Category: World

President Joe Biden, who leaves office next week, announced on Friday that he was commuting the sentences of nearly 2,500 people convicted of non-violent drug offenses, saying he has now issued more individual pardons and commutations than any predecessor. Those benefiting from Friday’s action “are serving disproportionately long sentences compared to the sentences they would […]

TAIPEI (Pakistan Post) – Taiwan carried out its first execution in five years late on Thursday, upsetting both rights groups and the European Union which called on the government to maintain its de facto moratorium on the death penalty. Despite Taiwan’s reputation as Asia’s most liberal democracy, the death penalty remains broadly popular according to […]

HONG KONG (Pakistan Post) – China’s population fell for a third consecutive year in 2024, with the number of deaths outpacing a slight increase in births, and experts cautioning that the trend will accelerate in the coming years. The National Bureau of Statistics said the total number of people in China dropped by 1.39 million […]

MANILA – Japan, the Philippines and the United States vowed to further deepen cooperation under a trilateral arrangement in the face of rising tensions in Asia’s waters, the three countries said following a call among their leaders. Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba, Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. and outgoing US President Joe Biden met virtually […]

ISLAMABAD (Pakisan Post) – Pakistan and Saudi Arabia signed the annual Hajj agreement 2025 to facilitate pilgrims. The agreement was signed by Federal Minister for Religious Affairs and Interfaith Harmony Chaudhry Salik Hussain and Saudi Minister of Hajj and Umrah Dr Tawfiq bin Fawzan al-Rabiah during a ceremony.  Under the agreement, 179,210 pilgrims from Pakistan […]

ISLAMABAD (Pakistan Post) – Minister for Defense Khawaja Muhammad Asif on Monday said that continuity in dialogue with Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI), would help resolve political issues. PTI must show seriousness and provide charter of demand in writing without wasting time, he said while talking to a private television channel. PTI founder is seeking support from […]

ISLAMABAD (Web Desk) – The Economic Coordination Committee (ECC) of the Cabinet in its meeting on Monday approved over eight billion rupees in favour of various ministries. The ECC, which met in Islamabad today with Finance Minister Muhammad Aurangzeb in the chair approved a Technical Supplementary Grant of Rs 1.945 billion in favour of the […]

WASHINGTON (Pakistan Post) – US President-elect Donald Trump said on Monday (Jan 6) that he and Chinese leader Xi Jinping have been speaking through representatives and he believes the two leaders will get along. “We’ve already been talking. We’ve been talking through their representatives,” Trump said in an interview with conservative talk show host Hugh […]

BEIRUT (Paksitan Post) – Visiting US envoy Amos Hochstein said Israeli forces began withdrawing on Monday from a south Lebanon border town more than halfway into a fragile ceasefire between Israel and Hezbollah. It is the second such pullout since a November 27 ceasefire, and came after United Nations peacekeepers and Lebanon’s prime minister late […]

GENEVA (Pakistan Post) – The UN World Food Programme said on Monday (Jan 6) that Israeli forces had opened fire on one of its convoys in the besieged Palestinian enclave of Gaza in what it called a “horrifying incident”. The agency said the convoy of three vehicles carrying eight staff members from central Gaza to […]