Eye on Pakistan

Islamabad, April 20 (SocialNews.XYZ) Pakistani Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi is scheduled to embark on a three-day official visit to Iran from Tuesday to discuss bilateral relations, the Foreign Ministry in Islamabad said in a…

Islamabad, April 20 (SocialNews.XYZ) Pakistan has banned travel from India for two weeks in the wake of the unprecented resurgence of the Covid-19 pandemic in the neighbouring country, the National Command and Operation Centre (NCOC)…

Islamabad, April 19 (SocialNews.XYZ) Pakistani Interior Minister Sheikh Rashid on Monday announced that after a successful round of negotiation with Tehreek-e-Labbaik Pakistan (TLP), the banned outfit had released 11 policemen taken hostage from Lahore a…

Islamabad, April 19 (SocialNews.XYZ) Pakistan Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi, who is on a three-day visit to the United Arab Emirates (UAE), has ruled out backchannel talks with his Indian counterpart S. Jaishankar, who is…

Islamabad, April 18 (SocialNews.XYZ) Pakistan’s National Command and Operation Centre (NCOC) has announced its decision to start the vaccination of people in the 50-59 age group against Covid-19 from April 21, it was reported on…

Islamabad, April 16 (SocialNews.XYZ) Pakistan on Friday blocked social media platforms amid fears that activists of a radical Islamist group might use the technology to stoke violent protests against last year’s depiction of the Prophet…

Islamabad, April 16 (SocialNews.XYZ) The Pakistani Foreign Ministry said that it is important that the withdrawal of foreign troops from Afghanistan coincides with progress in the peace process. Pakistan believes there is no military solution…

Islamabad, April 16 (SocialNews.XYZ) A special economic zone (SEZ) being constructed in Pakistan’s Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province under the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) will create over 200,000 job opportunities for the locals, a top official said….

Islamabad, April 15 (SocialNews.XYZ) The Economic Coordination Committee (ECC) of Pakistan has approved to withdraw customs duty on import of cotton yarn till June 30 to facilitate the textile sector, the Finance Ministry here said….

Islamabad, April 15 (SocialNews.XYZ) Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan exchanged views on bilateral, regional and international issues during a virtual summit with Uzbek President Shavkat Mirziyoyev, according to the Foreign Ministry in Islamabad. During the…

Islamabad, April 15 (SocialNews.XYZ) Pakistan’s Chief of Army Staff Gen. Qamar Javed Bajwa and US Secretary of State Antony Blinken discussed the Afghan peace process, the military in Islamabad confirmed. In a statement, the military…

Islamabad, April 13 (SocialNews.XYZ) Pakistan’s remittances remained over $2 billion in March for the 10th month in a row, the country’s central bank said. The remittances rose to $2.7 billion in March 2021, which was…

Islamabad, April 10 (SocialNews.XYZ) Amid te ongoing third wave of the Covid-19 pandemic, the Drug Regulatory Authority of Pakistan (DRAP) has approved China’s Sinovac vaccine against the virus for emergency use, the National Institute of…

Islamabad, April 9 (SocialNews.XYZ) Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan said that members of the D-8 Organization for Economic Cooperation should push back against vaccine nationalism and undue export restrictions to let Covid-19 vaccine reach equally…

Islamabad, April 8 (SocialNews.XYZ) Private importers in Pakistan are negotiating to procure more of Russia’s Sputnik V vaccine for commercial sale. AGP Pharma, a pharmaceutical company based in the southern city of Karachi that imported…