Google to launch AI-powered ads in Pakistan, transforming search marketing for local businesses
ISLAMABAD, Monday, July 14, 2025 (WNP): In a major digital leap for Pakistan’s marketing landscape, Google has announced plans to roll out its “Ads in AI Overviews” feature across several Asia-Pacific markets—including Pakistan—later this year. The move will enable Pakistani businesses to embed ads directly into AI-generated summaries that appear in Google Search, giving them powerful new ways to reach...
FAO, Japan empower over half a million flood-hit Pakistanis with resilient farming, livestock aid
ISLAMABAD, Monday, July 14, 2025 (WNP): The Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United Nations, with funding from the Government of Japan, has successfully wrapped up a major emergency support project that brought hope and recovery to over 520,000 people in flood-ravaged regions of Balochistan and Sindh. Launched in response to the catastrophic 2022 floods, the $6.48 million project...
ISSI, Casa Asia ink MoU to bolster Pakistan-Spain academic, strategic ties
ISLAMABAD, Monday, July 14, 2025 (WNP): The Institute of Strategic Studies Islamabad (ISSI), in a significant move to deepen Pakistan-Spain relations, has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Spain’s Casa Asia to promote greater collaboration in academic, research, and think-tank engagements. The agreement was signed by Ambassador Sohail Mahmood, Director General of ISSI, and José Pintor, Director General of...
NA panel urges priority Hajj accommodation for affected pilgrims, enhanced interfaith harmony initiatives
ISLAMABAD, Monday, July 14, 2025 (WNP): The National Assembly Standing Committee on Religious Affairs and Interfaith Harmony, during its 6th meeting held at the Parliament House on Monday, expressed grave concern over the exclusion of a significant number of Pakistani pilgrims from Hajj 2025 and recommended their priority accommodation in Hajj 2026 or full refund of their deposits. The meeting...
UN report warns world is ‘drastically off track’ to meet 2030 goals, urges urgent global action
UNITED NATIONS, Monday, July 15, 2025 (WNP): The world is in a “global development emergency,” with only 18% of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) on track to be achieved by 2030, according to a sobering new UN report released Monday by Secretary-General António Guterres. While the report celebrates key achievements—such as a five-year jump in global life expectancy from 2000...
UNICEF urges Israel to review Gaza rules of engagement after airstrike kills seven children at water point
UNITED NATIONS, Monday, July 14, 2025 (WNP): The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) has issued a stark appeal to Israeli authorities to urgently review their rules of engagement in Gaza following a deadly airstrike that killed seven children waiting for water at a distribution site in central Gaza on Sunday. The strike, which also claimed the lives of four other...
Pakistan, UK sign landmark trade agreement to boost bilateral economic ties, unlock new market opportunities
LONDON/ISLAMABAD, Monday, July 14, 2025 (WNP): Pakistan and the United Kingdom on Monday formally signed the ‘Trade Dialogue Mechanism Agreement’, for institutionalizing bilateral trade cooperation and unlocking new avenues for investment and development in a historic move to deepen economic ties. The agreement was signed in London by Federal Minister for Commerce Jam Kamal Khan and British Minister of State...
Kashmir Martyrs’ Day seminar resounds with renewed call for global action, Kashmiri voices
ISLAMABAD, Sunday, July 13, 2025 (WNP): A high-level seminar marking Kashmir Martyrs’ Day at the Institute of Regional Studies (IRS), held in collaboration with the Youth Forum for Kashmir, echoed a unified message: Kashmir’s century-old quest for self-determination is alive, resolute, and demands international recognition. The event honored the memory of 22 unarmed Kashmiris killed by Dogra forces on July...
Pakistan’s UNSC Presidency: Ishaq Dar, UN Chief discuss global peace, security agenda
ISLAMABAD, Sunday, July 13, 2025 (WNP): Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Senator Mohammad Ishaq Dar received a telephone call from United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres on Sunday to discuss matters of mutual interest in the context of Pakistan’s ongoing presidency of the UN Security Council (UNSC). As Pakistan assumes the rotating presidency of the Council for the month of...