Pakistan: Govt Announces Relief Package for Pensioners
The federal government has approved a relief package for employees retiring on or after July 1, 2025. Under this package, all federal pensioners will receive equal increases in their pensions.…
China records steady growth in private, foreign-invested firms in H1
Private and foreign-invested enterprises saw steady expansion in China in the first half of the year, official data showed Tuesday, indicating improving market expectations as well as the country’s appeal…
Seeds of the cosmos: How a Pakistani engineer sent wheat into space
The test tube carrying the Pakistan-origin wheat seeds was aboard the SpaceX Dragon Capsule, which was launched from Nasa’s Kennedy Space Centre on August 1. Space, as all Trekkies agree,…
China continues to suspend or removes export-control measures on some U.S. entities: ministry
China’s commerce ministry announced Tuesday that it has continued to suspend or removed export-control measures on some U.S. entities from Tuesday, in line with the consensus reached during the high-level…
Punjab Gets Pakistan’s First Tourism Highway
The Punjab government has completed construction of Lahore’s first dedicated tourism highway, the Wagah Heritage Corridor, on the instructions of Chief Minister Maryam Nawaz Sharif. The project is designed to…
CPC releases revised regulations for Party schools
The Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee has issued a revised version of a set of regulations on the work of Party schools (academies of governance), an official statement…