New Delhi, Nov 5 (IANS) With decades of poor governance, ill-conceived subsidies, and structural inefficiencies, the textile sector in Pakistan -- known to be the country’s single largest export industry -- now stands at the brink of implosion, according to a media report.
Kathmandu, Nov 5 (IANS) Officials of Nepal and India have agreed to enhance cross-border electricity exchange and strengthen transmission infrastructure by expediting work on several existing and planned transmission line projects.
Hyderabad, Nov 5 (IANS) Hyderabad-born Ghazala Hashmi scripted history by winning the Virginia Lt Governor race to become the first Muslim, the first South Asian American, and the first Indian-origin woman to hold the post.
Islamabad, Nov 5 (IANS) The Sindhi nationalist parties will hold protests in Sindh province on November 9 to reiterate their demands for release of the alleged missing persons and express opposition to the extrajudicial killings, local media reported on Wednesday.
Quetta, Nov 5 (IANS) Armed men attacked and set fire to a police station in Kachhi district of Pakistan's Balochistan while unidentified men attacked a check post with hand grenades in the Western Bypass area of Balochistan's capital Quetta, local media reported on Wednesday.
New Delhi, Nov 5 (IANS) Pakistan is confronted with four bleeding wounds, which include the country’s sick economy, political instability, security situation, and ever-growing corruption gripping national life that no government has been able to fix, a media report said.
New Delhi, Nov 5 (IANS) The unemployment rate in Pakistan stands at 7.8 per cent based on the country’s first-ever digital census. This translates to approximately 18.7 million unemployed individuals out of a total population of 241.5 million.
Berlin, Nov 5 (IANS) Shafi Burfat, Chairman of the Jeay Sindh Muttahida Mahaz (JSMM), on Wednesday wrote to the international community, accusing Pakistan of uranium enrichment and nuclear storage in mountainous areas of Sindh province, calling it a threat to global security.
Lisbon, Nov 5 (IANS) India and Portugal held the fifth round of Foreign Office Consultations in Lisbon and reviewed the entire gamut of bilateral relations, including political relations, trade and economic cooperation, cultural ties and people-to-people connect.
Quetta, Nov 5 (IANS) Human rights body Baloch Yakjehti Committee (BYC) slammed Pakistani authorities for placing Baloch political activists and human rights defenders from across Balochistan in the Fourth Schedule of Pakistan's Anti-Terrorism Act (ATA). The rights body described the move as an attempt to end the Baloch public struggle through the use of force.
