LAHORE – Pakistan's military has been ranked as the 9th most powerful Army in the world, according to the 2022 World Military Strength Ranking. The Global Firepower has issued the ranking, utilising over 50 individual factors to determine a given nation's PowerIndex ('PwrIndx') score ...

Islamabad: Foreign Office (FO) spokesperson Asim Iftikhar Ahmed has said that Pakistan wants to establish peaceful and friendly relations with all its neighbours including India. Responding to questions during his weekly press briefing in Islamabad on Friday, the FO spokesperson maintained that ...

China, Russia and Iran began third joint naval drills in the north of Indian Ocean today [Friday] aimed at boosting marine security. Iran's state TV said, eleven of its vessels have joined with three Russian ships including a destroyer and two Chinese vessels. Iran's Revolutionary Guard also ...

Pakistan’s exports to China have increased by 68.9 percent in year 2021 and crossed the historical figure of 3.58 billion dollars. According to the official data from the General Administration of Customs of China, the total import and export between the two countries stood at 27.82 billion ...

ISLAMABAD – The Economic Coordination Committee (ECC) has approved a compensation package worth around $11.6mn for the affected Chinese nationals of the Dasu Hydropower Project attack. Reports in local media suggest that the meeting virtually presided over by Finance Minister Shaukat Tarin ...

TEHRAN – China, Russia and Iran are to hold joint naval exercises in the north of the Indian Ocean today, according to an Iranian news agency. A spokesman for Iran's armed forces told the semiofficial ISNA news agency that the purpose of the drills was to "strengthen security and ...

Pak-China friendship hospital Gwadar China Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) Project at a cost of 100 million US dollar will be completed in Dec 2022. Chinese government is financing the Pak-China Friendship Hospital being established over 68 acres of land which would be equipped with a ...

RAWALPINDI – Pakistan Army’s upgraded version of indigenously developed Al Khalid-I main battle tank successfully demonstrated deep water fording capabilities for the first time. In a video, the war machine can be seen crossing deep water channel during the demonstration. Al Khalid-1, ...

Economic Coordination Committee (ECC) of the Cabinet has approved import of 50,000 metric tons of Urea to fulfill needs of agriculture sector of the country. The ECC, which met in Islamabad today (Wednesday) with Finance Minister Shaukat Tarin in the chair, allowed import of urea from China on ...

ISLAMABAD – Prime Minister Imran Khan on Wednesday (today) inaugurated the Hakla-Dera Ismail Khan Motorway in the country’s federal capital Islamabad. According to the report of Pakistan's premier news agency, the 293 kilometers long Hakla-D.I. Khan Motorway is a key part of the western ...