As part of a broader vision to enhance regional integration and connectivity, Uzbekistan Airways, the national carrier of the Republic of Uzbekistan, will launch direct flights between Tashkent and Islamabad beginning June 14, 2025. Operating every Saturday, the new route underscores the shared commitment of Uzbekistan and Pakistan to strengthen their long-standing partnership and deepen…
MOSCOW — President Trump spoke with Russian President Vladimir Putin for more than two hours on Monday, as part of a flurry of phone calls to negotiate a ceasefire in Russia’s war in Ukraine. Trump also had calls with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and other European leaders. Putin did not agree to an immediate ceasefire,…
US President Donald Trump said late Saturday he would increase trade “substantially” with India and Pakistan. “I am going to increase trade, substantially, with both of these great Nations,” he posted on TruthSocial after the arch-rivals agreed to a ceasefire after days of deadly fighting. However, since the ceasefire was announced, both sides have traded…
President Asif Ali Zardari has reaffirmed Pakistan’s commitment to further expand bilateral cooperation with the Russian Federation in the areas of trade, investment, technology, and people-to-people exchanges. Speaking at a ceremony marking the 80th Anniversary of Victory of the Russian Federation in the Great Patriotic War, President Asif Ali Zardari highlighted the growing momentum in…
The Department of Humanities, School of Social Sciences and Humanities (S3H), National University of Sciences and Technology (NUST), had the honour of hosting His Excellency Albert P. Khorev, Ambassador of the Russian Federation to Pakistan, for an academic engagement held at the CIPS Boardroom. The Ambassador delivered a thought-provoking address focused on the historical and…
Chinese President Xi Jinping will pay state visits to three Southeast Asian countries – Vietnam, Malaysia and Cambodia – next week, the Chinese Foreign Ministry announced on Friday. The five-day tour to the neighboring countries, lasting from Monday to Friday, will be Xi’s first trip abroad this year. The visits will come days after the…
President Donald Trump has argued that some of the tariffs he’s imposing this week could help the government raise over $1 trillion in the next year or so, helping to reduce the national debt and even potentially offset some income taxes. But economists are skeptical that these tariffs can bring in as much as Mr. Trump claims, as…
Yemen’s Houthis say they will take military measures as soon as Gaza aid four-day deadline ends Yemen’s Houthi group has threatened to resume attacks on commercial shipping in the Red Sea if humanitarian aid is not allowed into Gaza. “We are announcing a four-day notice,” the group said in a video statement on 7 March….
French Finance Minister Eric Lombard said he expects the US to provide backup for European troops to help maintain peace once a ceasefire is agreed between Ukraine and Russia. The UK, Germany, France and other European countries are willing to send troops to guarantee a truce, he told Bloomberg Television in an interview in Cape Town, where…
Russian Ambassador For Pakistan, Albert P. Khorev has Written a column on Newspaper “The Nations”, In which he said, The Relations between Russia and Pakistan are based on long-standing friendship and trust. As Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov recently noted, our bilateral cooperation is on an upward trajectory and is at its highest point in…
The Taliban’s foreign office said they saw India as a “significant regional and economic partner” after meeting with its most senior foreign ministry official, the highest level talks with Delhi since their takeover of Afghanistan in 2021. India’s Foreign Secretary Vikram Misri met acting Taliban Foreign Minister Amir Khan Muttaqi in Dubai on Wednesday. Afghanistan’s…
Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau arrived in Florida on Friday for a dinner with Donald Trump at the president-elect’s Mar-a-Lago estate, as the incoming US leader promised tariffs on Canadian imports. The unannounced meeting comes at the end of a week that has seen Canada as well as Mexico scramble to blunt the impact of Trump’s…
Russian President, Vladimir Putin, spoke with Iraqi Prime Minister, Mohammed Shia’ Al Sudani, on Wednesday about the current situation in the Middle East, where Israel’s forces have been targeting Palestinians in Gaza for over 13 months in a genocidal war, Anadolu Agency reports. The two leaders described the current situation as “the unprecedented escalation of tensions in…
G20 leaders meeting in Rio urged cooperation on climate change, poverty, and tax reform, while addressing conflicts in Gaza and Ukraine. A narrow consensus highlighted humanitarian suffering and economic fallout. Leaders called for urgent civilian aid, ceasefires, and multilateral unity ahead of Trump’s January return to power. Leaders from the Group of 20 major economies on Monday…
Taiwan President Lai Ching-te called on Monday for the signing of an economic partnership agreement with the European Union, saying it would boost cooperation in semiconductors and that as democracies the two sides should be working together. Taiwan has pushed for the signing of investment and trade deals with the EU, in what would be…
