Islamabad, 9 January 2026 — Pakistan’s push toward digital financial inclusion is increasingly shaped by one stubborn obstacle: millions of citizens remain outside the system because of weak or absent internet coverage. The Offline Payments Innovation Challenge, hosted by Karandaaz…
ISLAMABAD, Jan 6 (APP): Pakistan has developed 400 advanced chickpea breeding lines under a newly established Speed Breeding Facility, aimed at accelerating the development of climate-resilient and high-yield pulse varieties. Dr Shahid Riaz Malik, Head of the Pulses Research Program…
ISLAMABAD, Jan 02 (APP): Pakistan is exploring the commercial cultivation of tea in its northern highlands after the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) assessments confirmed that large areas in the region are suitable for long-term and climate-smart plantations. Dr Farrukh…
ISLAMABAD (APP): Pakistan’s long-standing dependence on imported ginger is expected to ease as domestic cultivation gains momentum, driven by research-led innovation, farmer participation and targeted government support. Research efforts drive ginger farming expansion Ginger farming in the country has expanded…
ISLAMABAD(APP): The Citrus Research Institute (CRI) Sargodha has begun developing seedless and pigmented kinnow varieties to better meet global market demand, marking a major shift in Punjab’s citrus improvement efforts. Scale of citrus cultivation and production in Punjab Punjab has…
By The Public Purview KARACHI: A Pakistani export company, Impex Pakistan, has been named among the global top 20 finalists at the New Power Award, an international competition organized by Alibaba.com, following its conclusion in Hangzhou, China. The award competition,…
By Chen Junyi, People’s Daily In a manufacturing facility of Chinese automotive giant Geely in Guanshanhu district, Guiyang, southwest China’s Guizhou province, operations are in full swing. Robotic arms precisely apply adhesives and install windshields, while more than 3,000 employees…
By Liu Junguo, People’s Daily At 9 a.m., when the Yiwu International Trade Market, the world’s largest wholesale market for small commodities located in the city of Yiwu in east China’s Zhejiang province, opens, a dynamic crowd quickly fills the…
By Zhong Sheng, People’s Daily On Dec. 13, a national memorial ceremony was held to honor the victims of the Nanjing Massacre, a tragedy rooted in the aggression of Japanese militarism during World War II. During this solemn occasion, eighty-eight…
By Zhong Sheng, People’s Daily Recently, Japanese vessels and aircraft have repeatedly approached the training zone of the People’s Liberation Army (PLA) Navy and disrupted the normal training activities of the Chinese side. These moves created risks to maritime and…
ISLAMABAD, Dec 17 (APP): Scientists at the Potato Research Institute (PRI) Sahiwal are working to develop potato varieties capable of withstanding smoggy and foggy conditions. According to Punjab Agriculture Department, potatoes are cultivated on nearly one million acres in the…
By The Public Purview Islamabad: The 22nd International Conference on Frontiers in Information Technology (FIT 2025), organized by COMSATS University Islamabad, concluded on Monday at the COMSTECH Secretariat after two days of academic deliberations on emerging trends in information and…
ISLAMABAD, Dec 12 (APP): The China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) projects have achieved significant progress across Balochistan, reflecting a renewed focus on the province’s infrastructure development, social uplift and economic integration. According to documents available with Wealth Pakistan, in the energy…
ISLAMABAD, Dec 11 (APP): The energy portfolio of the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) in Sindh’s less developed regions has recorded notable progress with the completion of 12 power projects. The initiatives have significantly boosted electricity generation, strengthened transmission capacity, and…
By Ouyang Jie, Shen Xiaoxiao, Song Haoxin, People’s Daily To expand unilateral opening to the least developed countries (LDCs) and achieve common development, China has granted zero-tariff treatment for 100 percent tariff lines to all the LCDs it has diplomatic…
Kobayashi Yokichi Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi recently attempted to link a so-called “Taiwan contingency” with the exercise of the right to collective self-defense, implying the possibility of Japanese military intervention in the Taiwan question. This erroneous statement constitutes a…
