Virtual Assets Act becomes law as Pakistan moves to regulate crypto sector
Authority to license virtual asset service providers and oversee digital asset markets under a financial and legal compliance framework Pakistan has enacted the Virtual Assets Act 2026, creating a legal…
China to accelerate tech self-reliance during 15th Five-Year Plan period
BEIJING, March 7 (Xinhua) — In charting its development blueprint for the next five years, China is positioning tech self-reliance as a strategic underpinning. Moving fast to achieve greater self-reliance…
Indonesia says it will withdraw from the Board of Peace if it does not benefit Palestinians
Indonesia’s President Prabowo Subianto has reassured local Islamic groups that he will withdraw from United States President Donald Trump’s ‘Board of Peace’ if the platform does not benefit Palestinians, a…
Chinese foreign minister meets press on foreign policy, relations
Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi, also a member of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China Central Committee, attends a press conference on China’s foreign policy and external…
Pakistan: Services exports rise on back of IT boom
Pakistan’s services exports rose by 18.78 per cent in the first seven months of 2025-26 compared with the same period last year, mainly driven by higher earnings from information technology.…
Xi stresses enhancing political loyalty in military to advance defense modernization
Chinese President Xi Jinping, also general secretary of the Communist Party of China Central Committee and chairman of the Central Military Commission, attends a plenary meeting of the delegation of…