by Omer Farooq Khan in Times of India, Sept 27, 2023ISLAMABAD: Beijing has turned down several of Islamabad’s proposals related to direct investments in multiple sectors under the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC), including energy, tourism, water management and climate change, minutes of a key panel meeting indicate. The signed minutes of the CPEC’s Joint Cooperation Committee (JCC) bring to fore the formidable challenges both sides face in deepening economic ties. The JCC meet was held…
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by Shahbaz Rana in The Express Tribune, Sept 27, 2023ISLAMABAD: Pakistan has decided to further beef up security to safeguard the commercial interests of China after both the sides acknowledged a challenging security situation being faced by the strategic ally’s citizens, projects and institutions in the country. Islamabad and Beijing have agreed to further deepen their cooperation in the security horizon as well as to jointly defeat any conspiracies sabotaging the friendship and amicable cooperation…
report by Turkey’s Anadolu Agency in Daily Times, Sept 27, 2023Pakistan lost 21 soldiers and killed 36 militants in September, including three militants who were killed in Pakistan’s northwestern Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province on Tuesday, data withAnadolu shows. According to a statement by Pakistan’s army, an intense fire exchange took place between the security forces and the militants in the Tirah area of the Khyber District near the Afghanistan border that resulted in the killing of…
report in TOLOnews, Sept 27, 2023 at 8:45 PMFollowing reports about the detention and mistreatment of Afghan immigrants in Pakistan by the Pakistani police, the Islamic Emirate’s spokesman Zabiullah Mujahid said that they have discussed the issue with Pakistani officials. Mujahid said that Pakistani officials pledged that they would not harass Afghan immigrants. “We have protested both through the embassy and the institutions and the delegation who came. They promised that this situation will change.…
by Atika Rehman in Dawn, Sept 25th, 2023LONDON: Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) leader Malik Ahmed Khan, who is visiting London, criticised the Supreme Court’s decision regarding amendments to the National Accountability Ordinance, terming the law “destructive for Pakistan”. Mr Ahmed, who is here on a personal visit and is staying at The Churchill hotel in central London where interim Prime Minister Anwaarul Haq Kakar is also staying, said the two had not met and that…
By Nazir Shinwari in TOLOnews, Sept 24, 2023 at 9:51 PMThe consul of the Islamic Emirate in Karachi, Abdul Jabar Takhari, said that hundreds of Afghan refugees have been detained over the last 15 days. Takhari said that the detentions of the Afghan refugees by the Pakistani police is continuing. He called on the Pakistani government to stop detentions of registered refugees of Afghanistan. “The process of detaining Afghans has been continuing by Pakistan’s police.…
By Munawar Hasan in The News, September 23, 2023LAHORE: Work on Pakistan-Iran gas pipeline has already started, and we are ready to fully explore the option of importing gas and oil from neighbouring countries, Caretaker Federal Minister for Energy Muhammad Ali said on Friday. “We will explore Iran’s offer to provide natural gas and petroleum products to Pakistan. I met the Iranian ambassador and discussed bilateral energy issues earlier. To respond to the new offer…
By Tanveer Malik in The News, September 23, 2023KARACHI: Pakistan will hold talks with Russia next month on a long-term arrangement for importing Russian crude oil, as the country seeks to diversify its energy sources and cope with high prices of petroleum products. A high-level delegation will attend an energy conference in Russia from Oct. 10 to Oct. 12, and meet with Russian officials on the sidelines to discuss energy cooperation, sources told The News…
report in The Express Tribune, Sept 23, 2023Preparing to set foot in his homeland and apparently ensuring a zero-risk environment for himself, PML-N supremo Nawaz Sharif on Friday demanded that the “conspirators” who orchestrated the downfall of his government in 2017 must face legal consequences, asserting that the country’s progress would remain hindered unless they were held accountable. In an attempt to build up momentum for Nawaz’s return to Pakistan from London on Oct 21,…
By Tanveer Malik in The News, September 23, 2023KARACHI: Pakistan will hold talks with Russia next month on a long-term arrangement for importing Russian crude oil, as the country seeks to diversify its energy sources and cope with high prices of petroleum products. A high-level delegation will attend an energy conference in Russia from Oct. 10 to Oct. 12, and meet with Russian officials on the sidelines to discuss energy cooperation, sources told The News…
report in The Express Tribune, Sept 23, 2023Preparing to set foot in his homeland and apparently ensuring a zero-risk environment for himself, PML-N supremo Nawaz Sharif on Friday demanded that the “conspirators” who orchestrated the downfall of his government in 2017 must face legal consequences, asserting that the country’s progress would remain hindered unless they were held accountable. In an attempt to build up momentum for Nawaz’s return to Pakistan from London on Oct 21,…