At least 13 people on board a Russian Aeroflot passenger plane were killed when it caught fire mid-air and made an emergency landing at a Moscow airport on Sunday.
Television footage showed the Sukhoi Superjet-100 making an emergency landing at Moscow's Sheremetyevo airport with much of the...
Plane makes emergency landing after bird strike
An international airline plane made an emergency landing at Multan airport on Sunday after a bird struck the plane.
According to airport sources, GF-789 was hit by a bird due to which its engine was damaged. “The pilot however made a successful...
Turkey’s Humanitarian Relief Foundation (IHH), in collaboration with King Abdullah Foundation (KAF) and the Islamic Development Bank (IDB), launched eight mobile clinics in Pakistan on Friday.
The launching ceremony held in the capital Islamabad was attended by Javed Mirza, Prime Minister Imran...
Prime Minister Imran Khan has said that the JW Forland factory in Lahore will produce the first vehicles completely manufactured in Pakistan.
During a visit to the factory site on Saturday, the premier said the factory currently employs 8,000 workers but will indirectly create jobs for 40,000...
K-Electric to set up 700MW power plant
K-Electric has planned to set up a 700MW power project with the assistance of a Chinese engineering firm, calling it a milestone project in the economic cooperation between China and Pakistan.
The project, it said, would directly benefit the country’s...
Prime Minister Imran Khan appointed Dr Abdul Hafeez Shaikh as the chairman of Economic Coordination Committee (ECC) of the cabinet today (April 26).
A notification was issued by the Cabinet Secreteriat talking about the new nature of constituents.
According to the notification, ECC will have...
April 24, 2019
Pakistan-Canada bilateral trade
Pakistan’s exports to Canada increased from US$ 230.23 million (in FY 2016-17) to US$ -260.62 million (in FY 2017-18) registering an increase of 13%. Moreover during the first 06 months of FY 2018-19 (July-December 2018), Pakistan’s exports to...
Pakistan, South Korea sign $500mln framework deal
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan on Wednesday signed a framework agreement with South Korea for various development projects worth $500 million to be completed by 2020, a statement said.
Noor Ahmed, secretary Economic Affairs Division and Kwak Sung-Kyu...
Japan to provide over Rs7bn for Pakistan’s health, transport sectors
TOKYO: The Japanese government on Tuesday agreed to provide over Rs7 billion for Pakistan’s health and transport sectors.
The announcement was made during Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi’s three-day official visit to...
UK-Pakistan chamber to invest £200m
LAHORE: The UK-Pakistan Chamber of Commerce and Industry (UKPCCI) on Sunday announced to invest £200m in Pakistan under which it would operate an aircraft of the Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) under the public-private partnership.
It would invest...
T-129 ATAK to replace the ageing AH-1F Cobra gunships
As Pakistan-Turkey relations continue to blossom, Pakistan will procure 30 T-129 ATAK gunship helicopters from Turkey. Pakistan and Turkey signed the deal of the T-129 ATAK helicopters on Friday after the extensive trials of the attack...
Ministry of Overseas Pakistanis and Human Resource Development have sent as many as 45,000 skilled and semi skilled workforce to Qatar for prospective job opportunities in construction and other sectors during the last three years.
The government is committed to fulfill the 100,000 manpower...
Two C-130 jets left on Monday for Iran carrying relief goods to alleviate the plight of the Irani flood victims. while speaking to his Iranian counterpart Javed Zarif, Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Quershi informed about the help’s imminent arrival. The jets are carrying necessary goods and...
Pakistan seeks alliance with UAE in areas such as satellite manufacturing.
The Pakistan space agency is in talks with the UAE on developing collaboration in space-related activities, a top official from Pakistan has revealed.
Pakistan was taking part in the Global Space Congress for the first...