Pakistan’s diligent and sincere efforts for the transformation of our world into a global village where peace, harmony and mutual respect for the rights and liberties of humanity are accorded top importance, besides ensuring the promotion of global peace, have begun to bear fruit. The ceasefire between Iran and the United States is a glorious […]
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Rising oil prices jolt Pakistan’s fragile economy
Pakistan imports more than 85% of its crude oil from Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates through a single maritime route via the Strait of Hormuz, and the escalating conflict in the region has disrupted that passage, further destabilising the country’s already fragile economy, citing The New York Times. Farmers say they are struggling […]
Maryam criticises PTI govt over rising inflation
Two days after former prime minister Nawaz Sharif returned to Kot Lakhpat prison upon the expiry of his six-week bail, his daughter and Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) Vice President Maryam Nawaz met him inside the prison on Thursday. In a tweet, she said she met her father inside Kot Lakhpat jail and quoted him as […]
The village that keeps rising from the volcanic ashes
Four years after the volcano erupted — razing everything in its path in Cape Verde’s Cha das Caldeiras valley — the floor tiles of the small, rebuilt inn are warm to the touch. “We constructed too quickly on lava that had not yet cooled down,” says hotel owner Marisa Lopes, in her early 30s. “For […]