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FM Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari visiting UAE today to offer condolences to country’s leadership on passing of Sheikh Khilafa. ISLAMABAD: Foreign Minister Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari will travel to New York on a two-day official visit next week at the invitation of US Secretary of State Antony Blinken, the Foreign Office said Monday. Bilawal …

SACLAY: The United States and the European Union announced on Monday a joint effort to boost microchip manufacturing and tackle Russian disinformation around the war in Ukraine. The two sides met outside Paris as part of the Trade and Technology Council (TTC), a forum created last year aimed largely at …

“We have run out of petrol At the moment, we only have petrol stocks for a single day,” PM Ranil Wickremesinghe says COLOMBO: Crisis-hit Sri Lanka has run out of petrol and is unable to find dollars to finance essential imports, the new prime minister said Monday in an address …

PARIS: Face masks are no longer required in metros, trains and planes in France from Monday, as French authorities lifted one of the last remaining health measures imposed since the pandemic began in 2020. Health minister Olivier Veran announced last week that masks would no longer be mandatory on public …

  ABU DHABI: US Vice President Kamala Harris was Monday leading a high-level delegation to meet the United Arab Emirates’ new president, who takes over after his half-brother’s death, following months of strained ties between Washington and the oil-rich Gulf state. Harris, whose team includes Secretary of State Antony Blinken, …

ISLAMABAD, May 16 : Pakistan Meteorological Department (PMD) has advised the citizens to take precautionary measures in wake of the heat wave prevailing in most parts of the country during this week. According to the synoptic situation, continental air was prevailing over most parts of the country. A shallow westerly …

BEIJING, May 16 :Pakistan’s export of sesame seeds to China achieved a historical figure of $45.99 million, rising by 102.49 percent in the first quarter of 2022, said Badar-uz-Zaman, Commercial Counselor of the Pakistani Embassy in China. He told China Economic Net (CEN) that according to the General Administration of …

ISLAMABAD, May 16 : Prime Minister Muhammad Shehbaz Sharif and Premier of the State Council of the People’s Republic of China Li Keqiang Monday shared the view that Pakistan-China all-weather strategic cooperative partnership must continue to serve the vital interests of the peoples of the two countries, as well as …

ISLAMABAD, May 16 ): Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Monday expressing his concern over the current situation of foreign exchange reserves and the increasing exchange rate, directed the relevant institutions to formulate a comprehensive strategy for improving the situation. He also directed to present an effective and actionable plan in …

Tunisian navy said Saturday it rescued 81 migrants, one of them a woman, who had set out for Europe from Libya on a barely seaworthy vessel. The boat, which had been damaged, was boarded around six kilometres (four miles) off Tunisia’s northeastern coast, the navy said. It carried 38 Egyptians, …