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Pak inks 220-million-dollar satellite deal with China
Islamabad, Sep. 19 (ANI): Pakistan has signed an agreement with China to provide a 220-million-dollar financial grant to help the Islamic country launch a communication satellite.
The operational life of Pakistan’s existing satellite PAKSAT-1 will be over in November 2011.
Chinese Ambassador to Pakistan Luo Zhaohui and Pakistan’s Economic Affairs Secretary Farrukh Qayyum signed the contract.
“China [...]
Zardari says 36 MoUs signed between Pak and China in a year
Islamabad, Sep. 16 (ANI): Pakistan President Asif Ali Zardari has revealed that 36 Memorandums of Understanding have been signed between the Islamic country and China in the past year.
In an interview with the Guangming Daily, Zardari added that over 50 new joint collaboration have also been identified.
Lauding the China’s growth and development, Zardari said [...]
American series Lost to release in Iran soon
Tehran, Sep. 14 (ANI): Taking a cue from the soaring sale of its pirated DVDs in Iran, the American television series Lost, which is about plane crash survivors stranded on a remote island, is set to be released in the Islamic country.
After buying the broadcast rights and commissioning Iranian actors to dub it into Farsi, [...]
‘US preparing sanctions against Iran’
Jerusalem, Sep. 11 (ANI): Following an apparently unyielding diplomatic engagement in Iran, the Obama administration is preparing the groundwork for sanctions against the Islamic country, two senior US officials have told Jewish leaders [...]
Pak preparing sea route feasibility report on Pak-Iran gas pipeline deal
Islamabad, July 5 (ANI): In a bid to seek parliamentary approval for the multi-billion dollar Iran-Pakistan gas pipeline project, Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani has asked the country’s petroleum ministry to prepare a feasibility report on the viability of bringing the gas pipeline through a sea route.
During a presentation on energy securitisation Gilani’s Adviser on [...]
Journalist accused of spying stands trial in Iran
Tehran, April 14 (IANS) An Iranian-American journalist accused of spying in Iran stood the first session of her trial this week, a judiciary spokesman told a news conference here Tuesday.
The first trial of Roxana Saberi was carried out behind closed doors here Monday, Ali Jamshidi was quoted by ISNA news agency as saying.
‘The court’s verdict [...]
