Focus Neighbourhood: President urges all parties to support the IMF agreement as Sri Lanka is re-emerging from the crisis
Asif to virtually attend SCO Delhi meet The Nation | 26th April Defence Minister Khawaja Asif will attend the meeting of Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) defence ministers virtually, said Foreign Office in a statement on Wednesday. Khawaja Asif will participate in the two-day SCO moot via video link. The two-day gathering will begin tomorrow (April 27) […]
Focus Neighbourhood: Japan, India and France launch debt restructuring negotiation process on Sri Lanka
14th April, 2023 | Volume – 9 – 01/04 Chinese Company Offers $10b Investment in Afghanistan’s Lithium Deposits The Khaama Press | 14th April The Afghanistan Ministry of Mines and Petroleum said on Thursday that a Chinese Company, Gochin expressed its interest in investing $10 billion in Afghanistan’s lithium deposits. According to the statement, the acting […]
Focus Neighbourhood: Japan, India and France launch debt restructuring negotiation process on Sri Lanka
Focus Neighbourhood: Sri Lankan High Commissioner discusses bilateral economic cooperation with India Reserve Bank Governor
31st March, 2023 | Volume – 9 – 02/03 Human Rights Violations Increased Exponentially in Afghanistan: Amnesty Intl The Khaama Press | 30th March Amnesty International expressed concerns in its annual report about restrictions on women’s rights, media freedom and freedom of expression in Afghanistan. “Restrictions on women’s rights, freedom of the media and freedom of […]
Focus Neighbourhood: Sri Lankan envoy discusses bilateral economic cooperation with Indian Finance Minister
24th March, 2023 | Volume – 9 – 02/03 IMF rejects claim of linking polls delay with fund’s conditions The Express Tribune | 23rd March The International Monetary Fund (IMF) on Thursday rejected Pakistan’s claim that its programme conditions were one of the reasons for delaying polls in two provinces – Punjab and Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa – saying […]
Highlights From The Local Media Of Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Maldives, Myanmar, Nepal, Pakistan And Sri Lanka
Pakistan floods ‘10th costliest disaster’ in a decade Dawn |17th November The calamitous Pakistan floods of 2022 were the tenth most expensive climate disaster to have buffeted a nation over the last decade, according to risk modelling firm RMS. The floods inflicted an estimated loss of $3 billion on the country, caused over 1,700 deaths […]