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Pakistan, Indonesia reaffirm defence cooperation
Business Recorder
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July 16, 2025
RAWALPINDI: Indonesia’s Minister of Defence, Lieutenant General (r) Sjafrie Sjamsoeddin, on Tuesday led a delegation including officials from various services and intelligence agencies to General Headquarters, where he met Pakistan’s Chief of Army...
Keeping a channel open with Pakistan is the only way to prevent third-party intervention: Lt General D.S. Hooda
Frontline - The Hindu
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July 16, 2025
Two months since Operation Sindoor, the sounds of this four-day conflict with Pakistan continue reverberating. What emerges repeatedly is that China and Turkey helped Pakistan—not just with weapons, but likely real-time intelligence. This while...
PM Shehbaz calls resumption of Pakistan-UK flights a milestone
Daily Times
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July 16, 2025
Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif has welcomed the resumption of national airline flights between Pakistan and the United Kingdom, calling it a significant milestone for both countries. The UK Air Safety Board’s decision to lift the ban on Pakistani...
Unlocking Global Growth: How Payoneer Empowers Pakistan’s SMBs to Thrive in Digital Ecosystem
PhoneWorld
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July 16, 2025
With over 30 years of experience in digital payments, Nagesh Devata, Senior Vice President at Payoneer for the Asia-Pacific region, shares insights into supporting small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs) in Pakistan and beyond. Pakistan’s SMB...
Tax-fueled chaos in Pakistan
Chitral News
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July 16, 2025
.. by Dr. Farrukh Saleem The government of Pakistan is in the business of buying and selling electricity. It has so far lost Rs2.4 trillion in this business. The government of Pakistan is in the business of buying and selling wheat. The Pakistan...
Adnoc transfers stake in Austrian energy company OMV to XRG
The National News
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Adnoc plans to transfer its 24.9 per cent stake in Austrian energy company OMV to its international investment entity XRG, as the Abu Dhabi company seeks to consolidate its global investments under the unit. “Adnoc remains committed to its...
Chinese FM meets Pakistani deputy PM
Xinhua News Agency
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TIANJIN, July 16 (Xinhua) -- Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi met with Pakistani Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Mohammad Ishaq Dar in north China's Tianjin on Wednesday. Wang, also a member of the Political Bureau of the Communist...
Pakistan’s power sector held captive, now there are signs of breaking loose
Business Recorder
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July 16, 2025
In Pakistan’s complicated energy sector maze, a quiet battle has had the government and industries engaged, one that pits the struggling national grid against captive power plants (CPP). The arrangement came under scrutiny by the International...
Imperial Ventures plans to import 50,000 kg Pakistani mangoes
Associated Press of Pakistan
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July 16, 2025
- Advertisement - BEIJING, July 16 (APP):Imperial Ventures plans to import approximately 50,000 kilograms of mangoes from Pakistan to China this year, generating over US$200,000 in business, according to the company’s Director, Adnan Hafeez. He...
Pakistan, Afghanistan trade hits $1b in first half of 2025
The Express Tribune
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July 15, 2025
Listen to article Due to Kabul’s assurances to Islamabad on the TTP and other key issues, trade between the two sides has reached $1 billion in the first six months of 2025. The latest report published by the Afghan Ministry of Commerce shows...
UK lifts five-year ban on Pakistani airlines
Deutsche Welle
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July 16, 2025
Britain on Wednesday lifted a five-year ban on Pakistani airlines, allowing carriers to apply to resume flights to the UK after significant improvements in aviation safety standards. The ban was imposed in 2020, just days after a revelation that...
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Who is Reham Khan, Imran Khan’s former wife, who has launched new political party in Pakistan?
Firstpost
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July 16, 2025
Pakistan has multiple political parties, spanning a spectrum of ideologies. There’s the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N), Imran Khan’s Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI), the Bilawal Bhutto-led Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) and many more. Now, you...
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Pakistan in polio grip: Lab tests find virus in 20 districts, 13 cases officially reported in 2025
Firstpost
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July 15, 2025
Pakistan is staring at a health crisis after authorities found the poliovirus in 20 districts in samples collected from sewage. The findings have raised an alarm in the country with 13 confirmed cases so far this year. A report by ARY News that...
Rain reimagined: could monsoons be the answer to Pakistan’s water problems?
Business Recorder
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July 16, 2025
In Pakistan, where flooding devastates some regions while drought cripples others, rainwater harvesting is an uptapped lifeline that could turn the monsoon season from a nuisance to a resource. Rainwater harvesting is the collection and storage of...
Pakistan–Afghanistan trade crosses $1 billion in H1 2025 amid cautious optimism
Profit by Pakistan Today
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July 15, 2025
Bilateral trade between Pakistan and Afghanistan has surged past $1 billion in the first half of 2025, driven by recent diplomatic engagements and Kabul’s renewed commitments on counterterrorism, particularly regarding the Tehrik-i-Taliban...
Chicken Meat price hits Rs620 per kg in Lahore, parts of Punjab
Daily Pakistan
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July 16, 2025
LAHORE – Chicken meat prices continue to surge in Lahore, as shop owners are openly defying official rate list issued by authorities. Citizens are expressing concern over unchecked inflation in poultry prices, which is impacting household budgets...
UK removes flight ban on Pakistan
Business Recorder
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July 16, 2025
In a major development for the country’s aviation sector, the UK’s Air Safety Committee, following air safety improvements, has lifted its restrictions on Pakistani carriers. Individual airline carriers will still need to apply for permits to...
FPCCI VP welcomes agreement signed between Pakistan, UK
Business Recorder
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July 15, 2025
KARACHI: Vice President of the Federation of Pakistan Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FPCCI), Muhammad Aman Paracha has emphasized that strengthening trade relations with the UK could offer Pakistan and its industries a valuable alternative...
Outsourced power: how aid agencies engineered Pakistan’s energy bureaucracy?—I
Business Recorder
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July 16, 2025
In Pakistan’s power sector, aid doesn’t just fund wires and transformers—it writes policy, births institutions, and designs governance frameworks. From WAPDA’s unbundling to today’s regional micro-hydro initiatives, foreign donors and multilateral...
The myth of 'good woman' in Pakistan
GEO TV
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July 16, 2025
It appears, at least to our moral gatekeepers, that there are no good women left in Pakistan. And so, perhaps understandably, people celebrate their deaths, leave their decaying bodies unclaimed, and repurpose their broken corpses as stark...