ISLAMABAD: Pakistan and the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia have affirmed their stance to consolidate security and stability, renounce violence, extremism and terrorism, support the unity and independence of the countries of the region and their territorial integrity, as well as to give priority to political solutions that bring prosperity …

Federal Minister for Commerce and Investment Syed Naveed Qamar Saturday directed the officials concerned to thoroughly review the European Union’s GSP scheme and other bilateral trade agreements with different countries to safeguard the interests of Pakistani business community. He issued the directives while presiding over a meeting here at the …

The government on Saturday kept prices of petroleum products unchanged for next fortnight so that consumers are not burdened with price hike, Finance Ministry said in a statement issued here. “In the fortnightly review of petroleum products’ prices, Prime Minister has rejected the proposal of OGRA for increase in prices …

The Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) collected net revenues of Rs.4,858 billion during the first ten months of the current fiscal year (July-April 2021-22), showing growth of 28.6 percent over the collection of  Rs.3,778 billion during the corresponding period of last year. According to provisions figures shared by the board …

Oil and Gas Regulatory Authority (OGRA) on Saturday issued a price-revision notification of Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG) for the month of May, decreasing the commodity price by Rs180.28 per 11.8-kilogram cylinder. According to the notification, the authority reduced the locally produced LPG price by Rs 15.27 per kilogram. After the …

Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif and Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi and Deputy Supreme Commander of the UAE Armed Forces have discussed advancing the longstanding relations between the two nations, and the prospects of propelling cooperation on various fronts. The two sides reviewed a number …

The members of an expert group held their second meeting, via videoconference, to discuss a draft memorandum between authorized agencies of Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) member states on cooperation between museums. Experts finalized the document at this meeting which is to be submitted for approval at the 19th Meeting of …

The climatic conditions of many parts of China are quite similar to that of Pakistan. Thus it is a great opportunity to learn from the Chinese experience in precision agriculture to improve Pakistan’s agricultural outputs. This was noted by Dr. Muhammad Naveed Tahir, Associate Professor from Department of Agronomy, Pir …

A special fund was given by the Chinese International Education Foundation for rehabilitation of the Confucius Institute at the University of Karachi, Pakistan, in the wake of the terrorist attack on its shuttle bus killing three Chinese last week. According to Global Times, the fund of 500,000 yuan ($75,660) on …

Amid the world’s focus on the crisis in Ukraine, a senior Pakistani diplomat has urged the U.N. to promote universal accountability for grave human rights violations, especially in situation of foreign occupation — Kashmir and Palestine — as he stressed that there should be no disparity between such violations in …