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Pakistan, UAE sign MoUS to set up joint business council, consular affairs’ committee

  • UAE Deputy PM and Foreign Minister Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed Al Nahyan was in Islamabad on two-day visit
  • UAE is Pakistan’s third-largest trading partner after China and US and a major source of foreign investment
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Pakistan finmin seeks investments in Washington meetings with Deloitte, IFC executives

  • Aurangzeb discusses cooperation in private sector reforms, energy transition, sound municipal finance, employment with IFC team
  • Pakistan finmin seeks investments in Washington meetings with Deloitte, IFC executivesDiscusses energy reforms, extraction, marketing of critical minerals, privatization, technology, crypto policy with Deloitte executives
By Ismail Dilawar ·

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Free ambulance service in southern Pakistan delivers babies, and hope, onboard 

  • Nearly 100 babies successfully delivered inside Sindh Integrated Emergency and Health Services ambulances this year
  • As per UN report, Pakistan was among four countries that accounted for nearly half of all maternal deaths worldwide in 2023
By NAIMAT KHAN ·

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Condolences pour in from Pakistan as Pope Francis dies at 88

  • Francis was the first Latin American leader of the Roman Catholic Church
  • He was 88 and had suffered a serious bout of double pneumonia this year
By Shahjahan Khurram ·

Unusual ecosystem found deep below Red Sea coral reef

  • Study by KAUST and National Center for Wildlife
  • Marine animals thriving in low oxygen, high acidity
By Arab News ·

Gaza rescuers say Israeli air strikes kill 25

  • The overall death toll in the Gaza war has reached 51,201
  • Israel resumed its aerial and ground assault on Gaza on March 18
By AFP ·

US lawmakers in new push to free wrongly deported migrant

  • Yassamin Ansari: ‘I’m in El Salvador to shine a light on Kilmar’s story and keep the pressure on Donald Trump to secure his safe return home’
  • Maxwell Frost: ‘Trump is illegally arresting, jailing, and deporting people with no due process’
By AFP ·

Saudi finance firms lending surges to $26bn in 2024

  • Finance sector is evolving rapidly, with the emergence of fintech-driven players complementing traditional non-bank lenders
By Dayan Abou Tine ·

MENA startup funding drops 76% in March

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Gill, Sudharsan help toppers Gujarat boss Kolkata in IPL

  • Gujarat posted 198-3 after Sai Sudharsan, who hit 52, and Gill put on 114 runs for the first wicket
  • Bowlers combined to restrict Kolkata to 159-8 with skipper Ajinkya Rahane playing a lone hand with 50
By AFP ·