Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas made a rare visit to Israel for talks on economic and security issues with Israel's defense chief, but with few prospects for any resumption of long-stalled peace negotiations.
For Pakistan, clean, renewable energy is the answer to two looming challenges, first is the rising threat of climate change and consequent environmental disasters, and secondly, the expensive electricity generated by imported oil and coal power plants financed by Chinese loans.
PM Imran Khan voiced his views while talking at a recent ceremony for the Mera Pakistan Mera Ghar initiative. He said that he is glad banks in Pakistan have started to converse in Urdu with customers. Now he wants the bank staff in shalwar kameez.
Central to this has been the campaign for the hearts and minds of the local population. In fact, it appears that even now, the Taliban in cities are actively trying to construct legitimacy for themselves but the international community seems to have other plans for the newly made government.
Pakistani veteran actor, Saba Faisal, took to Instagram from Minsk where the cast and crew of the upcoming project have been working. "Today is the first day of why I am currently in Belarus," the Qayamat star shared in a video.
Sahibzada Noor ul Haq Qadri, Minister for Religious Affairs and Interfaith Harmony said that a dedicated directorate was being established in the ministry to facilitate religious pilgrimage who intended to visit Iran, Iraq, and Syria.
There is little indication that the government is doing anything but strengthening an education system that potentially constitutes a breeding ground for ultra-conservatism and radicalism in a region adjacent to Afghanistan where the Taliban appear bent on returning the country to a system.
According to PRL Managing Director, the project will double the company’s installed refining capacity to 100,000 barrels per day in five years. Daily petrol production will increase from 750 tonnes to 4,000 tonnes. Meanwhile, diesel production will rise from 2,000 tonnes to 5,000 tonnes.
Pakistan is set to send a medical team to Afghanistan to provide, install and maintain medical equipment at three of its funded hospitals in Jalalabad, Logar and Kabul, as part of the humanitarian assistance to the war-stricken country.
The article by BBC had been praising the restaurant named Mumtaz Leads for distributing free meals to needy people on Christmas Day. Misreporting the facts, the BBC story called the restaurant an "Indian restaurant" when in fact it is a Pakistani restaurant.
