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PAKISTAN NEWS

41% of adults in Pakistan are overweight or obese and with more than 33 million living with diabetes.
12Feb By The Pakistan TimesNo Comments
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41% of adults in Pakistan are overweight or obese and with more than 33 million living with diabetes.

Lahore,12 Feb 2025(Ghufran): The young generation must play its role to save the people from the ravages of increasing non-communicable diseases. Sanaullah Ghumman. More than 41% of adults in Pakistan are overweight or obese and with more than 33 million living with diabetes. The continuation of increasing non-communicable diseases will prove to be an atomic bomb for Pakistan’s health system in the near future. Empowering youth for public health is the need of the hour. PANAH’s Social Work Department organizes a session on the growing threat of non-communicable diseases at the University of the Punjab. February 11, Lahore. Increasing non-communicable diseases have become a huge problem in Pakistan, due to which millions of people are suffering from diabetes, obesity, heart diseas...
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Pakistan and Bahrain have vast opportunities to explore in the investment, trade, and business sectors,” said NA Speaker Sardar Ayaz Sadiq
12Feb By The Pakistan TimesNo Comments
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Pakistan and Bahrain have vast opportunities to explore in the investment, trade, and business sectors,” said NA Speaker Sardar Ayaz Sadiq

Islamabad, February 12, 2025(Kamran Raja): Speaker of the National Assembly, Sardar Ayaz Sadiq has stated that Pakistan and Bahrain enjoy longstanding and robust ties deeply rooted in shared religious, cultural, and historical values. He added, "These commonalities have fostered a sense of mutual respect and understanding, creating a foundation for fruitful bilateral cooperation across multiple domains. Both countries have consistently worked together to promote regional stability, economic growth, and cultural exchange, establishing a close-knit partnership that has withstood the test of time." He expressed these views during his meeting with Mohamed Ebrahim Mohamed Abdulqadar, Ambassador of Bahrain to Pakistan in Parliament House Islamabad today. Speaker Sardar Ayaz Sadiq emphasiz...
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IAEA Director General Rafael Grossi calls on the Prime Minister
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IAEA Director General Rafael Grossi calls on the Prime Minister

Islamabad,12 February 2025 (Kamran Raja): The Director General of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), Mr. Rafael Mariano Grossi, paid a courtesy call on the Prime Minister at the Prime Minister House, earlier today. The Prime Minister commended the IAEA’s initiatives in promoting nuclear energy as a key solution for mitigating climate change and emphasized Pakistan’s commitment to leveraging nuclear technology for sustainable development. During the meeting, the peaceful applications of nuclear technology in various sectors, including cancer diagnostics and treatment, agriculture, food preservation, water management, and industry, were discussed. The Prime Minister noted that, as one of the founding members of the IAEA, Pakistan has maintained a productive and mutually be...
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Prime Minister Meets IMF Managing Director
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Prime Minister Meets IMF Managing Director

Islamabad: 12 February 2025(Kamran Raja): Prime Minister Muhammad Shehbaz Sharif held a meeting with Ms. Kristalina Georgieva, Managing Director (MD) of the International Monetary Fund (IMF), on the sidelines of the World Government Summit (WGS) 2025. The meeting focused on Pakistan’s ongoing IMF program and the macroeconomic stability achieved through the government’s comprehensive reform agenda. The discussions highlighted Pakistan’s commitment to implementing structural reforms and maintaining fiscal discipline, which have been instrumental in restoring economic stability and will be critical in driving sustainable growth, going forward. Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif underscored the progress made under the IMF’s Extended Fund Facility (EFF), which has played a key role in stabili...
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Pakistan voices concern over violence in some Syrian areas, urges ‘strong’ security framework for stability
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Pakistan voices concern over violence in some Syrian areas, urges ‘strong’ security framework for stability

UNITED NATIONS, Feb 12 (Nosheen Raja): A top Pakistani diplomat told the UN Security Council Wednesday that a strong and unified national security framework in Syria was the key to ensuring the strife-torn country's long-term stability and preventing external interference, as he voiced concern over the continuing violence in some of its parts. Syria must not become a safe haven for terrorism, Ambassador Munir Akram said after UN Special Envoy for Syria Geir Pedersen and Assistant Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs Joyce Msuya briefed the 15-member Council on the political and humanitarian situation in the Arab country that is recovering from last November's collapse of the al-Assad regime. We hope the new leadership will guide Syria toward peace, stability and prosperity,...
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Prime Minister Muhammad Shehbaz Sharif met with His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Prime Minister and Vice President of the United Arab Emirates and Ruler of Dubai
11Feb By The Pakistan TimesNo Comments
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Prime Minister Muhammad Shehbaz Sharif met with His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Prime Minister and Vice President of the United Arab Emirates and Ruler of Dubai

