Islamabad:In a bid to address its persistent external financing issues, Pakistan has formally requested a supplementary loan of 10 billion yuan (CNY) (approximately USD 1.4 billion) from China. The announcement was made on Saturday, underscoring the fiscal pressures the nation continues to face, the Express Tribune reported. During a meeting with China’s Vice Minister of…
Pakistan’s traditional matchmakers play a central role in moulding daughters into potential brides, but marriage apps are offering women a new route to finding a husband. “When I saw my colleague happy after being married to someone she met online … I thought, since we have tried rishta aunties for four or five years, let’s…
Amid the wars in Ukraine and the Middle East, there is one notable casualty: the nuclear non-proliferation movement. Over the last few years, conflicts in both regions have been shaped by the fact that Russia and Israel possess nuclear weapons but their adversaries in the immediate neighbourhood do not. Russian President Vladimir Putin has used…
India and China have announced that they have reached an agreement on patrolling their common border after more than four years of tension. Can this boost trade and investment flow between the two economic powers? Mint explains: How significant is the border pact? It is a first step towards rebuilding their relationship which took a…
Rawalpindi: Pakistan’s traditional matchmakers play a revered role in moulding daughters into potential brides, but marriage apps marketing themselves as halal are offering women a new route to finding a husband. “When I saw my colleague happy after being married to someone she met online… I thought, since we have tried rishta aunties for four…
The following story has been selected by AFP’s chief editors for re-publication as one of the best of the week Pakistan’s traditional matchmakers play a revered role in moulding daughters into potential brides, but marriage apps marketing themselves as halal are offering women a new route to finding a husband. “When I saw my colleague…
The US announced on Monday it was adding six Chinese companies to an export blacklist for supporting the development of Iran’s weapons of mass destruction as well as the modernisation of China’s military. “We will continue to cut off entities that seek to evade our controls and act contrary to US national security,” said Thea…
Pakistan’s traditional matchmakers play a revered role in moulding daughters into potential brides, but marriage apps marketing themselves as halal are offering women a new route to finding a husband. “When I saw my colleague happy after being married to someone she met online… I thought, since we have tried rishta aunties for four or…
ISLAMABAD — Chinese Premier Li Qiang began a four-day visit to Pakistan on Monday under tight security for bilateral talks and to attend the heads of government meeting of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) hosted in Islamabad this week. Pakistan is on high alert after a recent increase in deadly insurgent attacks nationwide, including a…
Islamabad: Pakistan’s use of the death penalty is among the harshest in the world, accounting for 26 per cent of the global death row population, according to data released by a non-profit group on Thursday. A total of 6,161 prisoners were on death row in 2024, up from the 6,039 reported in 2023, legal action…