Monday, September 22nd, 2025
Dar attends Qatar-led OIC meet on UNGA in New York
ISLAMABAD, SEPT 22 /DNA/ – The Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister of Pakistan, Senator Mohammad Ishaq Dar, participated in consultations hosted by the Prime Minister and Foreign Minister of Qatar, H.E. Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al Thani in New York today. Other participants included the Deputy Prime Ministers of Jordan and UAE, and Foreign Ministers of Egypt, Indonesia, Saudi Arabia and Turkiye. The Ministers exchanged views and coordinated positions for unified approach on some of the key issues at the UN General Assembly Session. The DPM/FM Dar underscored theRead More
23rd relief flight to Gaza departs from Lahore with 100 tons of aid
ISLAMABAD, Sep 22 (APP): The 23rd relief consignment, comprising 100 tons of humanitarian aid, was dispatched to Gaza via a special flight from Allama Iqbal International Airport, with support from the Alkhidmat Foundation and the National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA). The relief consignment comprised ration bags filled with essential food items such as flour, rice, sweet corn, ready-to-eat meals, cooking oil and fruit cocktails. With this latest dispatch, the total volume of aid sent to Gaza has reached 2,227 tons across 23 consignments. A send-off ceremony was held at theRead More
Ranks Without Returns: Pakistan’s Higher Education Faces a Reality Check
Dr Muhammad Naeem Khan Lahore, Sept 22: Last winter, students at the University of Karachi poured into the admin block chanting against fee hikes, late-fee penalties, crumbling buses, and a “business model” creeping into public education. Within days the administration rolled back some penalties, but not the semester fee increase. A few months later, press releases and headlines celebrated Pakistani universities’ climb in global league tables. The dissonance is hard to miss. (Dawn) Pakistan’s participation in higher education remains low by global standards. The World Bank’s latest tertiary gross enrolmentRead More
AMC-9 charts future of Pakistan’s microfinance sector
KARACHI, SEPT 22 /DNA/ – The Annual Microfinance Conference (AMC) is an annual feature, and its 9th edition is being held on Oct 7-9, 2025, in Karachi. The Annual Microfinance Conference 9 (AMC-9), themed “Renaissance of Microfinance”, is being organised jointly by the Pakistan Microfinance Network (PMN), in collaboration with UNIDO-PAIDAR. It will bring together industry leaders, policymakers, regulators including State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) & Securities & Exchange Commission of Pakistan (SECP), development partners including World Bank and Asian Development Bank (ADB), and innovators, to collectively explore strategic pathways for revitalizing theRead More
China says combating ‘malicious’ content in social media crackdown
BEIJING: China’s top internet regulator announced on Monday a sweeping two-month crackdown on social media, vowing to combat content containing “malicious incitement of conflict” and “negative outlooks on life such as world-weariness”. Beijing requires social media companies to moderate content on their platforms, with posts strictly controlled to avoid anything deemed to be too subversive, vulgar, pornographic or generally harmful. The notice from the Cyberspace Administration of China (CAC) follows announcements of penalties this month against three popular digital platforms, which it said had neglected content management duties. On Saturday,Read More
Kazakh President keen to have rail links with Pakistan: envoy
Kazakhstan Envoy Highlights Expanding Ties with Pakistan in IT, Connectivity and Trade Ansar Mahmood Bhatti ISLAMABAD, SEPT 22 /DNA/ – Kazakhstan’s Ambassador to Pakistan, Yerzhan Kistafin, underscored the growing momentum in bilateral relations between the two countries, with a special focus on digital cooperation, trade, connectivity, and interfaith dialogue. Speaking at a press conference, the envoy said that Kazakhstan was entering a new era of partnership with Pakistan, marked by tangible initiatives and high-level engagements. Ambassador Kistafin noted that this year’s State of the Nation address by President Kassym-Jomart TokayevRead More