Pakistan

ISLAMABAD: (News Pulse)  Special Assistant to the prime Minister on Poverty Alleviation and Social Protection, Senator Dr. Sania Nishtar  said that  “More than three-quarters of the entire Ehsaas’ benefits go to women and girls under the…

ISLAMABAD (APP/News Pulse) Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi on Wednesday said as Pakistan had fulfilled 26 out of 27 action items of the Financial Action Task Force (FATF), there was no justification to keep the country in the grey…

BEIJING : (News Pulse) China has decided, in cooperation with Pakistan, to issue a set of commemorative stamps on May 21 to mark seven decades of the establishment of their diplomatic relations. The commemorative stamps include two…

ISLAMABAD (News Pulse) The Asian Development Bank (ADB) on Monday approved a $300 million policy-based loan to help Pakistan strengthen its finance sector by supporting measures to develop competitive capital markets and encouraging private…

Washington (News Pulse) The US Department of Defense in its annual report to Congress on ''Military and Security Developments involving the People's Republic of China 2020'' has stated that Pakistan is among the countries, which…

Spokesperson for the Sindh government, Barrister Murtaza Wahab, on Wednesday said the coordination that should have existed – between the federal and the provincial governments with regards to coronavirus – was lacking. So far 20 cases…

ARE we ready for coronavirus? Inevitability carries its own burden. Today there are six known and officially identified patients of coronavirus. There will be more, of that there can be no doubt. But how many more? And how quickly? We…

The ‘Inclusive Internet Index’ benchmarks countries on the internet’s availability, affordability, relevance and the readiness of people to use it. The annual report is commissioned by Facebook. In its fourth year, the index covered 100…

"It is the responsibility of the Afghan leadership to create a favourable environment to take the talks forward," Qureshi said, according to a press release issued by the Foreign Office. "Pakistan can create a favourable environment, it…

Pakistan has confirmed four cases so far but all of them had a travel history to Iran. Afghanistan has also reported coronavirus cases. The Pak-Iran border in Taftan was sealed last week. The authorities had initially decided to just…