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ISLAMABAD: Pakistan and the European Union on Tuesday inked their Strategic Engagement Plan (SEP), which is expected to provide the framework for greater cooperation and stronger ties between the two sides. The SEP was signed by Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi and EU High Representative Federica Mogherini at a ceremony in Brussels. The new strategic engagement plan for steering their …

LONDON: Pakistan is one of four countries which received highest amount of G20 international public finance for coal-fired power plants in 2016-17, according to a report issued by a London-based think tank on Tuesday. Despite promising a decade ago to phase out fossil fuel subsidies, the world’s leading economies more than doubled subsidies to coal-fired power plants over three years, …

ISLAMABAD: President Dr Arif Alvi and the Emir of Qatar, Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani, held wide-ranging talks, particularly the Afghan issue, on Sunday. Mr Alvi lauded Qatar’s role in promoting efforts for peace and reconciliation in Afghanistan, which was a notable contribution to regional peace. While thanking the government and leadership of Pakistan for the gracious invitation and …

Bad news is that both Pakistan and South Africa, both talented in their flawed ways, have been misfiring at all cylinders in World Cup 2019. Good news is that one of them will find some relief today when they take on each other at Lord’s in London. For South Africa, the relief would be mere consolation as the exit door …

Pakistan on Tuesday signed three loan agreements worth a total of $918 million with the World Bank. Adviser to the Prime Minister on Finance, Revenue and Economic Affairs Dr Abdul Hafeez Shaikh witnessed the signing of the agreement between Country Director World Bank Patchamuthu Illangovan and Economic Affairs Division Secretary Noor Ahmed. The representatives of the Higher Education Commission (HEC) …

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan and Japan on Tuesday signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) on defence cooperation and exchanges. The MoU was signed after the 10th round of military-to-military talks at the Ministry of Defence in Rawalpindi. Additional Defence Secretary Rear Admiral Owais Ahmed Bilgrami led the Pakistani delegation, while the director general for International Affairs at Japan’s Bureau of Defence Policy …

ISLAMABAD: The world’s population is expected to increase from 7.7 billion currently to 9.7bn by 2050, and Pakistan will be among the nine countries where more than half of the projected increase will be concentrated, according to projections released by the United Nations. According to the World Population Prospects 2019 released by the UN Population Division, the population of Pakistan …

LONDON: Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi met United Kingdom Home Secretary Sajid Javid at his office in the House of Commons in London on Monday and discussed the matters of bilateral interest and reviewed the ongoing security cooperation under the institutional framework of Enhanced Strategic Dialogue. Pakistan High Commissioner to the UK Mohammad Nafees Zakaria accompanied the foreign minister, a …

Manchester: Over a billion people will be glued to their  TV and mobile phone screens as Pakistan and  Indian clash in their World Cup 2019 match in Old Trafford Cricket Ground in Manchester on Sunday (today). While thousands of people will  witness the match in the ground, huge numbers of fans were left disappointed when they failed to  get their …

Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi and his Turkish counterpart Mevlut Cavusoglu on Thursday reiterated that Pakistan and Turkey, being important members of the OIC, were determined to make collective efforts in confronting Islamophobia, hatred towards Muslims, and other challenges faced by the Muslim world ISLAMABAD, (UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News – APP – ):Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi and his …