Dubai: 11 February 2025 (Kamran Raja): Prime Minister Muhammad Shehbaz Sharif met with His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Prime Minister and Vice President of the United Arab Emirates and Ruler of Dubai. The Prime Minister is visiting Dubai to participate in the World Governments Summit 2025 at the invitation of H. H. Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid. ​H. H. Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid warmly welcomed Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif, reaffirming deep-rooted and longstanding ties between Pakistan and the UAE. Thanking HH Mohammed bin Rashid for the invitation, the Prime Minister lauded this transformative and timely initiative, providing a platform to world leaders, policy makers and experts, where they could gather under one roof to hold global discourse on the future of gove...
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Prime Minister of Pakistan and UAE President Discuss Bilateral Cooperation
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Prime Minister of Pakistan and UAE President Discuss Bilateral Cooperation

UAE: 11 February, 2025 (Kamran Raja): Prime Minister Muhammad Shehbaz Sharif, arrived in Abu Dhabi during his two-day visit to the United Arab Emirates. Chief of Army Staff General Syed Asim Munir was also present in the meeting. The Prime Minister was welcomed by His Highness Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, President of the United Arab Emirates and Ruler of Abu Dhabi. Prime Minister Shahbaz Sharif is visiting the UAE to participate in the World Governments Summit 2025. The summit, held under the theme 'Shaping Future Governments’ is held in Dubai. During their meeting at Qasr Al Shati in Abu Dhabi, the Prime Minister and His Highness discussed ways to deepen cooperation between Pakistan and the UAE and explored opportunities to enhance mutual interests. The talks focused on economi...
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At UNSC Briefing Pakistan Urges Global Action Against TTP/Majeed Brigade Terrorism Threats from Afghanistan
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At UNSC Briefing Pakistan Urges Global Action Against TTP/Majeed Brigade Terrorism Threats from Afghanistan

United Nations, February 10, 2025(Kamran Raja): While strongly rejecting any imputation that an ISIL-K/Daesh recruitment is taking place inside the country, Pakistan has urged the international community to take greater cognizance of the renewed terrorist threat posed by the TTP, Majeed Brigade and Daesh. It stated in unequivocal terms that over two dozen terrorist groups are operating inside Afghanistan, which is also the “main hub for ISIL-K’s recruitment and facilitation,” as is confirmed by the UN Monitoring Team’s recent report. In a statement today at the UN Security Council briefing on “Threats to international peace & security caused by terrorist acts, Ambassador Munir Akram, Pakistan’s Permanent Representative to the UN, reminded the 15-member UN Security Council that this ...
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At UN Pakistan Advocates for Inclusive Social Development
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At UN Pakistan Advocates for Inclusive Social Development

United Nations, February 11, 2025( Nosheen Raja): Pakistan has said that developing countries’ efforts for inclusive social development are being stymied by the lack of the financial and structural resources in their pursuit of the 2030 Agenda. Making a statement during the general debate on the 63rd Session on the Commission on Social Development today, Ambassador Asim Iftikhar Ahmad, Pakistan’s Alternate Permanent Representative to the UN, said that as evidenced by the Secretary General’s report, the core commitments contained in Copenhagen Declaration largely remained unfulfilled even after three decades since the holding of World Summit for Social Development. He said that the number of extremely poor was estimated at 692 million globally with around 65% of the world population l...
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European Union and the British Council partner to support the establishment of a Women’s Centre of Excellence
11Feb By The Pakistan TimesNo Comments
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European Union and the British Council partner to support the establishment of a Women’s Centre of Excellence

Peshawar, 11 February 2025( Kamran Raja): The European Union and the British Council partner to support the establishment of a Women’s Centre of Excellence for digital and hi-tech skills in Peshawar Under the presence of the KP Minister of Education, EU Ambassador Dr Riina Kionka and Country Director of the British Council James Hampson a ground-breaking ceremony was held today for the Centre of Excellence under the Team Europe’s TVET Sector Support Programme at the IM SCIENCES in Peshawar. This initiative marks a significant step towards equipping women in KP with cutting-edge skills in Artificial Intelligence, Robotics, Internet of Things, and Data Science , all critical fields for Pakistan’s growing digital economy. The programme is part of the broader Team Europe Initiativ...
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