Former president General (retd) Pervaiz Musharaf’s body will be repatriated to Pakistan today from the United Arab Emirates, where he passed away on Sunday at the age of 79 after a prolonged illness. The mortal remains of the former army chief  will be flown to Pakistan on a special flight at 11:30am Pakistan time. The Pakistani embassy in the UAE …

  KABUL, Feb 6 (Reuters): An envoy for Qatar’s foreign affairs minister visited the Afghan capital on Sunday and met the Taliban administration’s acting foreign minister, according to an Afghan foreign ministry statement. The visit comes after the Taliban administration placed restrictions on women’s education and NGO work, which Qatar labelled “deeply concerning” amid widespread international criticism. Mutlaq Bin Majed …

ISLAMABAD, Feb.6 (INP): The Pakistan-China Institute (PCI) hosted a two-day delegation visit to CPEC projects such as the Port Qasim Power Project and the Thar Coal Mines at Sindh Electric Coal Mining Company, according to Gwadar Pro. The delegation, led by Senator Mushahid Hussain Syed, included renowned parliamentarians from various political parties. Guo Guangling, CEO of Port Qasim Electric Power …

  ISLAMABAD, Feb 3 (APP): The National Assembly on Friday passed the Pakistan Maritime Zones Bill, 2021 as reported by the Standing Committee. Parliamentary Secretary for Defence Ali Zahid on behalf of Minister for Defence Khawaja Muhammad Asif moved the bill in the House. The Statement of Objects and Reasons of the bill says, Territorial Water Maritime Zone (TWMZ) Act, …

  ISLAMABAD, Feb 3 (EW):  Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Friday called for national unity against terrorism “or else history will not forgive us”, as he addressed the Apex Committee meeting in Peshawar that was convened after a deadly terrorist attack in the city’s Police Lines Area claimed the lives of 1010 people, mostly policemen.His remarks come as Pakistan has …

  ISLAMABAD, Feb 3 (FD):Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Friday said the International Monetary Fund (IMF) was giving Pakistan a tough time over unlocking a $1-billion loan at a time when the country’s economic situation is “unimaginable”. Pakistan secured a $6-billion IMF bailout in 2019, which was topped up with another $1 billion last year. An IMF delegation is in …

  Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Secretary General Asad Umar shared on Friday that his party chief Imran Khan will skip the federal government’s all-psrties confrence  (APC) scheduled for February 7. The statement of the PTI leader came as Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif confirmed the invitation he had extended to the PTI chief at an apex committee meeting in Peshawar. During the …

  ISLAMABAD, Feb 3 (INP): A Chinese company has successfully preserved the breed of a superior but aged Pakistani buffalo through OPU-IVF-ET technology by obtaining pregnancy from her embryo. “We obtained eggs from a ‘Nili Ravi’ buffalo, the grandmother of a young buffalo which yielded a world record of 28.3 kilograms of milk during a competition held at the University …

  BEIJING, Feb 3 (INP): “China is far more advanced than other countries [in the blockchain industry], and Pakistan has a high level of passion to move forward, so we are collaborating on these bases to share knowledge and human resources to develop our own products.” This was stated by Ahmad Manzoor, founder & CEO of Pakistan Blockchain Institute (PBI) …

  HANGRI-LA, Feb 2 (INP): Pakistani vlogger is making a splash in China, China Economic Net (CEN) reported it on Thursday. The Napahai Lake, located in Shangri-la, basks in the warm winter sun and hordes of sheep roam on the pasture that surrounds it. Dressed in a brightly coloured Tibetan robe, Mahzaib Abbasi dances with two Chinese tourists she met a …