Bishkek : Kyrgyz Foreign Minister Chingiz Aidarbekov held a meeting here on Tuesday with Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Pakistan to Kyrgyzstan Faisal Niyaz Tirmidhi. During the meeting, the two sides expressed satisfaction over the existing level of...
By Wassim Saif al-Din, Beirut: Lebanese President Michel Aoun said on Monday a planned economic summit will be held in the country this month as scheduled. Beirut is scheduled to host the Economic and Social Development Summit on Jan. 19-20. Several reports, however,...
Addis Ababa : The Al Maktoum Foundation has officially opened two schools in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, which will offer educational opportunities for students from poor and middle-class families. The schools were opened under the patronage of Deputy Ruler of Dubai and...
Benghazi : Libya aims to increase its oil production to 2.1 million barrels per day from 953,000 bpd currently, chairman of the Libyan National Oil Corporation (NOC) Mustafa Sanallah has said. In a press conference here on Sunday, Sanallah explained that...
Islamabad : Pakistan and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) have finalised a $6.2 billion support package to help Islamabad address its balance of payments challenge, the media reported on Saturday. The package involves $3.2 billion worth of oil supplies on deferred...
By Saeed Naqvi, "Problems" like Afghanistan, even Iran, created in the thick of the Cold War, are now in the lap of a declining sole superpower in a withdrawal mode. Since I was witness to both, the Saur and Islamic revolutions, I thought the New Year might be a good...
Rome : The Italian government backs a halt to the selling of arms to Saudi Arabia and intends to announce its position the issue "soon", populist premier Giuseppe Conte told reporters in Rome on Friday. "We are not in favour of the sale of these...
By Mumtaz Alam, Dubai/New Delhi: India’s former Vice President Hamid Ansari and renowned Indian-American businessman and philanthropist Frank Islam were conferred with the first Sir Syed Global Excellence & Leadership Awards here on Saturday. Both are alumni of...
Islamabad : An accountability court on Monday sentenced former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif to seven years in prison in Al-Azizia Steel Mills corruption reference, while acquitted him in the the Flagship Investments reference. The Pakistan Muslim League (Nawaz) leader...
By Arul Louis, United Nations : Pakistan's Prime Minister Imran Khan's phone call to Secretary-General Antonio Guterres centered on Kashmir, according to a UN spokesperson, who said that it was "only normal" for Guterres to speak to heads of government,. "I can...