Davos:U.S. President Donald Trump has formally announced the establishment of the Gaza Board of Peace, marking a new international initiative aimed at promoting peace and stability in Gaza.The signing ceremony of the Gaza Board of Peace agreement was held in Davos, Switzerland, where Prime Minister of Pakistan Muhammad Shehbaz Sharif, along with leaders and representatives…
The life of Uganda’s veteran opposition figure Kizza Besigye is in danger, his wife has said after visiting him in prison. ”He is extremely weak,” said Winnie Byanyima in a statement posted on X. The 69-year-old politician had been taken overnight to a medical facility, the People’s Front for Freedom (PFF) party said, without specifying…
Davos, Prime Minister Muhammad Shehbaz Sharif has said that Pakistan is poised for rapid growth in agriculture, industry, mining, artificial intelligence (AI) and information technology (IT), as the government moves forward with complete transparency, institutional reforms and strong civil–military coordination.Addressing the Pakistan Breakfast at the Pakistan Pavilion on the sidelines of the 56th Annual Meeting…
Islamabad/Rawalpindi:Amid a sharp rise in cardiovascular diseases across Pakistan, the non-profit organisation PANAH has expanded its free heart surgery programme for underprivileged children by partnering with the Rawalpindi Institute of Cardiology (RIC), officials said.PANAH Secretary General Chaudhry Sanaullah Ghuman, along with RIC Medical Superintendent Dr. Qurban Hussain Khan, formally admitted the first pediatric patient for…
Getty Images The Kashiwazaki-Kariwa Nuclear Power Plant has the world’s largest installed capacity Japan has restarted operations at the world’s largest nuclear power plant for the first time since the 2011 Fukushima disaster forced the country to shut all of its reactors. The decision to restart reactor number 6 at Kashiwazaki-Kariwa north-west of Tokyo was…
Daniel BushWashington correspondent Watch: BBC on the mood in Davos ahead of Trump’s arrival to the economic forum President Donald Trump’s push to acquire Greenland has sparked a backlash from Republicans in Congress, as lawmakers voice growing concern about US military interventions overseas. But it remains unclear if enough Republicans are willing to join Democrats…
Senior government and business leaders from Pakistan and Japan convened in Tokyo for the 8th Pakistan-Japan Government-Business Joint Dialogue, the first such gathering in the Japanese capital since December 2018. The meeting drew approximately 80 participants focused on expanding bilateral trade and investment opportunities. Rana Ihsaan Afzal Khan, Coordinator to the Prime Minister of Pakistan…
Hideharu Tamura,Tokyoand Kelly Ng,Singapore Reuters Tetsuya Yamagami was arrested in 2022 shortly after the assassination The man who killed Japan’s former prime minister Shinzo Abe has been sentenced to life in prison, three and a half years after he shot him dead at a rally in the city of Nara in 2022. Tetsuya Yamagami had…
Thomas Mackintosh, Guy Hedgecoeand Toby Mann Watch: Emergency services on the scene of train derailment near Barcelona A train driver has been killed and at least 37 people injured, five seriously, after a commuter train derailed and crashed near Barcelona two days after a deadly two-train collision in southern Spain. According to local officials, the…
WASHINGTON/DAVOS – US President Donald Trump has clarified that the Gaza Peace Board is not an alternative to the United Nations and the UN should be allowed to continue its work. However, intense speculation continues about the proposed board’s future, with international reservations emerging.European nations expressed their concerns about this proposal ahead of the Davos…
