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2 days ago | 
arab.news | Ismail Dilawar |Naimat Khan |Saima Shabbir
KARACHI: Pakistan’s Finance Minister Muhammad Aurangzeb on Thursday stressed operationalizing a framework to harness blockchain and crypto technologies’ economic potential and to fast-track their approval process, the Finance Division said amid Islamabad’s push to adopt digital assets. Islamabad established the Pakistan Crypto Council (PCC) in March to help guide national policy on blockchain, digital currencies and crypto-related investments.
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2 days ago | 
arab.news | Saima Shabbir |Usama Iqbal Khawaja |Ismail Dilawar |Hasaan Ali Khan
ISLAMABAD: Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif departed on Thursday on a two-day official visit to Saudi Arabia at the invitation of Crown Prince and Prime Minister Mohammed bin Salman to strengthen bilateral relations between the two longstanding allies, the premier’s office said. During his stay on June 5 and 6, Sharif will celebrate Eid Al-Adha in the Kingdom and hold a bilateral meeting with Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman.
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2 days ago | 
arab.news | Naimat Khan |Uroosa Jadoon |Ismail Dilawar |Saima Shabbir
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan was appointed vice chair of the United Nations Security Council’s Counter-Terrorism Committee on Wednesday, a move its officials described as international recognition of the country’s efforts to combat militancy and engage constructively within the UN system. The committee, established in the aftermath of the September 11 attacks through Resolution 1373, monitors how UN member states implement counterterrorism measures.
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2 days ago | 
arab.news | Naimat Khan |Uroosa Jadoon |Ismail Dilawar |Saima Shabbir
ISLAMABAD: The United States on Wednesday praised Pakistan’s leadership for helping broker a ceasefire with India and deepening counterterrorism cooperation, saying such efforts had made both nations and the wider region more secure. The comments were made by US Chargé d’Affaires Natalie Baker at her country’s Independence Day reception in Islamabad.
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2 days ago | 
arab.news | Ismail Dilawar |Saima Shabbir |Shahjahan Khurram |Hasaan Ali Khan
KARACHI: Pakistan is seeking the International Monetary Fund’s (IMF) approval to supply surplus power to the industrial and agriculture sectors at an unsubsidized tariff of seven to 7.5 cents per unit, the country’s power minister, Awais Leghari, said, according to an official statement on Wednesday.
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3 days ago | 
arab.news | Hasaan Ali Khan |Naimat Khan |Saima Shabbir
Pakistan, UK discuss strengthening cooperation in railways sector /node/2603385/pakistan June 04, 2025 20:16 Pakistan, UK discuss strengthening cooperation in railways sector Pakistan Railways Minister Hanif Abbasi meets British High Commissioner Jane Marriott in Islamabad Pakistan’s railway sector faces several challenges which caused train derailments, fatal accidents ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s Railways Minister Hanif Abbasi and British High Commissioner Jane Marriott on Wednesday discussed...
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3 days ago | 
arab.news | Kashif Imran |Saima Shabbir |Hasaan Ali Khan
ISLAMABAD: Hundreds of thousands of pilgrims, including Pakistanis, have started arriving at Mina, marking the beginning of annual Hajj rituals in the Saudi holy city of Makkah. Nearly 89,000 Pakistanis have traveled to Saudi Arabia under the government’s Hajj scheme and over 23,620 Pakistanis are performing Hajj through private tour operators.
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4 days ago | 
arab.news | Kashif Imran |Saima Shabbir |Hasaan Ali Khan
ISLAMABAD: A top Pakistani representative on Tuesday told journalists at the United Nations (UN) that Pakistan had nothing to do with an April attack in Indian-administered Kashmir that sparked a four-day military conflict between the neighbors, reiterating Islamabad’s offer to cooperate with New Delhi on militancy and other issues under a “comprehensive dialogue.” Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari, a former Pakistani foreign minister, has been leading a nine-member parliamentary delegation, constituted...
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4 days ago | 
arab.news | Saima Shabbir |Hasaan Ali Khan
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan and Uzbekistan have agreed to formulate a joint strategy for the completion of the Uzbekistan-Afghanistan-Pakistan (UAP) railway project, Pakistani state media reported, amid Islamabad’s efforts to open new regional trade avenues.
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4 days ago | 
arab.news | Saima Shabbir |Hasaan Ali Khan |Ismail Dilawar
LAGOS/JOHANNESBURG/MANILA: At a tense meeting in Nigeria’s capital Abuja, health workers poured over drug registers and testing records to gauge whether US aid cuts would unravel years of painstaking work against tuberculosis in one of Africa’s hardest hit countries. For several days in May, they brainstormed ways to limit the fallout from a halt to US funding for the TB Local Network (TB LON), which delivers screening, diagnosis and treatment.
