Trump to sign executive order endorsing TikTok “divestiture deal”
- 22-Sep-2025
President Donald Trump will sign an executive order later this week that declares that a deal to divest TikTok’s U.S. operations from its Chinese owner Bytedance will meet requirements set out in a 2024 law, a White House official said on Monday. The United States is confident that China has approved the deal and does […]
Trump, Starmer sign tech deal to seal ‘unbreakable bond’
- 18-Sep-2025
London: Donald Trump hailed America’s “unbreakable bond” with Britain Thursday as he and Prime Minister Keir Starmer signed a huge tech deal on the second day of the US president’s pomp-filled state visit. A day after King Charles III treated Trump to a day of royal pageantry at Windsor Castle, Trump flew to Starmer’s Chequers […]
President signs Seminary Registration Act into law
- 29-Dec-2024
ISLAMABAD: President Asif Ali Zardari Sunday signed the Seminary Registration Act into law, ARY News reported, quoting NA Secretariat. According to a National Assembly spokesperson, the Societies Registration Act 2024, makes it a law. The step comes as part of the government’s ongoing efforts to regulate and formalize the registration of various entities, including seminaries […]
Budget 2024-25: President Zardari signs Finance Bill
- 30-Jun-2024
President Asif Ali Zardari on Sunday signed the Finance Bill 2024 approving the federal budget 2024-25, ARY News reported. A signed copy of the Finance Bill will also be sent to Parliament. The new federal budget will come into effect from July 1 On June 28, the National Assembly passed the federal budget amid opposition protests. The […]
Pakistan likely to sign staff-level agreement with IMF next week
- 16-Mar-2024
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan is likely to sign the staff-level agreement with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) next week, ARY News reported on Saturday, citing sources. The signing of staff level agreement with the IMF will clear the way for Pakistan to receive the last tranche of $1.1 billion under the SBA Agreement, the sources said. They […]
Pakistan, Russia to sign oil deal in March
- 26-Jan-2023
ISLAMABAD: Petroleum ministry on Thursday announced to sign oil deal with Russia in March amid the fuel crisis in the country, ARY News reported. Addressing the press conference, Petroleum Minister Musadik Malik announced that Pakistan will sign a crude oil contract with Russia in march. He further announced that another contract with Russia for liquefied […]
Trump claims win as US, Mexico, Canada sign new trade deal
- 30-Nov-2018
BUENOS AIRES: The leaders of the United States, Mexico and Canada on Friday signed a huge regional trade deal to replace the old NAFTA, denounced by President Donald Trump as a killer of US jobs. “This is a model agreement that changes the trade landscape forever,” Trump said at the signing ceremony in Buenos Aires, […]
Govt plans to sign agreements with China, UAE to check money laundering: PM’s assistant
- 14-Oct-2018
ISLAMABAD: Special Assistant to the Prime Minister on Accountability Shahzad Akbar on Sunday said that the government would sign agreements with China and the UAE for the exchange of information and joint investigation to check the money laundering. “Nine to ten billion dollars of money laundering was annually taking place from Pakistan. Since the relevant […]
PTI, China’s ruling party sign MoU to beef up bilateral links
- 14-Oct-2018
ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) and Communist Party of China (CPC) signed a memorandum of understanding in Islamabad on Sunday to further strengthen links between the two parties. The document was signed by PTI Vice Chairman Shah Mehmoud Qureshi and the head of the delegation of the CPC. Talking to the Chinese delegation, Shah Mehmoud […]
Saudi Arabia, Pakistan sign MoUs for education, health projects in Azad Kashmir, KP
- 27-Sep-2018
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan and Saudi Arabia on Thursday signed three Memorandum of Understandings (MoUs) for grant projects in Azad Jammu and Kashmir and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa for the health and education sectors. Secretary Economic Affairs Division Syed Ghazanfar Abbas Jilani and the chief executive officer Saudi Fund for Development (SFD) signed the MoUs on behalf of their […]