France election: Far right wins first round, final result uncertain, exit polls show
- 01-Jul-2024
Marine Le Pen’s far-right National Rally (RN) party scored historic gains to win the first round of France’s parliamentary election on Sunday, exit polls showed, but the final result will depend on days of horsetrading before next week’s run-off. The RN was seen winning around 34% of the vote, exit polls from Ipsos, Ifop, OpinionWay […]
Pakistan holds first round of talks with IMF team on possible bailout package
- 08-Nov-2018
ISLAMABAD: An International Monetary Fund (IMF) team on Wednesday held the first round of talks on a possible IMF bailout, even as Pakistan insisted it had solved its immediate balance of payments crisis. The talks were held in Islamabad between the IMF delegation and officials of the finance ministry on a “technical level”. The government […]
First round of China-Afghanistan-Pakistan cooperation dialogue held in Beijing
- 27-May-2017
ISLAMABAD: The first round of China-Afghanistan-Pakistan Practical Cooperation Dialogue was held in Beijing on Saturday. The dialogue was co-chaired by Director General Mansoor Ahmad Khan of Pakistan’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Director General Xiao Qian of Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Director General Khalid Payenda of Afghan Ministry of Finance. The three sides exchanged […]