Pakistan: Hybrid vehicle prices slashed
After a delay of nearly two weeks, assemblers have begun lowering prices for hybrid electric vehicles (HEVs) following the reduction in the general sales tax (GST) on vehicles up to…
Pakistan: Chashma-1 achieves historic milestone
Chashma Nuclear Power Plant Unit-1 (C-1) has operated safely and without interruption for 427 days during Cycle 18, setting a new record for the longest continuous operating cycle achieved by…
China’s FAST telescope marks 10th anniversary
Balloons are released to celebrate the complete installation on China’s Five-hundred-meter Aperture Spherical Radio Telescope (FAST) in southwest China’s Guizhou Province, July 3, 2016. China’s Five-hundred-meter Aperture Spherical Radio Telescope…
UN Security Council condemns Houthi attacks on Saudi Arabia
Qatari PM, Iranian president discuss de-escalation and dialogue on sidelines of UNGA in New York The UN Security Council condemns Houthi attacks targeting Saudi Arabia in a meeting on Friday.…
Seven golds on debut: Zhang Zhanshuo makes Asian Games history
Moments after touching the wall in the men’s 400m freestyle final on Friday, Zhang Zhanshuo surfaced, raised both hands and slowly counted from one to seven. The 19-year-old Chinese swimmer…
Pezeshkian says Islamabad MoU still ‘fully acceptable’ to Iran, ready to take it forward: PM Shehbaz
Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif said on Thursday that Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian had told him the Islamabad Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) was “fully acceptable” to Tehran even today and that…