Tens of thousands of Afghan refugees who have congregated in Pakistan’s capital region to seek resettlement in other countries are being ordered to move elsewhere in Pakistan by March 31. The refugees have arrived in large numbers in the capital, Islamabad, and in neighboring Rawalpindi because of the embassies and refugee agencies based there. Forcing…
Pakistan President Asif Ali Zardari’s visit to China could not have been better timed, for optics back home. Now in the third week since President Donald Trump’s inauguration, the US is yet to establish any formal contact with Pakistan. Trump has already met with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and is meeting Japanese Prime Minister…
HONG KONG — China and Pakistan will upgrade and reconstruct Pakistan’s railway network and further develop its Gwadar port, while Chinese companies can invest in the South Asian nation’s offshore oil and gas developments, the official Xinhua news agency reported on Thursday. The comments came as Pakistan’s President Asif Ali Zardari visits China from Feb….
Feb 05, 2025 08:33 PM IST Xi said that China and Pakistan enjoy ironclad friendship and are all-weather strategic cooperative partners, official media here reported. China and Pakistan have provided “firm political support” to each other and enjoyed “ironclad” friendship, Chinese President Xi Jinping said here on Wednesday as he held talks with his Pakistan…
BEIJING (AP) — Pakistan’s President Asif Ali Zardari said Wednesday that his country’s friendship with China has “gone through ups and downs” but it won’t be broken down by extremist attacks that have killed Chinese nationals that have killed Chinese nationals. “Pakistan and China will always be friends, all-weather friends,” he said at the opening…
Pakistani President Asif Ali Zardari will start a five-day visit to China on Tuesday, with counterterrorism and economic cooperation expected to top the agenda. “At the invitation of President Xi Jinping, President Asif Ali Zardari of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan will pay a state visit to China from February 4 to 8,” the Chinese…
Hira Anwar, 14, lived in two contrasting worlds in New York, where she was born and raised. Outside her home, she was a typical American teenager, laughing with friends, posting videos on TikTok and dreaming of a boundless future. Inside the home, her reality was very different. Her parents, Pakistani immigrants who had settled in…
Mainland China “needs the support of Hong Kong” as the country looks to establish a squash team that could compete at the 2028 Olympics, the vice-president of the sport’s world governing body has said. David Mui Ying-yuen met Liu Guoyong, deputy director of the General Administration of Sport of China and vice-chairman of the Chinese…
On a day trip to Shenzhen with three friends, Pakistani-Hongkonger Riaz Ahmed Gujjar had hair transplant treatment, dined at a halal restaurant and ordered two custom-made suits. The 65-year-old businessman said Shenzhen’s proximity to Hong Kong, bargain prices and quality service had him going there on day trips almost every week with family and friends….
On a day trip to Shenzhen with three friends, Pakistani-Hongkonger Riaz Ahmed Gujjar had hair transplant treatment, dined at a halal restaurant and ordered two custom-made suits. The 65-year-old businessman said Shenzhen’s proximity to Hong Kong, bargain prices and quality service had him going there on day trips almost every week with family and friends….