WASHINGTON: America is “no longer a world power” and Pakistan would move towards China and Russia if its views on Kashmir and India are not considered, Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif’s envoys have said here. “(The) US is no longer a world power. It is a declining power. Forget about it,” Special Kashmir Envoy of Sharif, […]
Chair of the European Parliament’s Monitoring Group for trade in South Asia, Sajjad Karim MEP, today welcomed the release of the European Commission’s report on the current status of the GSP+ (Generalised Scheme of Preferences) that Pakistan subscribes to.Speaking in Brussels, he acknowledged that progress had been made by Pakistan in many areas, including […]
Former PM makes the confession after 12 years of refusing to apologise Blair says he is sorry for his conduct which has now led to ‘hell’ in Iraq Says there is an element of truth that the war caused the rise of ISIS Comes after Lord Blunkett revealed he had challenged Blair about the war […]
Conservative Legal Affairs Spokesman in the European Parliament, Sajjad Karim, has used his annual report on subsidiarity to push for a greater role for national parliaments in the EU’s law-making process. Subsidiarity is a key principle of EU law-making and aims to ensure that decisions are taken at the correct level, whether European, national or […]
The ban – imposed five years ago – was formally removed by the EU after the Pakistani government pursued a tactic of strong “trade diplomacy”. Its withdrawal has been billed as a huge economic & diplomatic success of the regime’s trade experts. In March this year, Pakistan filed a case of unfair trade practices to […]
Speaking in Brussels to the Committee on International Trade (INTA) during a special hearing on the implementation of the “Sustainability Compact” in Bangladesh, he stated that the EU should start preparing for the country to move away from the Everything-But-Arms (EBA) qualification and towards the GSP+ trade status. Addressing the committee as Chair of the […]
پاکستان امن تحریک کے چئیرمین عابد قریشی نے کہا ہے کہ اگر چین سمیت دیگر ترقی یافتہ اور خوشحال ملکوں کی طرح ترقی کرنی ہے تو ترقی یافتہ ملکوں کی طرح اپنا قانون مضبوط بنانے اور ملک سے ذاتی مفادات کرپشن وکرپٹ لیڈرشپ،سستی،کاہلی،ملاوٹ،بدیانتی ،ناانصافی ختم کرنا ہوگی اورعدلیہ،ایف بی آر،الیکشن کمیشن سمیت قومی اداروں کو خود […]
Stocks extended their rally owing to the rise of oil prices in the international market, as the KSE-100 index gained more than 200 points or 0.6 per cent on Wednesday. Moreover, the corporate financial results have also begun coming in showing positive results in most cases. Both factors combined result in the high trading activity […]
The atlas will guide the management changes for sustainable intensification, said FAO’s representative in Pakistan, Patrick Evans during a symposium on ‘public-private partnership to manage soil fertility in Pakistan’ on Tuesday. “The results of the exercise will consequently lead to application of balanced inputs and ‘4R’: Right fertiliser at the Right rate at the Right […]
Out of total arrivals of 14,436,202 bales, 14.34m bales have undergone the ginning process, said a fortnightly report issued by Pakistan Cotton Ginners Association (PCGA) on Tuesday. Arrivals in Punjab were recorded at 10.5m bales, around 12pc higher than last year. Arrivals in Sindh were recorded at 3.93m bales, a surge of 5.27pc. Exporters have […]
