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The United States Government, through the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), is partnering with the Pakistani government to launch a $19 million, five-year program to improve Pakistan’s higher education system and increase the employability of university graduates. This is another example of the breadth of cooperation between the …

BEIJING, May 12 : President of the International Exchange and Cooperation Branch of China Seed Association, Zhang Qin said that a new rice variety would be introduce with cooperation of Chinese scientists to cultivate in Pakistan which could be used for both grain and forage. “Pakistan is a major rice-growing …

BEIJING, May 12 :: Pakistan and China have agreed to carry forward traditional friendship and both the countries will never allow any force to sabotage their all-weather strategic cooperative partnership, Chinese Foreign Ministry Spokesperson, Zhao Lijian said on Thursday. “State Councillor and Foreign Minister Wang Yi held a virtual meeting …

ISLAMABAD, May 12 : National Assembly Speaker Raja Pervez Ashraf has said that Pakistan and Azerbaijan were intertwined in shared socio-cultural values and mutual interests. He expressed these views during his meeting with Ambassador of Azerbaijan in Pakistan Khazar Farhadov who called on him in Parliament House on Thursday, said …

KARACHI, May 12 : Sindh Chief Minister Syed Murad Ali Shah has asked for early resolving the issue of power outage in Sindh and urged the authorities for issuing necessary directives to resolve the issue of electricity load shedding in the province. In a meeting with Federal Minister for Power …

ISLAMABAD, May 12 : The Islamabad High Court (IHC) on Thursday instructed the Attorney General for Pakistan (AGP) to view the matter pertaining to the actions taken by the police against PTI leaders on the complaints regarding the Masjid-e-Nabvi incident and stopped it from registering cases. Chief Justice Athar Minallah …

ISLAMABAD, May 12):Federal Minister for Commerce, Syed Naveed Qamar said here that Ministry of Commerce was working on a policy to enhance trade and connectivity with Central Asia, through Afghanistan and Iran. The ministry has already taken several measures to materialize this policy, the minister said in a written reply …

National PML-N leadership discussed various options for taking action against transgressors of Constitution: Marriyum Present govt does not believe in restrictions on media freedom, controversial PMDA abolished: Marriyum ISLAMABAD, May 12 : Minister for Information and Broadcasting Marriyum Aurangzeb on Wednesday said various options were discussed under the leadership PML-N …

ISLAMABAD, May 12 : Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Hina Rabbani Khar said on Thursday that the present government was pursuing a quite constructive and skillful diplomacy, keeping national interest supreme. Speaking in the National Assembly, she said it was unfortunate that the previous government of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) …

ECP finalizes arrangements to hold KP second phase LG polls on Thursday ISLAMABAD, May 12 : In a detailed judgment, the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) on Wednesday dismissed the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf’s (PTI) reference against its 20 defecting members of the National Assembly for disqualification on grounds of defection under …