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ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister’s Coordinator on Climate Change Romina Khurshid Alam has announced that the government is fully committed to the socio-economic development of mountain communities. She made this statement during a news conference held in Islamabad. According to Radio Pakistan, a new research study titled “The new inventory of 13,032

Islamabad: NEPRA has announced a significant reduction in electricity prices. It has notified a Rs 1.28 per unit reduction in the power tariff in the fuel cost adjustment (FCA) for the month of September under a monthly mechanism. According to Radio Pakistan, this reduction will be applicable to all consumers

Pakistan: Pakistan welcomes the latest report of the UN Special Rapporteur on Palestine, Francesca Albanese, calling out Israel for pushing through a systemic agenda of forced displacement and inhalation and genocide in Gaza and the West Bank. According to Radio Pakistan, responding to a question at her weekly news briefing

Karachi: The government is continuing its crackdown against smuggling. During the last week, security forces and law enforcement agencies seized 375 metric tons of fertilizer, 34 metric tons of flour, 6,800 cigarette stocks, 465 rolls of cloth, and 240,000 liters of Iranian oil. According to Radio Pakistan, the law enforcement

Islamabad: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif has stressed the need to further deepen cooperation between Pakistan and Turkiye in trade, investment, and defence. He was speaking with Turkiye Ambassador Irfan Neziroglu, who called on him in Islamabad today. According to Radio Pakistan, the Prime Minister expressed satisfaction over the growing bilateral

Islamabad: Interior Minister Mohsin Naqvi has expressed Pakistan’s commitment to ensure justice and enhancing security for Chinese nationals working in the country. He was talking to Chinese Ambassador Jiang Zaidong during his visit to the Chinese Embassy in Islamabad following an incident in Karachi where two Chinese nationals were injured

Islamabad: Minister for Finance and Revenue Muhammad Aurangzeb has expressed the government’s commitment to advancing its reforms agenda to maintain the macro-economic stability achieved over the past fourteen months. He made these remarks during a meeting with the outgoing Japanese Ambassador to Pakistan, Mitsuhira Wada, in Islamabad. According to Radio

United Nations: Pakistan has strongly condemned Israel’s attempts to dismantle the operations of the UN relief agency for Palestinian refugees (UNRWA), terming it a part of Israel’s genocidal campaign against the Palestinians. Speaking at the UN General Assembly meeting, the Acting Permanent Representative of Pakistan to the United Nations, Ambassador