Karachi: A recently notified armament contract notified by the US Department of War (DOW), formerly Ministry of Defense, classifies Pakistan among advanced Air-Air missile buyers (AMRAAM) AIM-20, it was revealed on Tuesday. Thanks to this, the Pakistani Air Force approaches the reception of additional stocks of missiles under the administration of US President Donald Trump. […]
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A joint Pakistani-Chinese agricultural venture has grown dragon fruit on formerly barren coastal land near Karachi and is bringing the produce to Pakistani markets. The business began four years ago when Tiantian Farm, a Chinese company, partnered with another Chinese company and three local Pakistani collaborators. Their goal was to convert 48 hectares of saline
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Director General of Inter-Services Public Relations (DG ISPR) Lieutenant General Ahmed Sharif Chaudhry said that Pakistan’s military development strategy has always focused on integrating effective platforms and indigenous technologies. He clarified that Pakistan is not engaged in an arms race with India and has never attempted to hide or manipulate data. “We are ready to
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At least four passengers were injured on Tuesday when an explosion on a railroad track near Sultan Kot near Shikarpur, derailed four coaches from the Jaffar Express traveling from Peshawar to Quetta, police and railways told officials. According to security sources, the explosion occurred while the train passed through the Sultan Kot station. The injured
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A constitutional bench of eight judges (CB) of the Supreme Court (SC) resumed on Tuesday a group of pleadings contesting the 26th constitutional amendment – legislation which rebalanced the judicial authority, reduced the standards of permanence and sparked a fierce debate on the independence of the judiciary. The bench said that it would first approach
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Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif has been conferred an honorary doctorate in leadership and governance by Malaysia of the International Islamic University (IIUM) in recognition of its leaders, its public service and its contributions to national construction and Islamic governance. According to the Malaysian state news agency BernamaThe honorary diploma was presented during a special convocation
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Peshawar: Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa Chief Minister’s spokesperson said that security has already been provided to Awami National Party (ANP) leader Aimal Wali Khan and his continuous complaints and sarcastic remarks indicate that his focus is a political point of view rather than actual security issues. In an official statement released on Monday, the spokesperson said the facts
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Islamabad: The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has again raised the issue of imposing additional fertilizer taxes and introducing an excise tax on pesticide use to partly offset a shortfall in the annual fiscal target, which the government has asked to be postponed until next year. The global lender has asked the government to trigger the
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Islamabad: Representatives of Pakistan, China, Russia and Iran met on Moscow on Monday to coordinate their positions before the seventh round of consultations in Moscow’s format on Afghanistan, which is expected to start on Tuesday (today). The meeting brought together special envoys from the four regional powers for detailed discussions on the situation in Afghanistan,
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Islamabad: The Ministry of Foreign Affairs said on Monday that it hoped that the safe evacuation of former Senator Mushtaq Ahmad would be “successfully completed in the coming days”. “The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Pakistan, through its embassy in Amman, works tirelessly to ensure the safe evacuation of former Senator Mushtaq Ahmad Khan,” FO
