Category: International

ISLAMABAD: The United States asked Pakistan on Wednesday about its fallback option in case the International Monetary Fund (IMF) programme ends next week without disbursing the third-to-last loan tranche of $1.2 billion. During a meeting with Finance Minister Ishaq Dar held in the Q Block, Donald Blome, the United States Ambassador, raised the question, according […]

Iranian state media reported Wednesday that as many as 15 people have lost their lives in Alborz province due to drinking poisonous alcohol with 180 others hospitalised, adding that some of the people suffered blindness after consuming bootleg alcohol while others are being treated. Hossein Fazeli Harikandi, the chief justice of the province, told IRNA […]

Former chief justice of Pakistan Jawwad S Khawaja has also challenged the trial of civilians in military courts. A petition filed on behalf of the former CJP in the Supreme Court through lawyer Uzair Chughtai maintains that the trial of civilians by military courts in the presence of civilian courts is unconstitutional, adding such a […]

US President Joe Biden has likened his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping to a dictator, just a day after his top diplomat left Beijing following a visit designed to ease the two countries’ strained ties. Speaking at a Democratic Party fundraiser in northern California on Tuesday, Biden said Xi had been angered over an incident in […]

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan failed to receive any bids for delivery of six cargoes of liquified natural gas (LNG) in October and December in a sign that the country’s energy crisis may worsen this winter. Pakistan LNG Limited (PLL), a government subsidiary responsible for procuring the commodity from the international market, had issued the tender after a […]

TEHRAN: Since the start of the year, Iran has intensified its diplomatic activity, engaging with friends and foes alike as it seeks to reduce its isolation, improve its economy and project strength. Iran’s ultraconservative President Ebrahim Raisi has led the way, swinging through China, Syria and Venezuela, hosting Saudi Arabia’s top diplomat, and reaching out […]

Three international flights took off from the Karachi airport without going through customs procedures, as a result of an ongoing dispute between Customs and the Airport Security Force (ASF). Saudi Airlines Hajj flight SV3701 was among the flights that departed without customs clearance. According to airport sources, ASF personnel stopped a passenger bound for Dubai […]

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi has said that India’s stance on Russia in the Ukraine conflict has not faced widespread criticism in the United States. Asked in an interview with the Wall Street Journal about critical comments in the US for not taking a more forceful stance against Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, Modi said: “I […]

KARACHI: The number of confirmed victims from one of the worst migrant shipwrecks in the Mediterranean rose to 81 Monday after three more bodies were found off southern Greece, as more survivors claimed that the battered trawler had been under tow by another vessel just before it sank with hundreds of people aboard. The new […]

BEIJING: U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken said Monday the United States and China have an obligation to manage their relationship responsibly, and that he told Chinese leaders during meetings in Beijing that direct engagement is the best way to ensure disagreements do not turn into conflict. Speaking to reporters in Beijing, Blinken said he […]