23 June 2023 (Media) Pakistani businessman Shahzada Dawood, 48, and his 19-year-old son Suleman are among five people who perished aboard the Titanic tourist submarine. Dawood studied Law at the University of Buckingham in 1998,  and was holding Master’s degree in Textile Marketing from University of Philadelphia in 2000. Son Suleman Dawood is a university...

Doha, 16 March 2023 The Global Security Forum (GSF) 2023 closed in Doha today after three days of powerful insights into the threats facing and prospects for securing a safer world. During its final day, GSF 2023’s invited gathering of ministers, government officials, law enforcers, security agency heads, academia, media, and private sector leaders heard...

Islamabad, 15 Feb 2023 Multinational Maritime Exercise AMAN-23 organised by Pakistan Navy culminated in the North Arabian Sea with a powerful conduct of International Fleet Review (IFR) followed by spectacular forming up of AMAN Formation comprising Pakistan Navy and foreign naval ships. Prime Minister of Pakistan, Mian Muhammad Shehbaz Sharif graced the occasion as Chief...

15 November 2022 (Daily Dawn/AFP) A baby born somewhere on Tuesday will be the world’s eight billionth person, according to a projection by the United Nations. “The milestone is an occasion to celebrate diversity and advancements while considering humanity’s shared responsibility for the planet,” UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres said in a statement. The UN...

Doha, 23 August 2022 QatarEnergy announced awarding the Engineering, Procurement and Construction (EPC) contract for its industrial cities solar power project (IC Solar). This project includes 2 large scale photovoltaic (or PV) solar power plants to be built in Mesaieed Industrial City (MIC) and Ras Laffan Industrial City (RLIC) and is expected to start electricity...

Beijing, 02 August 2022 (Xinhua News) Chinese Vice Foreign Minister Xie Feng urgently summoned the U.S. Ambassador to China Nicholas Burns late Tuesday night and lodged stern representations and strong protests over Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives Nancy Pelosi's visit to China's Taiwan region. Noting that Pelosi risks universal condemnation to deliberately provoke...

Islamabad, 14 July 2022 Following the verdict of Supreme Court of Pakistan today declaring dissolution of parliament by immediate past government of Imran Khan as illegal and against country's  constitution, Pakistani Federal government has constituted a special commission to look into the possibilities to charge former Prime Minister Imran Khan and his partners on treason...

Washington DC, 04 April 2022 (Washington Post) By Hamid Mir Imran Khan, the 19th prime minister of Pakistan, has just plunged the country into an unprecedented constitutional crisis over the weekend, facing a parliamentary no-confidence vote that was set to remove him from office, Khan decided to sweep the pieces off the board by dissolving...

Doha, 29 March 2022 The Fourth High-Level Strategic Dialogue between the State of Qatar and the United Nations Office of Counter-Terrorism (UNOCT), held in Doha, discussed strategic priorities and collaboration for effective United Nations support to Member States on counter-terrorism. The dialogue took stock of key achievements and impact of policy, coordination and capacity-building work...

Doha, Qatar, 26 March 2022 Amir of State of Qatar, Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al-Thani stressed on the need to work for global peace, security, co-existence and justice. He was addressing on the occasion of inauguration of 3 day 20th edition of Doha Forum under theme of 'Transformation into a New Era', held at the...