am
World Johnson apologises to Israeli minister in wheelchair over COP26 access OCCUPIED JERUSALEM: British Prime Minister Boris Johnson apologised to Israel’s energy minister after she... Published 03 Nov, 2021 03:54am
Opinion Will COP26 deforestation pledge be game-changer or just more broken promises? A new pledge by world leaders to halt deforestation by 2030 is likely to fail unless quickly backed by more funding,... Published 03 Nov, 2021 03:54am
Markets US unveils crackdown on methane from oil and gas industry NEW YORK: The Biden administration on Tuesday unveiled a plan to slash emissions of the greenhouse gas methane from... Published 03 Nov, 2021 03:54am
Business & Finance Britain to back $1bn World Bank green loan to India NEW DELHI: British Prime Minister Boris Johnson is set to announce a sovereign guarantee for a $1 billion World Bank... Published 02 Nov, 2021 05:20am
World Russia signals not ready to let Taliban into UN UNITED NATIONS: No-one is in a hurry to recognize the Taliban as Afghanistan’s government, Russian UN Ambassador... Published 30 Oct, 2021 04:37am
Opinion Oil giant Saudi Arabia sees opportunity in climate crisis The climate crisis does not look like good news for the oil industry, but Saudi Arabia is sniffing an opportunity... Published 30 Oct, 2021 04:37am
Opinion Is Asia and the Pacific ready for the global climate stage? As the leaders of Asia and the Pacific prepare to head to Glasgow for the26th United Nations Climate Change... Published 30 Oct, 2021 04:37am
Opinion Might is right The League of Nations was the first worldwide intergovernmental organisation whose principal mission was to maintain... Published 30 Oct, 2021 04:37am
Pakistan IBA Karachi holds session with Italian consul general KARACHI: The International Resource Centre at the Institute of Business Administration (IBA) Karachi held a session... Published 30 Oct, 2021 04:37am
Print TLP won’t be allowed to challenge writ of state: NSC ISLAMABAD: A meeting of the National Security Committee (NSC) has unanimously expressed the resolve to guard its... Published 30 Oct, 2021 03:52am
Opinion Major gas supplier Qatar Energy plans 'green' bonds Qatar Energy, one of the world's top liquefied natural gas (LNG) suppliers, is working on a plan to reinvent itself... Published 29 Oct, 2021 05:05am
World UN urgently needs cash in Afghanistan, but struggles for solution WASHINGTON/NEW YORK: The United Nations cannot get enough cash into Afghanistan to deliver humanitarian aid to... Published 29 Oct, 2021 05:05am
World UN urges G20 to ensure finance sector's climate pledges are solid LONDON: The United Nations called on Wednesday for the world's biggest economies to ensure net zero commitments made... Published 27 Oct, 2021 10:58am
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