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In long-awaited move, overseas Pakistanis get right to vote
Pakistanis living abroad welcomed Islamabad’s move to allow them to be participants in the political fortunes of their country of origin with the grant of the right to vote in general elections. Prime Minister Imran Khan...May 8, 2021 770 0 -
Pakistan eyes big business prospects with inclusion on Amazon Sellers List
In a promising development for entrepreneurship, Pakistani businesses would now be able to use the global e-commerce platform Amazon to sell their products from within the country after the giant platform added the South Asian country...May 7, 2021 696 0 -
Will Pakistan and India choose to be allies in the post-COVID world?
Akbar Ahmed, Pawan Bali It is a more recent tale of two letters: On Pakistan’s 70th National Day, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi penned a note to his Pakistani counterpart, expressing the desire for a...Apr 25, 2021 766 0 -
Pakistan voices solidarity as COVID deaths soar in India
India continues to face record numbers of COVID-19 cases and deaths as a torrid wave of the coronavirus pandemic tested the limits of its healthcare system. In the last three days, India, the second worst-hit country...Apr 24, 2021 668 0 -
US for direct Pakistan-India talks as Islamabad links trade revival to Kashmir
The United States says it backs direct dialogue between India and Pakistan on “issues of concern” as Islamabad linked the resumption of trade with its neighbor on New Delhi’s rollback of its 2019 unilateral decisions on the...Apr 8, 2021 664 0 -
Will Pakistan, India try something new to revive key regional ties?
For a while, a breakthrough in ossified Pakistan-India relations seemed well underway. Signs of a rapprochement began with a late February reinstitution of a long-dormant cease-fire agreement along the Line of Control, the de facto border...Apr 6, 2021 1994 0 -
Pakistan PM secures vote of confidence in the lower chamber after Senate debacle
Prime Minister Imran Khan easily won a vote of confidence from the National Assembly, the lower house of the parliament, on Saturday, days after his finance minister’s defeat in this week’s Senate elections. Khan, who is...Mar 7, 2021 648 0 -
Pakistan launches Al-Biruni Radius tourism project at the historical Nandana Fort
Pakistan’s newest tourism project celebrates the great Iranian scientist, who during the Gold Age of Islam, measured the circumference of the Earth in the 1th century with a surprising accuracy that continues to endure a thousand...Mar 2, 2021 2175 0 -
Pakistan, India hold fire in Kashmir; US backs dialogue on the dispute
Such has been the state of hostilities between the two nuclear-armed neighbors that any talk of peace looks unrealistic, though welcomed by all those who know the value of peaceful existence. But this week, the two...Feb 26, 2021 655 0 -
Growing US-Pakistan trade raises hopes for better ties
Thanks to Pakistan’s textile exports, the U.S.-Pakistan trade is has been on the upswing, and now experts say the new Joe Biden Administration could facilitate greater commerce between the longtime allies, whose relations have seen many...Jan 23, 2021 677 0