Elsewedy Electric has entered the Asian market through acquiring shares in two companies involved in the transformer sector in Indonesia and Pakistan, valued at $60m.
The company said that it acquired 95 percent of PT CG Power Indonesia, which (...)
Elsewedy Electric has entered the Asian market through its acquisition of shares in two companies involved in the transformer sector in Indonesia and Pakistan, valued at $60m.
In a statement to the Egyptian Exchange (EGX), the company said that it (...)
Dr. Gautam Singh dreads the daily advent of the ventilator beeps, signaling that oxygen levels are critically low, and hearing his critically ill patients start gasping for air in the New Delhi emergency ward where he works.
Like other doctors (...)
With life-saving oxygen in short supply, family members in India are left on their own to ferry coronavirus patients from hospital to hospital in search of treatment as the country is engulfed in a devastating new surge of infections. Too often (...)
The foreign ministers of Turkey, Pakistan and Afghanistan called on the Afghan Taliban on Friday to reaffirm its commitment to achieving a negotiated settlement for lasting peace in Afghanistan.
In a joint statement issued after talks in Istanbul, (...)
The US military has begun shipping equipment and winding down contracts with local service providers ahead of the May 1 start of the final phase of its military pullout from Afghanistan, a US Defense Department official said Thursday.
The pullout (...)
An explosion at a luxury hotel killed three people and wounded 11 in southwest Pakistan on Wednesday, police said.
"An explosion has rocked the parking area of Serena hotel," police official Nasir Malik told Reuters.
The hotel is in Quetta, the (...)
Last week US President Joe Biden announced that he would withdraw all US forces from Afghanistan by 11 September which, this year, marks the 20th anniversary of the terrorist attacks on the World Trade Centre and the Pentagon. Around 3,000 people of (...)
After 20 years of an apparently permanent and substantial US military presence in Afghanistan, US President Joe Biden announced on 14 April that American troops would commence withdrawing from the country on 1 May and that the withdrawal would be (...)
Violations of religious freedom are increasing and persecution takes place in more than 25 countries, with China and Myanmar among those that have the worst records, according to a report by a Vatican-backed charity.
The Religious Freedom in the (...)
The Culture Ministry applies all precautionary and preventive measures with daily sterilization of the theatres in order to ensure the safety of the public, artists and workers.
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Martin Kropff, director general of the International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center (CIMMYT), said he expects the newly-developed high-zinc wheat to make up at least 80% of varieties distributed worldwide over the next ten years, up from about (...)
Egypt and Pakistan discussed the possibility of signing a memorandum of understanding (MoU) between the Suez Canal Authority (SCA) and Gwadar Port Authority, according to statement by the Pakistani maritime affairs ministry
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The United Arab Emirates' envoy to Washington confirmed the Gulf state is mediating between India and Pakistan to help the nuclear-armed rivals reach a "healthy and functional" relationship.
Top intelligence officers from India and Pakistan held (...)
Top intelligence officers from India and Pakistan held secret talks in Dubai in January in a new effort to calm military tension over the disputed Himalayan region of Kashmir, people with close knowledge of the matter told Reuters in Delhi.
Ties (...)
Paramilitary forces deployed overnight in the eastern Pakistani province of Punjab as police struggled to clear violent sit-ins by Islamists protesting against the arrest of their leader.
Two police officers were killed and 125 policemen were hurt (...)
The holy month of Ramadan is much more than a month of fasting, being an empowering combination of faith, history, and culture. Each year, millions of Muslims worldwide celebrate the month in various ways, practising abstinence during this period (...)
Government forces killed five suspected rebels, including a teenager, in gunfights in Indian-controlled Kashmir, police said Sunday.
The back-to-back clashes began late Saturday after troops cordoned off two villages in southern Kashmir's Shopian (...)
Egypt's Paymob for digital payments has closed $18.5m in a Series A round led by Global Ventures, the company announced on Thursday.
In July 2020, Paymob raised $3.5m as its first tranche of Series A investment. An additional $15m was raised from (...)
Anti-India clashes erupted between government forces and residents of a village in disputed Kashmir on Friday following a gunbattle in which troops killed three suspected militants, police and residents said.
The gunfight erupted shortly after (...)
The British government is gearing up to ban international arrivals from four more countries _ Bangladesh, Kenya, Pakistan and the Philippines _ amid concerns over new virus variants but opted against including France and other European nations that (...)
Across Myanmar, opponents of the ruling junta on Sunday mourned the killings of at least 114 people by security forces in the bloodiest day since the military coup on Feb. 1, but vowed to keep protesting to end army rule.
Children were among those (...)
Security forces killed more than 90 people across Myanmar on Saturday in one of the bloodiest days of protests since a military coup last month, news reports and witnesses said.
The lethal crackdown came on Armed Forces Day. Senior General Min Aung (...)
"The government and the people of Pakistan extend sincere condolences to the government and brotherly people of Egypt on the loss of life and injuries in a train collision today, in Sohag governorate of Egypt," a statement by the Ministry of Foreign (...)
An Indian official played down on Tuesday prospects for a breakthrough at the first talks in three years with neighbouring Pakistan aimed at resolving long-running disputes over hydroelectric projects on the shared Indus River.
Pakistan is concerned (...)
