Turkmenistan Investment Forum 2025 opens in Awaza with delegates from 45 countries to boost global partnerships
AWAZA, Friday, September 18, 2025 (WNP): The Turkmenistan Investment Forum (TIF 2025) opened Thursday in the National Tourist Zone ‘Awaza’ drawing over 800 delegates from 45 countries, including senior government officials, global corporate leaders, investment bankers, and renowned experts. The Forum was inaugurated on behalf of President Serdar Berdimuhamedov by the Minister of Finance and Economy, who underscored Turkmenistan’s commitment...
NA body urges improved arrangements for religious delegations, Zaireen policy reforms
ISLAMABAD, Friday, September 19, 2025 (WNP): The National Assembly Standing Committee on Religious Affairs and Interfaith Harmony on Friday called for stronger institutional arrangements and improved facilitation for official religious delegations and pilgrims, while recommending a series of reforms in the Zaireen policy. The 7th meeting of the committee, chaired by MNA Shagufta Jumani at the Parliament House, began with...
Pakistan, Saudi Arabia are pillars of Muslim Ummah: Sardar Yousaf
ISLAMABAD, Friday, September 19, 2025 (WNP): Federal Minister for Religious Affairs and Interfaith Harmony, Sardar Muhammad Yousaf has expressed gratitude to the nation and religious scholars for observing Yaum-e-Tashakur (Day of Thanksgiving) and for offering special prayers for Pakistan and Saudi Arabia during Friday sermons. Speaking to scholars from different schools of thought, the minister said this week will be...
Uzbekistan sees Afghanistan transit routes as key to regional integration, global trade
TASHKENT, Friday, September 19, 2025 (WNP): Uzbekistan views the diversification of transport corridors through Afghanistan as a pivotal step in strengthening regional economic cooperation, enhancing its role as a Eurasian transit hub, and reinforcing global supply chains, according to Usmonjon Mukhtorjanov, Head of Department at the Center for the Study of Problems of Transport and Logistics Development under the...
OGDCL begins gas, condensate production from Soghri North-1 well in Attock
ISLAMABAD, Friday, September 19, 2025 (WNP): The Oil and Gas Development Company Limited (OGDCL) has announced the commencement of gas and condensate production from its Soghri North-1 well in Attock district, Punjab. According to an OGDCL spokesperson, the well is producing 14 million standard cubic feet per day (MMSCFD) of gas and 430 barrels per day of condensate. To ensure...
Pakistan has evidence of Afghan, Indian involvement in terrorism: DG ISPR
ISLAMABAD, Friday, September 19, 2025 (WNP): Pakistan has credible evidence of illegal Afghan nationals’ involvement in terrorism and other serious crimes inside the country, Director General Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) Lt Gen Ahmed Sharif Chaudhry has said. In an interview with a German magazine, the DG ISPR noted that Pakistan had hosted millions of Afghan refugees for over four decades...
Sardar Yousaf hails Pakistan–Saudi defense pact as ‘historic milestone’ for Muslim Ummah
ISLAMABAD, Thursday, September 18, 2025 (WNP): Federal Minister for Religious Affairs and Interfaith Harmony, Sardar Muhammad Yousaf on Thursday welcomed the recently signed Pakistan–Saudi Arabia Strategic Mutual Defense Agreement, describing it as a historic milestone for both nations and the wider Muslim world. The minister extended congratulations to Prime Minister Muhammad Shehbaz Sharif, Saudi King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud,...
Uzbekistan expands global financial partnerships to boost reforms, investment
TASHKENT, Thursday, September 18, 2025 (WNP): Uzbekistan is intensifying cooperation with leading international financial institutions and global companies as part of its drive to advance economic reforms, strengthen financial stability, and ensure sustainable development. In recent high-level meetings, the government engaged with the World Bank on long-term development goals, including transport infrastructure projects such as the planned Tashkent–Andijan toll road,...