Plan submitted to reduce Pakistan’s reliance on edible oil imports
Pakistan Oilseed Department has submitted a comprehensive plan to boost indigenous oilseed cultivation and increase local edible oil output through import substitution, aimed at reducing reliance on imports and strengthening…
Safety inspections and maintenance intensified along the Qinghai-Xizang Railway before the summer travel rush
Maintenance workers are pictured along the railway in Ha’ergai Township of Gangcha County, northwest China’s Qinghai Province, June 15, 2026. Located on the northern shore of Qinghai Lake, the Ha’ergai…
‘Period tax’ on sanitary products to be abolished, says Pakistan minister
Campaigners welcome announcement cutting levies on menstrual health items, but say their work to end period poverty is ‘far from over’ Pakistan plans to abolish “period tax”, in a victory…
Xi stresses coordinated regional development, solid progress toward common prosperity
Xi Jinping, general secretary of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee, has urged further efforts to boost coordinated regional development and secure solid progress in advancing common prosperity…
Pakistan targets $700m halal meat exports by 2028
Pakistan is set to accelerate its halal meat export ambitions under a broad transformation plan aimed at strengthening the livestock sector and expanding global market share, with officials targeting exports…
China to further facilitate cross-border investment, financing
China will take more concrete steps to continuously advance capital account opening-up and facilitate cross-border investment and financing, Zhu Hexin, deputy governor of the People’s Bank of China and head…