Mitsuhiro, Japan’s WADA Ambassador, met with Pakistan Air Force Chief of Staff Air Chief Marshal Zaheer Ahmed Baber Sidhu on Thursday. According to a Pakistan Air Force press release, the visiting dignitary praised PAF personnel’s professionalism as well as the PAF’s exceptional progress over the years, particularly through indigenization. TheRead More →

Today, three federal ministers and one state minister will take their oaths of office, further enlarging the federal cabinet (Friday). Mian Javed Latif of the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N), Agha Hassan Baloch, and Hashim Notezai of the Balochistan National Party-Mengal are expected to join Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif’s cabinet today,Read More →

HAVANA, Cuba – On Thursday, Russia donated nearly 20,000 tonnes of wheat to political ally Cuba, a welcome gift for the Caribbean island nation, which is suffering from soaring global grain prices as a result of the Ukraine conflict. Russian Ambassador to Cuba Andrei Guskov stated at a ceremony thatRead More →

Former President Asif Ali Zardari and Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif’s efforts bore fruit on Thursday when the Balochistan Awami Party-Mengal (BNP-M) agreed to join the federal cabinet. Agha Hassan Baloch will be named Federal Minister for Science and Technology, while Hashim Notezai will be appointed Minister of State for Energy,Read More →

LONDON (AFP) — Gun salutes will be fired on Thursday to mark Queen Elizabeth II’s 96th birthday, but the monarch is expected to be inconspicuous about the occasion. The United Kingdom’s royal family has had a rough year, with concerns about the queen’s health and uncertainty over the monarchy’s future.Read More →

On Wednesday, Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif appointed Syed Tariq Fatemi as his special assistant for foreign affairs. “The prime minister has been pleased to appoint Syed Tariq Fatemi as special assistant to the prime minister on foreign affairs, with immediate effect, in accordance with Rule 4 (6) of the RulesRead More →

On Wednesday, the Federal Cabinet removed Finance Minister Miftah Ismail from the Exit Control List (ECL). Following the meeting, Miftah Ismail stated that the fiscal deficit averaged 1,600 billion rupees per year during the previous government of the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz, while the Imran Khan-led government increased this figure toRead More →