BEIJING, April 27 : China has expressed its strong condemnation over Karachi terrorist attack and extended deep condolences to the victims and sympathies to the injured and bereaved families. “The Chinese side expresses strong condemnation and indignation over this major terrorist attack and extends deep condolences to the victims and …

BEIJING, April 27 (APP): The Fourth Construction Co. Ltd (FCC) of China National Chemical Engineering Group Corporation (CNCEC) has signed an EPCF contract with with Daewoo Gas to set up a new LNG terminal in Pakistan. With a nameplate capacity of 2.5 million tons per annum (mtpa) of LNG, this …

UNITED NATIONS, Apr 27 : Pakistan, speaking on behalf of the developing countries’ Group of 77 and China, has voiced concern over the increasing debt vulnerabilities of developing countries, and called for strengthening the international financial institutions for long-term debt sustainability. Speaking in the UN Financing for Development Forum on …

BEIJING, Apr 27 : A Chinese Foreign Ministry Spokesperson said on Wednesday that ironclad friendship between China and Pakistan was unbreakable and any attempt to undermine the bilateral cooperation, mutual trust and China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) would not succeed. Our ironclad friendship is unbreakable and attempts to undermine our cooperation, …

BEIJING, April 27 : SCO Secretary-General Zhang Ming had a video conference meeting with ESCAP Executive Secretary Armida Salsiah Alisjahbana. The meeting focused on the possibilities of increasing exchanges between the SCO and ESCAP, based on the Memorandum of Understanding signed between the two organisations’ secretariats in 2008, according to …

UNITED NATIONS, Apr 27 : Climate change, the global coronavirus pandemic and political destabilization are putting the world on a course toward more than one disaster a day, a new United Nations report warns. The report by the UN Office for Disaster Risk Reduction, UNDRR, predicts that the number of …

ISLAMABAD, Apr 27 (APP): Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif is scheduled to pay three-day visit to Saudi Arabia from April 28-30, on the invitation of Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman bin Abdulaziz. This would be the prime minister’s first visit abroad after assuming the office earlier this month. The prime minister …

ISLAMABAD, Apr 27 (APP): Minister for Information and Broadcasting Marriyum Aurangzeb said on Wednesday that the present democratic dispensation strongly believed in freedom of expression and unlike the past four years, no news channel would be off-aired, no talk show or programme would be banned and no newspaper would be …

ISLAMABAD, Apr 27 : President Dr Arif Alvi on Wednesday administered the oath of office to Chairperson of Pakistan Peoples Party Bilawal Bhutto Zardari as the federal minister. Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif witnessed the oath-taking ceremony here at the Aiwan-e-Sadr, which was attended by former president Asif Ali Zardari, ex-prime …

ISLAMABAD, Apr 27 : President of Pakistan Peoples Party Parliamentarians and Member of National Assembly Asif Ali Zardari Wednesday called on Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif here. Federal ministers Bilawal Bhutto Zardari, Khawaja Muhammad Asif and Khawaja Saad Rafiq were also present. During the meeting, they discussed the overall political situation …