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Pakistan to send 1,000 students to China for agriculture training, announces PM Sharif

Posted byAseem Chaudhary on09/06/2024 - 11:30
Shehbaz Sharif

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif has announced sending as many as 1,000 students of the country to China for advanced training in the agriculture sector as it strives to increase output, according to a media report on Sunday.

The premier, who concluded his five-day official visit to China, made the announcement during a visit to Yangling Agricultural Demonstration Base in Xi’an city on Saturday, Radio Pakistan reported.

Pakistan and IMF disagree over new income tax rates that will burden salaried class

Posted byAseem Chaudhary on09/06/2024 - 11:20
International Monetary Fund

ISLAMABAD: Talks between Pakistan and the IMF have ended inconclusively due to a disagreement over new income tax rates for salaried and non-salaried persons and the imposition of a standard 18 per cent sales tax on agriculture and health sector goods, according to a media report on Sunday.

On Friday, Pakistan and the International Monetary Fund (IMF) authorities discussed the outstanding issues related to taxation and the energy sector.

Pakistani high court orders de-sealing of Imran Khan's party office in Islamabad
Imran Khan
Aseem Chaudhary 04/06/2024 - 09:22

ISLAMABAD: A top court here on Tuesday ordered authorities to de-seal the central office of jailed former prime minister Imran Khan's Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) party, nearly two weeks after it was shut down.

The Capital Development Authority (CDA) on May 24 raided the PTI office in Islamabad and closed the building, alleging that it was built by violating laws.

The party had challenged the action in the Islamabad High Court where Justice Saman Rizvi on Monday reserved judgement after concluding the hearing.

Pakistan: Sino-Pak relations 'unshakable', says PM Sharif as he embarks on China visit
Shehbaz Sharif
Aseem Chaudhary 04/06/2024 - 09:20

ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Tuesday emphasised that Pakistan's all-weather relationship with China was "unshakable" as he embarked on a five-day official visit to Beijing to further bolster bilateral ties and to launch the second phase of the multi-billion dollar CPEC projects in his country.

Sharif will be in China from June 4 to 8 at the invitation of Chinese President Xi Jinping.

Pakistan: No verdict on appeals against conviction of Imran Khan and his wife in illegal marriage case as judge recuses himself
Imran Khan
Aseem Chaudhary 29/05/2024 - 12:19

ISLAMABAD: A Pakistan court on Wednesday did not announce its verdict on the appeals against the conviction of jailed former premier Imran Khan and his wife Bushra Bibi in the illegal marriage case after the judge recused himself.

Khan, 71, and Bibi, 49, were sentenced to seven years in prison each on February 3 by a trial court for contracting the marriage during iddat, a mandatory period for a woman in Islam to wait before a second marriage after the death of her husband or divorce.

Pakistan's top judge says interference of executive in judicial affairs intolerable

Posted byAseem Chaudhary on29/03/2024 - 09:02
Qazi Faez Isa

Islamabad, Mar 28 (PTI) Pakistan's Chief Justice Qazi Faez Isa Thursday said that “interference" by the executive in the affairs and judicial workings of judges will not be tolerated as the government announced a formal probe into the explosive allegations by the high court judges about the powerful intelligence agencies meddling in their affairs.

Enemies of Pak-China friendship responsible for terror attack that saw five Chinese killed: Pakistan

Posted byAseem Chaudhary on28/03/2024 - 11:35
Mumtaz Zahra Baloch

Islamabad, Mar 28 (PTI) Pakistan on Thursday said that the “enemies” of its friendship with China were responsible for the "heinous" terrorist attack which killed five Chinese nationals and vowed to bring the perpetrators to justice.

No change in trade policy with India: Pakistan
Ishaq-Dar
Aseem Chaudhary 28/03/2024 - 11:29

Islamabad, Mar 28 (PTI) Pakistan on Thursday clarified that it has no plan to resume trade relations with India which has been "non-existent" since 2019 after the Indian government abrogated Article 370 of the Constitution to revoke the special status of Jammu and Kashmir.

The clarification from Pakistan's Foreign Office comes days after the new Foreign Minister Ishaq Dar said in London that Pakistan will seriously consider restoring trade ties with India that have remained suspended since August 2019.

Pakistan to 'seriously' consider restoring trade ties with India: Foreign Minister Dar
Ishaq-Dar
Aseem Chaudhary 24/03/2024 - 11:35

Islamabad, Mar 24 (PTI) Pakistan will “seriously” consider restoring trade ties with India that remained suspended since August 2019, Foreign Minister Muhammad Ishaq Dar has said, indicating a potential shift in diplomatic stance towards the neighbouring nation.

Dar made these remarks during a press conference in London following his participation in the Nuclear Energy Summit in Brussels, Geo News reported.

He highlighted the eagerness of cash-strapped Pakistan's business community to resume trade activities with India.

Imran Khan approaches Supreme Court; seeks judicial commission probe into Feb polls

Posted byAseem Chaudhary on20/03/2024 - 12:06
Imran Khan

Islamabad, Mar 20 (PTI) Pakistan's jailed former prime minister Imran Khan on Wednesday approached the Supreme Court to form a judicial commission comprising serving judges to probe the authenticity of last month's elections marred by allegations of rigging.

The general elections were held on February 8 but Khan's Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf refused to accept the outcome by alleging that the results were manipulated.

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