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Pakistan, Iran strengthen economic, cultural ties with landmark MoUs

By Nasir Aijaz The AsiaN Representative KARACHI, SINDH, PAKISTAN: In a significant step towards fostering economic cooperation and cultural exchange, the Government of Sindh province, led by provincial Chief Minister Syed Murad Ali Shah and the delegation from Iran’s Khorasan Razavi province, led by Governor Dr. Gholam Hossein Mozaffari, signed multiple…
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Pakistan continues war against terrorists

By Nasir Aijaz The AsiaN Representative ISLAMABAD: The year 2024 has come to an end – but the year’s end, in fact, is neither an end nor a beginning but an ongoing process. This truly applies to Pakistan, a south Asian nation that has been striving for peace with a war…
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China enhances investment in Pakistan despite security concerns

By Nasir Aijaz The AsiaN Representative ISLAMABAD: Despite security threats to its nationals, China is determined to increase investments in new projects in Pakistan besides continuing the on-going projects under CEPEC (China-Pakistan Economic Corridor). To explore the new venues of investment, a high-powered delegation of 12 major companies of China…
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26 killed, 50 injured in suicide bombing in Pakistan

By Nasir Aijaz The AsiaN Representative QUETTA, BALOCHISTAN, PAKISTAN: A suicide bombing at the Quetta Railway Station on Saturday morning (Nov. 9, 2024) has resulted in the deaths of at least 26 people, including 14 military personnel, and injuries to more than 50. According to the police, the attack took place…
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Pakistan to transfer Iranian prisoners under bilateral agreement with Iran

By Nasir Aijaz The AsiaN Representative KARACHI, SINDH, PAKISTAN: The Consul General of Iran and his team held a meeting with the officials of Home Department of Pakistan’s Sindh province in Karachi on Friday October 25, 2024 to discuss essential actions regarding the transfer of Iranian prisoners from Sindh’s jails…
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China, Pakistan apex trade bodies form Alliance for land – sea corridor

By Nasir Aijaz The AsiaN Representative KARACHI, SINDH, PAKISTAN: The China Council for the Promotion of International Trade (CCPIT) and Federation of Pakistan Chambers of Commerce & Industry (FPCCI), the apex trade bodies of two countries, have formed an alliance for land – sea corridor; which comprises of chambers…
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First batch of 27 Palestinian medical students from Gaza arrives in Pakistan

By Nasir Aijaz The Asian Representative ISLAMABAD: The first batch of 27 Palestinian medical students arrived in Lahore city of Pakistan from Cairo on Sunday October 13, 2024 to continue their medical studies. This batch of students is part of 192 Palestinian medical students from war-torn Gaza who will continue…
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Pakistan: New version of old story of Ali Baba and 40 Thieves

By Nasir Aijaz The AsiaN Representative ISLAMABAD: ‘Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves’ is an Arabic folktale, the most popular and widely read and retold across the world including Pakistan, especially for children. According to the story, as I read in my childhood, Ali Baba was a poor woodcutter and…
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Pakistan: Police shoot dead a doctor accused of blasphemy, set his body on fire

By Nasir Aijaz The AsiaN Representative KARACHI, SINDH, PAKISTAN: The police on Thursday September 19, 2024, reportedly shot dead a doctor, identified as Dr. Shahnawaz Kumbar, accused of blasphemy, in Mirpurkhas city of Southern Sindh province of Pakistan, declaring that he was killed during an ‘encounter with the police’. The…
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Pakistan Army arrests its former Spy Chief Lt. Gen (R) Faiz Hameed

By Nasir Aijaz The AsiaN Representative ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Army has arrested Lt. Gen. (Retired) Faiz Hameed, the former Chief of country’s spy agency Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI), in connection with a housing scheme scandal. He will now face the Court Martial. “Former ISI chief Lt General (R) Faiz Hameed has been…
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