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This is the first air freight route linking the province with a Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) country. | Photo Credit: Emmanual Yogini A new air cargo route has been launched between Pakistan and China to further enhance trade ties between the two all-weather allies, ahead of Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif’s visit to Beijing next…
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Pakistan’s Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif. File | Photo Credit: Reuters “Pakistan Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif will embark on a five-day visit to China on June 4 to further strengthen bilateral ties,” the Foreign Office announced on May 31, as the all-weather allies seek to upgrade cooperation under the multi-billion dollar China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC). “Sharif…
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File picture of Pakistan’s Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif. | Photo Credit: Reuters Commemorating the 26th anniversary of Pakistan’s first successful nuclear tests, Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Tuesday said it encapsulates the arduous yet remarkable path of the country towards establishing a “credible minimum deterrence.” Pakistan conducted six nuclear tests on May 28, 1998, inside…
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Pakistan’s Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif. File | Photo Credit: Reuters Cash-strapped Pakistan will privatise all state-owned enterprises, including the loss-making Pakistan International Airlines, Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif announced on May 14, broadening the government’s initial plans to make only loss-making state firms private. The announcement to privatise state-run enterprises barring strategic ones comes a day…
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At least three people were killed and six others injured when security forces opened fire on protesters during clashes with paramilitary Rangers in Pakistan-occupied Kashmir’s capital Muzaffarabad which has been rocked by protests against high prices of wheat flour and inflated electricity bills, a media report said on May 14 The paramilitary Rangers, which were…
Shehbaz Sharif has submitted his resignation to Nawaz Sharif (File) Islamabad: Pakistan Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Monday resigned as the President of Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N), ARY News reported, citing sources. Shehbaz Sharif has submitted his resignation as party president to Nawaz Sharif, the PML-N supremo. In light of the senior politician’s resignation, the…
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One police officer was killed and more than 100 people, mostly policemen, were injured in violent clashes between security forces and protesters agitating against high prices of wheat flour and electricity in Pakistan-occupied Kashmir, media reports said on May 12. The region witnessed clashes on May 11 between the police and activists of a rights…
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If secured, it would be Pakistan’s 24th IMF bailout. (File) Islamabad: Pakistan Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif discussed a new loan programme with IMF Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva on Sunday, his office said in a statement. Shehbaz Sharif and Kristalina Georgieva met on the sidelines of the World Economic Forum in Riyadh. Islamabad is seeking a…
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Shehbaz Sharif | Photo Credit: REUTERS Pakistan business leaders in an interactive session with Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif urged him to initiate trade talks with India to promote business and commerce which would greatly benefit the economy of the cash-strapped country. Posing tough questions during an hour-long meeting at the Sindh CM House here in…
Iran President Ebrahim Raisi, who is on three-day visit to Pakistan, met Shehbaz Sharif on Monday. Washington: The US on Tuesday (local time) warned Pakistan of “potential risk of sanctions,” adding that they will continue to disrupt and take actions against proliferation networks considering business deals with Iran. Emphasising the US imposing sanctions on suppliers…
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