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Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif says it is his personal interest and commitment to building economic zones in Pakistan, particularly in Balochistan and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. He was speaking during a visit to the Rashakai Special Economic…

Minister for Planning Ahsan Iqbal has caused an uproar on Twitter following his suggestion to fellow countrymen to cut down on chai consumption as part of the effort to reduce a rising import bill. The appeal from the senior minister came…

Samantha Cristoforetti holds the record for longest uninterrupted spaceflight by a European astronaut - but you may know her for another bit of history. She is the first person to make a TikTok video on board the…

Fiji has told an Asian security summit that climate change is a bigger threat to the Pacific than military tensions. "Machine guns, fighter jets... are not our primary security concern. The single greatest threat to our very…

A total of 166 Covid infections in China have been linked to a single bar in the capital Beijing, officials say. A government spokesman described the outbreak as "ferocious". All residents living in the area where…

In view of the high dollar demand for import payments ahead of fiscal year-end, traders say that the local currency is expected to remain on the back foot in the next week. The local currency was volatile, having swung between 200.06 to…

Foreign Minister Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari on Sunday announced that he has recently had a discussion with the Secretary-General of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) Hissein Brahim Taha regarding the persecution of Muslims in India.…

The Shehbaz Sharif-led coalition government is unveiling the “toughest” federal budget for the next fiscal year 2022-23 in the National Assembly with an outlay of Rs9.5 trillion amid strict conditions of the International Monetary Fund…

Cancer growth research has gained substantial headway and new acknowledgements are starting to be made. For example, the discovery (development) of immune checkpoint inhibition mechanisms in cancer cells has benefited many cancer…

An AI-designed ship just crossed the Atlantic Ocean to recreate Mayflower’s historic journey across the ocean 400 years ago. The Mayflower Autonomous Ship (MAS) sailed 2,700 miles from Plymouth in the UK to Halifax in Nova Scotia,…