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ISLAMABAD (PEN) : Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif, speaking on the sidelines of the 80th Annual Session of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) in New York, reaffirmed Pakistan’s commitment to strengthening ties with Bangladesh and addressing global climate challenges. Meeting with Bangladesh’s chief adviser After meeting Bangladeshi Chief Adviser Dr. Muhammad Yunus, Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif described the talks as “very good,” emphasizing that bilateral relations between the two countries are improving day by day. He assured that Pakistan will take its friendly relations with Bangladesh “much further” by promoting diplomatic cooperation and boosting bilateral trade. Dr. Yunus, according to…

China held a grand gathering on Thursday in Urumqi, capital of the Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, in celebration of the 70th anniversary of the autonomous region’s founding. The regional gross domestic product (GDP) hit over 2 trillion yuan (around $281.4 billion) in 2024, 203 times that of 1955, reaching an average annual growth rate of 8 percent. Transportation has been largely improved in the region. The mileage of railways totaled 9,234 kilometers in 2025. The highway network has also grown, from 8,820 km in 1955 to 231,900 km in 2024. The total population of Xinjiang reached 25.85 million by 2020,…

Chinese President Xi Jinping, also general secretary of the Communist Party of China Central Committee and chairman of the Central Military Commission, attended a grand gathering in celebration of the 70th anniversary of the founding of the Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region on Thursday in Urumqi.

Chinese President Xi Jinping on Wednesday announced a series of new actions in global climate governance cooperation, calling on all countries to live up to their responsibilities and help curb carbon emissions. Xi made the remarks in a video speech at the UN Climate Summit 2025. Noting that this year marks the 10th anniversary of the Paris Agreement and that all parties are expected to submit their new Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs), Xi said it’s imperative to strengthen confidence, take responsibility, and enhance cooperation to move global climate governance cooperation forward. The special high-level event on climate action was hosted…

China announced that it will not seek any new special and differential treatment in the current and future World Trade Organization (WTO) negotiations. “This is an important policy statement that reflects both domestic and international considerations,” said Li Chenggang, China international trade representative with the Ministry of Commerce (MOFCOM) and vice minister of commerce at a press briefing on Wednesday in Beijing. “It demonstrates China’s firm commitment to safeguarding the multilateral trading system and to advancing the Global Development Initiative and Global Governance Initiative. It will inject strong impetus into trade and investment liberalization and facilitation, and add positive energy…

Innovative “Compact” Solution Empowers Enterprises’ Digital Upgrade ISLAMABAD (DI NEWS) : Recently, CMPak, a leading telecom operator in Pakistan, and Huawei reached a strategic cooperation to jointly promote product innovation and technology upgrade. They aim to work out a leading enterprise network solution to accelerate digital transformation of various industries in Pakistan. To achieve this, CMPak and Huawei jointly launch a unified enterprise node (Card-UEN), a simplified, integrated private network solution, for the enterprise market. The solution is designed to tackle the pain points encountered by local enterprises throughout digital transformation. Featuring space saving, cost-effectiveness, easy deployment, and fast deployment,…

NEW YORK : Pakistan has urged the United Nations Security Council to act decisively to uphold human dignity, ensure accountability and deliver justice, while underscoring a two-State solution for the Middle East peace. “The time for words has passed; the time for action is now,” Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Senator Ishaq Dar told the 15-member Council on the Middle East situation, especially in besieged Gaza. The meeting came on the heels of the High-Level International Conference for the Peaceful Settlement of the Question of Palestine and the Implementation of the Two-State Solution, which on 22 September further galvanized…

Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif’s meeting with US President Donald Trump has been scheduled for tomorrow at the White House, with peace in Gaza at the heart of the discussions. The prime minister will travel to Washington from New York today, accompanied by top Pakistani officials. High-stakes meeting at White House Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif and US President Donald Trump will hold formal talks tomorrow in Washington. The meeting comes after Sharif joined the most important gathering of Arab and Islamic leaders in New York, aimed at stopping what they described as the genocide of oppressed Palestinian citizens in Gaza. Trump…

Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Wednesday met International Monetary Fund (IMF) Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva and World Bank President Ajay Banga on the sidelines of the 80th United Nations General Assembly session in New York to discuss Pakistan’s economic reforms and future cooperation. During his meeting with Kristalina Georgieva, the prime minister appreciated the IMF’s longstanding constructive partnership with Pakistan, which, under Georgieva’s leadership, had strengthened further, read a statement. He acknowledged the IMF’s timely support under various instruments, including the Stand-By Arrangement for $3 billion in FY 2024, followed by the Extended Fund Facility (EFF) of $7 billion and…

Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba announced on Wednesday its largest ever artificial intelligence language model, the Qwen3-Max, doubling down on AI as a core business strategy. The model, Alibaba’s most powerful to date, contains more than one trillion parameters, or variables that determine how an AI system processes information, and shows particular strength in code generation and autonomous agent capabilities, Zhou Jingren, chief technology officer at Alibaba Cloud, said at the company’s annual conference. Autonomous agent capabilities mean the AI system requires fewer human prompts than a chatbot like ChatGPT, and can make decisions and take action independently towards a goal…