Tag: United Kingdom
UN chief appeals to Pakistan, India to exercise ‘maximum restraint’
NEW YORK: United Nations (UN) Secretary General Antonio Guterres on Wednesday appealed to Pakistan and India to exercise maximum restraint in wake of Tuesday’s airspace violations...
Qureshi eyes improving trade ties with post-Brexit UK
ISLAMABAD: Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi on Tuesday expressed hope that the impending Brexit deal — Britain's planned withdrawal from the European Union (EU)...
British asylum policy gets ‘dictated by Pakistani mob’ in Aasia Bibi...
The British Foreign Office had allegedly refused to grant asylum to Aasia Bibi, a Christian woman who was acquitted by the Supreme Court from...
70 British MPs urge PM May to offer asylum to Aasia...
Nearly 70 members of the United Kingdom's Parliament have written to British Prime Minister Theresa May, urging the UK to offer political asylum to Aasia...
ECP completes logistical arrangements for upcoming polls
ISLAMABAD: The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) has said that the commission had made all necessary logistic arrangements for ensuring to hold the upcoming...
Britain’s eurosceptic UKIP names new party leader
LONDON: Britain’s eurosceptic United Kingdom Independence Party (UKIP) named a new leader on Saturday as it seeks to draw a line under recent turmoil.
UKIP...
Trump, Obama not invited to Prince Harry, Meghan Markle’s wedding
LONDON: United States President Donald Trump, his predecessor Barack Obama and British Prime Minister Theresa May have not been invited to the wedding of...
Minister asks young people to follow Hawking’s courage
Ahsan says Pakistan lacks scientists, researchers; suggests critical, analytical thinking approach
‘Govt to increase education budget from Rs 35 billion to Rs50 billion...
UK: Finsbury Park attacker to be sentenced
LONDON: A man who drove a van into worshippers outside a mosque in north London, killing one of them, will be sentenced on Friday.
Darren...
PAF chief flies Royal Air Force Tornado on official visit to...
ISLAMABAD: Chief of Air Staff, Air Chief Marshal Sohail Aman is on an official visit to the United Kingdom.
It was reported that the Chief...
Theresa May pleads EU for Brexit deal she can defend at...
May appealed for “urgent” movement at a summit dinner, the night before her 27 counterparts were set to decide that there had not been enough progress on divorce issues to open trade discussions until at least December.
Pakistan, UK to promote peace in region; take relations on higher...
Pakistan and United Kingdom Thursday (today)have reiterated their commitment to work “hand in hand” for promoting “peace” in the region, consolidate mutual relations and...
Pound weak on post-Brexit fallout
The pound was sitting at three-decade lows Monday morning as currency markets were left reeling from Britain's shock decision to leave the European Union.
Sterling...
Driverless cars to be tested on UK motorways next year
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Autonomous cars will be tested on motorways in the UK next year, government officials have confirmed recently.
According to a report, this move is...
UK launches first new daily newspaper in thirty years
British Prime Minister David Cameron on Monday helped launch the country’s first new national daily newspaper in three decades, which vowed to show that...
Conference on “Role of Multinationals in Economic Development” at LCCI
A Conference on “Role of Multinationals in the Economic Development” was carried out here at the Lahore Chamber of Commerce & Industry on Thursday.
The...
Pakistan-born on trial in UK for hooking underage girls to alcohol
A married businessman, from Pakistan, groomed vulnerable under-age girls by giving them money, gifts or cigarettes before plying them with alcohol, a court has...
