BEIJING: China’s customs agency on Saturday said that exports were up 35 percent in June from a year ago, while imports rose almost 53 percent. The figures showed the largest monthly trade surplus so far this year, $20 million, despite the debt problems of China’s largest trading partner, the European Union.
That should keep international pressure [...]
SEOUL: North Korea said on Saturday it was willing to return to nuclear disarmament talks and signaled satisfaction that a U.N. Security Council statement did not directly blame it for the sinking of a South Korean warship.
China, the North’s sole key ally, urged regional powers to put the navy ship sinking behind them and return [...]
ISLAMABAD: Higher Education Commission (HEC) has declared educational degrees of 13 more parliamentarians, including two federal ministers, fake or suspicious.
Eight universities have so far returned educational degrees of 62 parliamentarians after scrutiny, out of which 13 are considered to be fake or suspicious of being faked, the channel added.
Educational credentials of Minister for Postal Services [...]
LAHORE: The journalists observing countrywide black day today to protest over the resolution passed in the Punjab Assembly against the media.
The journalists bodies have announced protest after passage of resolution in provincial assembly and manhandling of the newsmen who were protesting against it.
The journalists bodies will hold protest gatherings at various cities and towns.
Sanghar lawyers [...]
BEIJING: President Asif Ali Zardari has reached Shanghai in second leg of his China visit.
The President will visit Shanghai Expo and will also address Pak-China alternate energy forum.
Pakistan and China on Friday signed four MOUs in health, power generation and building of two major highways in Gilgit-Baltistan.The MoUs were signed after the address of President [...]
