Special Assistant to the Prime Minister on Poverty Alleviation and Social Protection, Dr. Sania Nishtar Thursday announced that the SMS Registration Service of 8171 will open from Friday for the intending beneficiaries to register for Ehsaas Rashan Riayat program from Friday. Talking to the media during her visit to the Kiryana stores in Fateh Jang, مزید پڑھیں

Chinese Foreign Ministry Spokesperson, Zhao Lijian Thursday said that China was ready to work with all parties to advance high quality development of China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) and its synergy with other projects in the region aimed at contributing to economic recovery and development of the region. “China stands ready for work with all parties مزید پڑھیں

A Palestinian inmate has died as a result of deliberate medical negligence in an Israeli detention center. In a report on Thursday, the Palestinian Information Office identified the victim as Sami al-Amour, 39, without elaborating on further details. Imprisoned since 2008, Amour suffered from congenital heart problems that continued to worsen in detention because of مزید پڑھیں

At least two people were killed and five wounded in a bomb attack on a minibus in Kabul on Wednesday, officials said. The latest in a series of attacks in the Afghan capital destroyed the vehicle in a suburb, Dasht-e-Barchi, a Taliban official told AFP. “Our initial information shows the bomb was attached to a مزید پڑھیں

Thailand’s legislature shot down on Wednesday a draft bill aimed at strengthening democracy, in which its backers sought to scrap or overhaul of key institutions they said had been hijacked by the military elite. A joint session of the lower house of parliament and the Senate voted 473-206 to reject the bill, with six abstentions, مزید پڑھیں

India gave the green light for thousands of Sikh pilgrims to cross the border into Pakistan from Wednesday ahead of the birth anniversary of the religion’s founder Guru Nanak. The Kartarpur Corridor, a visa-free crossing allowing Indian Sikhs to visit the temple in Pakistan where Guru Nanak passed away in 1539, first opened in 2019 مزید پڑھیں

Russian President Vladimir Putin told French counterpart Emmanuel Macron on Monday that “provocative” US-led exercises in the Black Sea were “increasing tensions” between Moscow and NATO, the Kremlin said. Both leaders expressed “dissatisfaction” with what Moscow called a “worsening” situation in eastern Ukraine, the Kremlin statement said. Putin “drew attention to the provocative nature of مزید پڑھیں

China and the United States have urged to avoid conflict while increasing communication and cooperation between the two countries. The desire was expressed during a virtual meeting between Chinese President Xi Jinping and his US counterpart Joe Biden. Joe Biden said it is our responsibility as leaders to ensure that our competition does not veer مزید پڑھیں

UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres warned of an impending “climate catastrophe”, while environmental campaigner Greta Thunberg dismissed Saturday’s COP26 climate conference deal as “blah, blah, blah”. And even those who welcomed the deal in Glasgow said a huge amount of work remained to be done. Guterres acknowledged the shortcomings of the agreement, in a statement مزید پڑھیں

British police announced the arrest of three men after a car exploded in front of Liverpool Women’s Hospital, in the city centre, killing one man and injuring another on Sunday morning. Officers arrested the three men, aged 29, 26 and 21, in Liverpool’s Kensington district under the anti-terrorism laws, Greater Manchester Police said in a مزید پڑھیں