America's new Ambassador to Pakistan Donald Blome has said that he was "thrilled to be in Islamabad", and pledged to build on the existing strong ties between the two countries. "I look forward to exploring this beautiful country and acquainting myself with its people and its culture," Blome was quoted as saying by the embassy...
Islamabad: Pakistani police have arrested hundreds of supporters of former Prime Minister Imran Khan’s Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) party ahead of a major march planned by the defiant politician, say members of the party. The crackdown against Khan’s PTI is being seen as an attempt by the authorities to thwart the ‘Azadi March’ planned in Islamabad starting...
New York: Pakistan's Foreign Minister Bilawal Bhutto Zardari has said that his country's relationship with India has been "particularly complicated" by New Delhi's decision to abrogate Article 370 in Jammu and Kashmir and the recent recommendation by a delimitation commission." Bilawal, who is on a maiden visit to the US, made the remarks while responding to...
Islamabad: Pakistan Foreign Minister Bilawal Bhutto Zardari held talks with his Chinese counterpart Wang Yi in Guangzhou city and emphasized that "it is critical to resolve all outstanding disputes in South Asia. This is Bilawal's first visit to China after he took over as foreign minister following the fall of the Imran Khan-led government last month. "Given...
Brussels: The European Commission has announced a 210 billion euro ($220bn) plan to end its dependency on Russian fossil fuels in a span of five years and speeds up its transition to green energy. The move comes as the invasion of Ukraine by Russia, Europe’s top gas supplier, has prompted the EU to rethink...
Rebutting Turkey, Biden lauds NATO bids of Sweden, Finland G7 to launch Global Alliance for Food Security Kyiv: Fresh from its triumph over the last armed Ukrainian resistance in the devastated city of Mariupol, Russia appeared to be laying the groundwork Thursday for annexing swaths of southeast Ukraine, described by a high-ranking Kremlin official as having...
New York: French President Emmanuel Macron has named Elisabeth Borne as the country's new Prime Minister. Borne, 61, is a former Minister of Transport, Ecology and Labour. She is the second woman to hold the position after Edith Cresson (1991-1992) under President Francois Mitterrand. She succeeds Jean Castex, who had led the French Cabinet since July 2020....
New Delhi: China's financial hub Shanghai will reopen gradually and resume “normal life” from June 1 after stamping out its Covid-19 infections from 15 of its 16 districts, media reports said. At present, the number of people living in "closed management areas" has dropped to no more than 1 million, and the epidemic has been effectively...
Russian and Ukrainian officials have said that negotiations on a solution to the ongoing war have been suspended as the process is mired in a stalemate. "The talks are not going on. Ukraine has actually withdrawn from the negotiation process," Xinhua news agency quoted Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Andrei Rudenko as saying to reporters. "Today the...
