Turning pages into journeys: literature-inspired travel captivates young Chinese
* Across China, literature-inspired tourism is gaining momentum, with travelers motivated by books, authors and landscapes depicted in literary works. * Behind this trend lies a broader shift in how…
Pakistan: FTO grants relief to a woman taxpayer
Federal Tax Ombudsman (FTO) Zafar Hijazi has granted relief to a woman taxpayer who remained unable to obtain lawful tax registration after her CNIC was fraudulently used to secure a…
China lodges representations against Japan’s words and deeds on the South China Sea
An official from the Department of Asian Affairs of the Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs summoned the chief minister of the Japanese Embassy in China on Sunday to lodge solemn…
Middle-East: Thousand-day war
ISRAEL’S genocidal war on Gaza has now exceeded a thousand days. It continues despite the ceasefire brokered by the US last October. Death and destruction have been on an epic…
High-frequency data signals steady improvement in China’s economy in H1
China’s economy maintained steady improvement in the first half of the year (H1), with consumption continuing to recover and high-tech industries gathering momentum, according to data released by the State…
Pakistan: Completion of the Pindi-Murree-Kohala Road by August is ordered
The Punjab government has asked the Communication and Works Department to complete the Rawalpindi-Murree-Kohala (RMK) Road by August to ease traffic on the Murree Expressway. Provincial Minister for Communication and…