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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 | Usama Iqbal Khawaja |Ismail Dilawar |Hasaan Ali Khan |Naimat Khan
ISLAMABAD: Around 450 prisoners in Pakistan’s populous Punjab province have been granted a special 90-day remission in their sentences ahead of Eid Al-Adha, the Punjab government announced on Thursday. Pakistani leaders traditionally announce sentence remissions for prisoners on religious festivals and other special occasions like Independence Day.
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4 days ago | 
arab.news | Hasaan Ali Khan |Ismail Dilawar |Usama Iqbal Khawaja
Pakistan champions SCO Development Bank plan to drive regional economic integration /node/2603208/pakistan June 03, 2025 14:44 Pakistan champions SCO Development Bank plan to drive regional economic integration The finance minister virtually addresses SCO meeting in Beijing due to ongoing annual budget preparations Muhammad Aurangzeb welcomes the operational launch of the SCO’s network of financial think tanks KARACHI: Pakistan’s finance chief Muhammad Aurangzeb highlighted his country’s...
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4 days ago | 
arab.news | Ismail Dilawar |Usama Iqbal Khawaja |Saima Shabbir |Naimat Khan
NEW DELHI, India: This year’s Asia Cup hangs in the balance following the recent clashes between tournament hosts India and arch-rivals Pakistan. Already-soured relations between the nuclear-armed neighbors further worsened after four days of intense fighting before a ceasefire was announced last month. India are scheduled to host the Asia Cup, a flagship event of the Asian Cricket Council (ACC), in September but uncertainty lingers over the T20 tournament.
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4 days ago | 
arab.news | Ismail Dilawar |Usama Iqbal Khawaja |Saima Shabbir |Naimat Khan
KARACHI: The Asian Development Bank (ADB) on Tuesday approved an $800 million financing package for Pakistan to help the country improve fiscal sustainability, strengthen public financial management and support economic reforms.
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4 days ago | 
arab.news | Usama Iqbal Khawaja |Ismail Dilawar |Saima Shabbir |Naimat Khan
ADB approves $800 million program to support Pakistan’s public finance reforms /node/2603186/pakistan June 03, 2025 12:27 ADB approves $800 million program to support Pakistan’s public finance reforms ADB says the package will support tax reforms and digitalization to help boost fiscal sustainability It includes a $500 million guarantee to help Pakistan unlock up to $1 billion from commercial banks KARACHI: The Asian Development Bank (ADB) on Tuesday approved an $800 million financing package...
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6 days ago | 
arab.news | Naimat Khan |Ismail Dilawar |Usama Iqbal Khawaja
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s Deputy Prime Minister Ishaq Dar held a phone call with his Uzbek counterpart on Saturday to discuss steps toward advancing the Uzbekistan-Afghanistan-Pakistan (UAP) railway project, including the framework agreement and its signing mechanism, said the foreign office. The UAP railway is a trilateral initiative aimed at enhancing regional connectivity by linking Central Asia with Pakistan’s southern ports of Gwadar and Karachi through Afghanistan.
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6 days ago | 
arab.news | Naimat Khan |Ismail Dilawar |Usama Iqbal Khawaja
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan has successfully concluded its 33-day pre-Hajj flight operation, with more than 115,000 pilgrims transported to Saudi Arabia ahead of this year’s pilgrimage, the state media reported on Saturday. The country arranges special Hajj flights annually to facilitate thousands of Pakistani Muslims traveling to the Kingdom for the pilgrimage. The operation involves both government and private schemes, as well as coordination with multiple airlines to ensure smooth transit.
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1 week ago | 
arab.news | Naimat Khan |Ismail Dilawar |Usama Iqbal Khawaja |Kashif Imran
ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Saturday said Pakistan’s restive southwestern province of Balochistan will receive 25% share from the Public Sector Development Program (PSDP) in the upcoming budget, as the government continues to grapple with a decades-long separatist insurgency that has surged in recent years.
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1 week ago | 
arab.news | Kashif Imran |Naimat Khan |Saadullah Akhter |Usama Iqbal Khawaja
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan has launched a third nationwide anti-polio vaccination campaign of this year that aims to inoculate 45 million children under five, the country’s polio program said on Sunday. The campaign was formally inaugurated by Ayesha Raza Farooq, the prime minister’s focal person for polio eradication, who administered oral polio vaccine and Vitamin A drops to children under five at the National Emergency Operations Center (NEOC) in Islamabad.
