LAHORE - Pakistani entrepreneurs will once again be visiting the forthcoming 19th world’s largest International Trade Fair for Plastics & Rubber, taking place in Düsseldorf, Germany from 16-23 October 2013. Disclosing this during a presentation, Jamil A Naz, Director Liaison Office ...

WASHINGTON -President Barack Obama Tuesday expressed guarded optimism about the Taliban’s announcement Tuesday that it will sit down for direct peace talks with US and Afghanistan officials.In comments at the Group of Eight summit in Northern Ireland, Obama said the direct talks are an ...

TOBA TEK SINGHThe Pakistan India People's Forum for Peace and Democracy (PIPFPD) arranged a peace walk to express solidarity with people who advocate peace between the both countries, here the other day. The participants insisted on starting mass level relations and trade between India and ...

The UN Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon has strongly condemned a series of deadly attacks targeting a bus, a hospital and historic Ziarat residency during which 28 people including 14 female students, security forces personnel, and nurses were killed.In a statement issued by his spokesperson, Ban ...

LAHORE - The Nation Editor-in-Chief and Nazaria-i-Pakistan Trust (NPT) Chairman Dr Majid Nizami urged students to follow Pakistan Movement veterans so that Pakistan could be transformed into an Islamic state. The NPT chairman said this while during his presidential address at the inaugural function ...

KUNMING (China) : Pak-China bilateral trade is likely to reach $14 billion by the end of next year, while improving its balance of payment position, said Pakistan Ambassador to China Masood Khalid. Talking to newsmen here, he said Pakistan’s export to China is showing upward trend, and the ...

ISLAMABAD - President Asif Ali Zardari has stressed that local products should meet the standards set by an internationally recognized system of accreditation so as to successfully compete the global trade market.The President urged the local entrepreneurs to utilize the internationally recognized ...

ISLAMABAD ( Our Staff Reporter): Member of the UK's House of Lords, Lord Nazir Ahmed of Rotherham called on Chairman FBR Ansar Javed. Chairman FBR stressed the need to enhance collaboration between the revenue and Customs departments of both the countries so as to better understand the issues and ...

ISLAMABAD - Pakistan Embassy in Saudi Arabia is working on war footings to find alternate means of employment for those Pakistani workers who intend to continue to stay in the Kingdom.Credible diplomatic sources told The Nation on Friday that efforts of Pakistani Embassy to find alternate means of ...

LAHORE  -Chairman Council for Foreign Policy Dr V P Vaidik has expressed the optimism that Pak-India ties would get a boost after the installation of new government in Pakistan as the leadership in India wants to have good relations with Pakistan.Dr V P Vaidik was talking to LCCI President ...

London- British police on Sunday charged two men with endangering an aircraft after a Pakistan International Airlines jet was diverted mid-flight following an incident on board.Taxi driver Tayyab Subhani, 30, and restaurant worker Mohammed Safdar, 41, both from Nelson in Lancashire, northwest ...

LONDON -Two men arrested on a Pakistan International Airlines plane after fighter jets were scrambled to escort it to a London airport remained in custody Saturday for questioning by the police.The men were detained on suspicion of endangering an aircraft after the plane, which was carrying 300 ...

Lahore -  Noted scholar and policy analyst, Mowahid Hussin Shah believes that Western powers including the US would not change their policies towards Pakistan after the 2013 elections. Speaking at Hameed Nizami Press Institute of Pakistan on the topic, “Pakistan and the Western World: ...

ISLAMABAD - Japanese Ambassador in Pakistan Hiroshi Oe Friday called on President Asif Ali Zardari at the Aiwan-e-Sadr. Pak-Japan bilateral relations with focus on promoting trade and investment ties between the two countries were discussed during the meeting.

ISLAMABAD - Visiting Chinese Premier Li Keqiang on Thursday promised to enhance the defence cooperation between China and Pakistan, besides reiterating the Chinese commitment to strengthen bilateral economic and trade relation and help in major energy and infrastructure projects.The incoming ...

