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#Pakistan News China standardises names of 11 places in what it calls the "southern part of Tibet", while India rejected the move, saying some of these areas are parts of its northeastern Arunachal Pradesh state. The first batch of standardised names for six places in Zangnan was released in ...

#Pakistan News Chinese President Xi Jinping made the remarks in a meeting with Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif, during which the two leaders agreed to strengthen the strategic partnership between Islamabad and Beijing. China has been involved in major mining and infrastructure projects in Pakistan, including the deep-water Gwadar port, ...

#Pakistan News Needle-free vaccines may persuade people who don't like getting a shot to get vaccinated, as well as help expand vaccination in poor countries because they are easier to administer. Chinese regulators approved the vaccine for use as a booster in September. (Reuters Archive) The Chinese city of ...

#Pakistan News Members of the Human Rights Council vote 19-17 against holding a debate on alleged rights abuses in Xinjiang Uighur Autonomous Region of China, with 11 nations abstaining. The draft decision was put forward by the United States, Australia, Canada, France, Germany, Norway, Sweden and Türkiye, among others. ...

#Pakistan News India and the United States want Abdul Rauf Azhar, commander of the Jaish-e-Mohammad (JeM) militant group, to be subjected to a global travel ban and asset freeze. The US Treasury designated Azhar in 2010, accusing him of urging Pakistanis to engage in militant activities and organise suicide ...

#Pakistan News Fast News The loan facility agreement with Pakistan and consortium of Chinese banks is expected within a couple of days to prop up the country's depleting foreign reserves, according to Federal Minister of Finance Miftah Ismail. "We thank the Chinese government for facilitating this transaction," said Finance ...

#Pakistan News “China has all along respected Afghanistan’s sovereignty, independence and territorial integrity and is committed to supporting Afghanistan’s peaceful and stable development," Chinese leader says at a regional conference. Taliban-appointed foreign minister, Amir Khan Muttaqi, represented Afghanistan at the meeting. (AFP) Chinese leader Xi Jinping has issued strong ...

#Pakistan News Tom West, US special envoy for Afghanistan, will attend talks involving three world powers plus Pakistan to discuss the ongoing humanitarian and economic crisis in Afghanistan. Afghanistan is suffering an economic and humanitarian crisis worsened by a financial aid cut off following the Taliban takeover as US-led ...

#Pakistan News The six-month block will hold off sanctions levied against North Koreans linked to the country's ballistic missile program. Along with Beijing, Moscow has long held a line against increasing pressure on North Korea. (Reuters Archive) China and Russia have blocked a US push to impose United Nations ...

#Pakistan News Beijing lashed out at India after it banned another tranche of Chinese apps for national security reasons, the latest sore point between the two nuclear-armed neighbours. A logo of a smartphone app TikTok is seen on a user post on a smartphone screen on September 28, 2020, ...