ISLAMABAD: A Pakistani-American delegation visited Israel last week apparently to promote Israeli-Pakistani relations, according to foreign media reports. The visit was sponsored by a pro-Israel civil group Sharaka (“Partnership” in Arabic) established in 2020 after the signing of The Abraham ...

Pakistan ranks top 10 in improvement of business environment, says Annual Report on Investment Security of China’s “Belt and Road” Construction (2021). According to China Economic Net on Sunday, the report was jointly released by China Belt and Road Think Tank Cooperation Alliance, ...

LAHORE – The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) on Friday announced the central contracts for the men’s team, promoting fast bowler Hassan Ali and wicketkeeper Mohammad Rizwan to category A. Ads by BIDSXCHANGE The PCB released the details of the contracts after the Governing Board’s approval of ...

Pakistani banks report strong 2020 profit growth despite pandemic and rising provisions, says Moody’s Investors Services. Moody’s in its latest report on Pakistan stated that as of 22 February, three of Pakistan’s large banks had reported their 2020 results, with MCB Bank Limited (B3 ...

ISLAMABAD – Pakistan has improved three places to 105th position in the 2020 Democracy Index’s global ranking, according to The Economist Intelligence Unit. Pakistan has assigned a score of 4.31, 0.6 points higher as compared to 4.25 in 2019. Out of 167 countries, the Democracy Index ...

Owing to the environment-friendly policies of the incumbent federal government, Pakistan has dropped to 8thplace from 5th on the Long-Term Global Climate Risk Index (GCRI) 2021. A recently published report by Germanwatch link “Global Climate Risk Index 2021 link” has predicted Pakistan to be ...

Minister for Information and Broadcasting Shibli Faraz has said the economy stands stabilized as a result of effective policies of the government. Talking to the media persons in Islamabad today (Wednesday), he said the benefits of improvement in economic indicators will reach the masses. The ...

Pakistan and Afghanistan on Monday agreed to establish “border sustenance markets” in the two countries to boost local trade and economic activity in the border regions. The agreement was reached during a telephone conversation between Pakistani Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi and his ...

Former Pakistan opener, Imran Nazir, believes that he can improve the poor fielding and power-hitting abilities of Pakistani cricketers. Pakistan’s poor fielding played a vital role in a humiliating defeat in the recently concluded Test series against New Zealand. Pakistan dropped 12 catches ...

Pakistan has improved its position on World Bank Ease of Doing Business Index for the second consecutive year. This has been stated in the annual report issued by Security and Exchange Commission of Pakistan in Islamabad. As per World Bank’s latest rankings on ease of doing business for the ...