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  • Architecture students go back to the drawing board to rethink Clifton green belt

    KARACHI: As a part of their eighth semester architecture thesis project, the students of Indus Valley School of Art and Architecture decided to see how they can, with a bit of sensible planning, turn around an underutilised green belt just behind their building in Clifton...

    Though the 356,270 square-foot area, or 950-metre strip of land, was originally dedicated for a green belt, it is currently being used as a parking area, outdoor...

  • Mideast, Central Asia face a decade of economic pain: IMF

    Lack of diversification among oil-exporting countries and the reliance of oil importers on sectors like tourism, as well as their dependence on remittances, are likely to curb growth, the IMF said on Monday in its outlook for the region, which spans around 30 countries from Mauritania to Kazakhstan...

    Pakistan and other countries that rely on remittances from Gulf will see significant drop in inflowsCountries relying on remittances...

  • Backpacks or back pain?

    And amongst all the preparations for going back to school comes preparing backpacks, our most prized possession in school...

    However, in the process of placing things in it, we tend to make it so heavy that eventually carrying backpack becomes akin to carrying a large stone on our back...

  • Pakistan extends support to China's One Belt One Road: Ishaq Dar

    Finance Minister Ishaq Dar on Saturday said intra-regional trade and connectivity was crucial for sustainable economic development of Asia and the Pacific region...

    The finance minister also extended unequivocal support to One Belt and One Road — a giant initiative undertaken by China for economic progress and prosperity...

  • PPBL introduces Pakistan’s first-ever pro boxing belt

    ISLAMABAD: Profess­ional boxing got a major breakthrough in the country on Tuesday when the Pakistan Professional Boxing League (PPBL) intro­duced the first-ever pro belt in Pakistan...

    The belt titled ‘Pakistan Professional League’ and bearing a golden coloured face image of Pakistan’s national animal Markhor as well as photos of PPBL board members was introduced during a ceremony in Islamabad...

  • Karunaratne bats through pain as Sri Lanka lead against Pakistan swells in Galle

    Sri Lanka captain Dimuth Karunaratne batted through pain to help the hosts stretch their overall lead to 323 runs and boost their chances of a series-levelling victory in the second test against Pakistan on Tuesday...

    Having conceded a lead of 147, Pakistan claimed four wickets in the second session but the 59-run stand between Karunaratne and de Silva put Sri Lanka in a strong position...

  • Seat-belt safety

    Reducing the amount of threat on roads by wearing a seat belt is always a good bargain...

    It is sad to see how Pakistan has not done enough for the promotion of seatbelts while other countries deem it illegal not to have seatbelts...

  • One Belt, One Road

    GEN Joseph Dunford, chairman, US joint chiefs of staff, recently stated at a hearing of the US Senate’s armed services committee: “I think in a globalised world there’s many belts and many roads and no one nation should put themselves in a position of dictating ‘One Belt One Road’...

    That said, the one belt one road also goes through disputed territory … that in itself shows the vulnerability of trying to establish that sort of a...

  • Enforcing ban on paddy cultivation in cotton belt

    FARMERS are busy preparing their nurseries for paddy cultivation in Sindh, while the civil administration is trying to strictly enforce the ban on the sowing of rice on the left bank of the Indus in line with a law enacted in 1959...

    The situation is different for the growing of paddy this year...

  • One Belt, One Road: a snapshot

    Beijing’s grand vision — unveiled by Xi in 2013 — includes the “Silk Road Economic Belt”, which extends from China to central Asia and Europe, linking northern Xi’an city with Dushanbe (Tajikistan), Moscow, Rotterdam and Venice...

    The China Development Bank alone has earmarked $890 billion for some 900 projects...

  • Belt and Road plan wins praise, but some concerns remain

    CHINESE President Xi Jinping’s grand plan to revive ancient trade routes linking Asia, Africa and Europe to boost global commerce received fulsome praise from several leaders attending a forum to drum up support for it...

    However, despite reassurances from the Chinese leader of the inclusiveness and openness of the Belt and Road initiative and that China would not impose its will on participating countries, some scepticism and...

  • One Belt, One Road: Japanese perspective

    In Beijing, the administration of Chinese President Xi Jinping has held its first-ever international cooperation conference under the theme of its “One Belt, One Road” initiative, by which it seeks to establish a huge economic bloc...

    He is believed to have a desire to help reinforce his own authority by successfully holding the “One Belt, One Road” conference, which he regards as his country’s greatest diplomatic event...

  • China invites India to join One-Belt-One-Road project

    NEW DELHI: Chinese Ambassador Luo Zhaohui has called on India to join its One-Belt-One-Road project and assured New Delhi that the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) would not impinge on anyone’s sovereign rights...

    There was a need to set a long-term vision for China-India relations...

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