India seems to behave like its mentor US, and is becoming embroiled literally in every incident that takes place in the Asian continent, with its large force lying in wait doing nothing perhaps it intends to expand its horizon and step over other nations just like the US? It was concerned over ...

The two-day visit of Chinese Prime Minister Li Keqiang to Pakistan that began yesterday is designed to give a fillip to the two countries’ political, economic and strategic relations, thus reaffirming and reinforcing their already existing exemplary ties. Speaking at a luncheon held in the ...

MUMBAI - The name of a Pakistan umpire who officiates in the Indian Premier League (IPL) matches has emerged in connection with the Mumbai police's investigations into spot-fixing.He was one of the umpires in the controversial match in which the three arrested Rajasthan Royals- S Sreesanth, Ajit ...

ISLAMABAD - US Ambassador to Pakistan Richard Olson said holding of dialogue with Taliban is prerogative of the Pakistani government.Talking to media in Islamabad on Wednesday, Olson said any reservations regarding these proposed talks will depend on terms and conditions of the dialogue with ...

LAHORE (PR): Tetra Pak has received the first DuPont Silver Anniversary Award for Excellence in continuing innovation.The award honours the consistent leadership demonstrated by Tetra Pak in packaging innovation over the last quarter-century.Michael Grosse, Executive Vice President of Development ...

Chinese Prime Minister Li Keqiang’s trip to New Delhi against the backdrop of recent friction in Aksai Chin, is being attached importance. The visit is seen to have led to a cessation of hostilities, at least for the time being, since no formal document or understanding as to how to resolve ...

LAHORE (PR): Senior Vice Chairman Pakistan Business Forum (Punjab Zone) Khawaja Shahzeb Akram said that government of PML (N) will work for the stability of economy. Under the dynamic directions of Mian Muhammad Nawaz Sharif and Mian Muhammad Shahbaz Sharif, Government will give special weightage ...

Caretaker Minister for Information and Broadcasting Arif Nizami on Tuesday urged the media from both China and Pakistan to play their due role in enhancing bilateral relations and trade ties.He said this in a meeting with a Chinese trade delegation from Kashghar, an autonomous region here.China has ...

KATHMANDU - GN - Mountaineer Samina Baig has become the first Pakistani woman to scale Mount Everest, the world’s highest mountain with a peak at 8,848 metres.Baig completed the climb to the summit at around 7:30am local time with her brother Mirza Ali, who becomes the third and youngest ...

kabul  - Afghan President Hamid Karzai plans to discuss potential arms deals with Indian officials during a trip to New Delhi this week, officials said, at a time when tensions are running high on Afghanistan’s disputed border with Pakistan.Kabul’s overtures to New Delhi are likely ...

WASHINGTON : A State Department spokesperson on Thursday sidestepped a question whether the United States was playing any role in bringing India and Pakistan closer, stating it was upto the two South Asian countries to work on their relationship. "In terms of the scope and how a developing ...

lahoreThe Chinese Ambassador to Pakistan, Liu Jian, called on PML-N President Muhammad Nawaz Sharif in Raiwind on Wednesday and congratulated him over PML-N’s victory in elections on the behalf of his country. The ambassador emphasised that the Chinese leaders and people had great respect for ...

LAHORE : US Economic Officer Doreen Bailey has said that the United States is keen to strengthen trade and economic relations with Pakistan in all sectors of the economy and to achieve the goal. She was talking to the LCCI President Farooq Iftikhar during a visit to the Lahore Chamber of Commerce ...

KARACHI (PR): Founded by Lebanese serial entrepreneur Omar Onsi in 2008, Nymgo is a leading voice service provider that offers users lowest-cost/high-quality international VoIP calling to mobile and landlines. VoIP itself is a market estimated to be worth $90 billion and economies like Pakistan are ...

LAHORE  - The private sector of Pakistan must further explore the markets of Turkey, UK and Germany where huge potential exists for Pakistani quality products. All Pakistan Paper Merchants Association (APPMA) leader Khamis Saeed Butt stated this while talking to media here Tuesday. He said ...