China’s 15th Five-Year Plan offers new avenues for Pakistan under CPEC: Experts

Pakistan and China can further deepen their strategic partnership by aligning with the opportunities emerging from China’s 15th Five-Year Plan, particularly in areas such as innovation, green ...
Mathrubhumi English

Pakistan, China no more 'all-weather' friends? There's an Afghan angle

Pakistan’s ISI is reportedly targeting Chinese investments in Afghanistan’s Wakhan Corridor amid dwindling influence over the ...
Opinion

All is not well with CPEC: China’s security demands are shrinking Pakistan’s strategic space

The China-Pakistan Economic Corridor was initially marketed as an expansive and open-ended partnership. It now appears to be transitioning into a more risk-managed and disciplined phase ...
Business Recorder

Senate panel irked by impediments to export growth

ISLAMABAD: The Senate Standing Committee on Planning, Development and Special Initiatives on Tuesday expressed serious concern over heavy taxes on exports, multiple regulatory NoCs required to set up ...

$1bn AI fund to empower youth, drive future-ready economy: PIDE VC

Vice Chancellor of the Pakistan Institute of Development Economics (PIDE) Dr Nadeem Javaid has expressed optimism that the federal government’s recently announced $1 billion fund for Artificial ...
Business Recorder

UAE to roll over USD2bn deposits, says Dar

ISLAMABAD: The United Arab Emirates has assured Pakistan that it will roll over USD2 billion in deposits, offering continued ...
Opinion

Why El Mencho’s death won't end Mexico’s cartel crisis

Removing one or two kingpins does little to dismantle the structural embedding of organised crime in Mexico. The cartels are woven into local governance, significant portions of the legal economy and ...
Daily Times

‘Make no mistake’, Zardari warns India and Afghanistan over war theatrics

President Asif Ali Zardari on Monday calling the war a last resort, urged India to shift from war theatres to meaningful negotiations-or face another humiliating defeat-and warned that Pakistan had ...
The Express Tribune

President Zardari issues warning against use of neighbouring territory to 'destabilise our peace'

President Asif Ali Zardari issued a warning on Monday that Pakistan would not allow anyone to use neighbouring territory to destabilise the country's peace amid a volatile regional situation. In his ...
United States Army

Louisville District holds public meeting on Phase 2 of the Rough River Dam Safety Modification project

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Louisville District hosted an informational public meeting to provide an update on Phase 2 of the Rough River Dam ...
FierceBiotech

AstraZeneca reveals oral GLP-1 scored phase 2 wins but holds back weight loss data

AstraZeneca is taking its oral GLP-1 drug into phase 3 on the back of a pair of midstage weight loss wins, despite remaining tight-lipped on how the candidate actually performed. The U.K.-based Big ...
FierceBiotech

Nektar eczema candidate 'checked all of the boxes' in long-term phase 2 data

Nektar Therapeutics is basking in the honeyed glow of long-term phase 2 data for its immune asset rezpegaldesleukin in atopic dermatitis, where the candidate successfully reduced the size and ...