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By Manish Rai FIFA world cup is currently going on in Qatar, which indeed is the first Arab and Muslim country to host this global megaevent. Although Qatar is a country of just three million mostly expatriates from South Asia but it will welcome around three million visitors for a month. An estimated five billion worldwide will watch the games. But this world cup is likely to be the most controversial soccer tournament in FIFA’s history. Even before this global sports event could see the light of day, it was caught in the storm of several controversies. As the tiny…

WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Biden Administration recently wrapped up one of their busiest seasons of international diplomacy to date, which included the global COP27 climate summit and the U.S. President’s first meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping in nearly two years. While the 200 nations assembled at COP27 were able to reach a compromise on planned climate damage reparations for lower-resourced and lower-emitting nations, plans to put the globe on track to lower emissions remained inchoate. Meanwhile, experts remain concerned that the Biden Administration’s commendable efforts to broker climate-related compromises may be insufficient. China was virtually tied for top importer…

By Mustansar Klasra The chronicles of IDEAS series is one of the continued successes, with IDEAS-2022 as the most consequential in history of the exhibition industry of Pakistan. International Defence Exhibition and Seminar is a defence exhibition, organized by Defence Export Promotion Organization (DEPO), Ministry of Defence Production, Pakistan. IDEAS 2022, being the most strategically important event of the region, once again brought together all the industry’s players across the globe to showcase latest technological innovations. The 4 days of exhibition were exclusively for trade visitors and high official defence delegates including participants from Academia.11th Edition of International…

Prime Minister Shahbaz Sharif has appointed Lt. General Asim Munir as new chief of Pakistan’s powerful army. Lt. General Tahir Shamshad has been picked as Chairman Joint Chiefs of Staff Committee. The announcement was made by federal information Minister Maryam Aurangzeb on Saturday following weeks of intense speculation and rumours. The appointment of the chief of army staff, most powerful man in Pakistan, has been doing the rounds in country’s power corridors for long. However, Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Thursday chose Lt Gen Asim Munir as the new chief of army staff (COAS) putting the rumours and speculations to…

Following Saudi Arabia crushing Argentine and Japan thrashing Germany in their opening matches at FIFA World Cup 2022 in Qatar, eyes are set on today’s match to be played between Portugal and Ghana. With Argentina having lost their opener versus Saudi Arabia and Germany losing match against Japan, the pressure would be on Portugal to see if they have the same fate when they take on Ghana on Thursday. No Regardless of the outcome of Today’s match of group H Portuguese star Ronaldo will add another feather to his cap. In the game against Ghana, Ronaldo would join an elite…

The National Assembly’s Standing Committee on Commerce Wednesday unanimously approved two bills-Trade Dispute Resolution Bill, 2022 and Trade Organization (Amendment) Bill 2022. During the meeting, it was informed that due to the absence of a proper trade dispute resolution system, the ranking of Pakistan in the Ease of Doing Business (EODB) Index of the World Bank was being adversely affected. “For the first time in the history of the country, if the draft law is passed, exporters would be able to file claims or complaints in Pakistan against their foreign respondent, Secretary Commerce Muhammad Sualeh Ahmed told the meeting,” a…

Following complaint of the Managing Director of the Utility Stores Corporation of Pakistan, Islamabad Capital Territory Police arrested an impostor pretending to be  a Brigadier of ISI, from Islamabad’s Red Zone. “The Islamabad Capital Territory (ICT) Police has taken an impostor into custody a man who pretended to be a Brigadier working for the country’s top intelligence agency, ISI. The suspect was identified as Muhammad Nawaz, pretended to be an ISI Brigadier and pressurized the Managing Director (MD) of Utility Stores Corporation (USC), Muhammad Ali Aamir, to make suspicious transfers and postings of the staff. The Police Station Secretariat arrested…

Pakistan and Islamic Emirates of Afghanistan have signed memorandum of Understanding to extend cooperation in heath sector of Afghanistan. Authorities of two countries Jointly chaired an extraordinary meeting of Afghanistan Inter-governmental Coordination Cell (AICC) with Dr Qalandar Ibad, Afghan Minister for Public Health in Islamabad on Saturday.  The meeting discussed cooperation being extended by Pakistan for people of Afghanistan in health sector. Pakistan had built three modern hospitals in Afghanistan: Muhammad Ali Jinnah Hospital in Kabul, Nishtar Kidney Center in Jalalabad and Amnanullah Logari Hospital in Logar. Pakistan has agreed to extend financial support for smooth operations of these hospitals…

The US State Department reiterated that the US had never attempted to topple Imran Khan’s government in Pakistan. “As we’ve previously said, there has – there is not and there has never been a truth to these allegations, but I don’t have anything additional to offer,” Mr. Patel , the spokesperson of the US State Department told journalists during Weekly press briefing held on November 16, 2022. He was responding to a question asked by ARY’s Jahanzeb Ali who asked the State Department’s Spokesperson Mr. Patel for his comments following former Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan finally backing out of…

The Federal Minister for Climate Change Senator Sherry Rehman called for the commitments on loss and damage and adaptation, in this COP to move faster than the speed of the glaciers melting in Pakistan. “By the time the funds come to us, our climate needs change faster than the pace of funds released. From disaster recovery to resilient future, the missing link is finance and it’s dispersion, making sure that it reaches those who literally have to keep their heads above water,” Sherry said. “As we navigate the finish line of intense negotiations at COP27, one thing is clear:…