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ISLAMABAD : Pakistan’s political leadership has presented a united front against what it termed Afghan Taliban aggression, reaffirming its resolve to stand shoulder to shoulder with the armed forces in Operation Ghazab-Lil-Haq in defense of the motherland. Federal Minister for Information Attaullah Tarar, in a statement on X, said that Pakistan’s ongoing Operation Ghazab-lil-Haq inflicted heavy losses on the Afghan Taliban regime in response to aggression. He confirmed that 133 operatives were killed and over 200 injured during the actions. Defensive targets in Kabul, Paktia, and Kandahar were struck, with further casualties feared. He added that 27 posts of the…

34 years ago, on the night of 25–26 February, Khojaly genocide, one of the most horrific crimes against humanity of the past century, was committed by Armenia against Azerbaijani civilians with particular brutality and cruelty. On the 34th anniversary of the Khojaly genocide, with profound sadness, we commemorate the victims of this horrible crime, which took the lives of 613 people, including 106 women, 70 elderly people, and 63 children in a single night. The chronology of massacres committed in the course of Armenia’s aggression, particularly in the villages of Baghanis Ayrim, Imarat-Garvand, Tugh, Salakatin, Akhullu, Khojavand, Jamilly, Nabilar, Meshali,…

SHANGHAI : Sitting in a classroom at an art school in Florence, Italy, a retired teacher from Shanghai surnamed Wang began his first systematic lesson in sketching. This was a scene he had envisioned for over half a century. At the age of 28, he encountered a book of Raphael’s paintings at a second-hand bookstall. From then on, the interplay of light and shadow of the Renaissance and the name “Florence” planted a seed of longing in his heart. Now, with the help of a club specifically serving the “mature-age” learners, he completed language preparation and interviews, embarking on a…

WUHAN : A silent aircraft with rotors tucked inside its fuselage lifted off in front of an auditorium in downtown Wuhan, capital of central China’s Hubei Province, drawing cheers from astonished onlookers who pulled out their phones to capture the spectacle of a machine that looked like it belonged on a sci-fi movie set. However, this display on Tuesday featuring four distinct electric vertical takeoff and landing (eVTOL) vehicles outside the Hongshan Auditorium was not a film promotion, but the centerpiece of Hubei’s provincial meeting where local officials set its economic agenda. By showcasing homegrown innovations on the first working…

Xi Jinping, general secretary of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee, asked senior Party officials to ensure a good start to the 15th Five-Year Plan period (2026-2030). Xi made the remarks after reading through the annual work reports of senior Party officials recently submitted to the CPC Central Committee and to him.

China hopes the United States will adopt an objective, rational view of the implementation of the China-U.S. phase-one economic and trade agreement, the Ministry of Commerce said on Wednesday. China urged the U.S. to refrain from shifting blame and to avoid using China as a pretext to create trouble or provoke issues, the ministry said. The remarks were made in response to U.S. Trade Representative Jamieson Greer’s statement that the United States will continue to advance its Section 301 investigation into China’s compliance with the phase-one economic and trade agreement and that it may impose tariff measures. If the United…

China’s top legislature started a regular session on Wednesday to review a raft of bills, including draft laws and reports. Zhao Leji, chairman of the 14th National People’s Congress (NPC) Standing Committee, presided over the first plenary meeting of the committee’s 21st session. Lawmakers reviewed a slew of documents, including a draft law on social assistance, a draft fire and rescue personnel law, and deliberated draft amendment to the law on certified public accountants. They also reviewed a draft report on the NPC Standing Committee’s work, a draft agenda for the fourth session of the 14th NPC, a draft list…

The Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR) chief executive will lead a cross-bureau and interdepartmental task force for Hong Kong to proactively align with the national 15th Five-Year Plan, and for the first time, to formulate Hong Kong’s five-year plan, Paul Chan, financial secretary of the HKSAR government, said on Wednesday. While delivering the latest budget on Wednesday, Chan said that the 15th Five-Year Plan has given explicit support to Hong Kong in better integrating into and serving the overall national development, consolidating and enhancing its status as an international financial, shipping and trade center, while developing into an international…

Chinese President Xi Jinping on Wednesday called on China and Germany to enhance strategic communication and deepen mutual trust, as the world faces growing turbulence and interconnection. During talks with German Chancellor Friedrich Merz in Beijing, Xi pointed out that China and Germany are the world’s second and third largest economies, and the bilateral relationship not only bears on the interests of both countries, but also has significant impact on Europe and the world. Noting that the current international situation is undergoing the most profound transformation since the end of World War II, he said the greater changes and turbulence…

ISLAMABAD : A review mission of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) is set to arrive in Pakistan today for a 15-day visit to assess the country’s economic performance under the ongoing loan programme. The mission will remain in the country until March 11, holding negotiations in two phases — first in Karachi and later in Islamabad. During the visit, the IMF team will evaluate Pakistan’s economic performance for the first six months of the current fiscal year, from July to December. The broad contours of the upcoming federal budget for the next fiscal year will also be part of the…