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Pakistan and the UK promise to increase their strategic and economic relations.
The United Kingdom and Pakistan have reaffirmed their commitment to deepening their bilateral relationship, with both countries indicating a desire to further collaboration in the fields of development, trade, investment, and security.
The agreement was struck during a meeting between Jonathan Powell and Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif, when the two nations’ strategic and economic cooperation was the main topic of discussion.
The British side also demonstrated a strong desire to support Pakistan’s reform program and expand collaboration in a number of areas throughout the discussion.
British High Commissioner to Pakistan Jane Marriott described Britain as Pakistan’s most important business partner in Europe and stated that economic ties between Pakistan and the UK are still strong.
She pointed out that there are already over 200 British businesses working in Pakistan, with a combined investment of more than Rs910 billion. The UK is Pakistan’s third-largest export market, she continued, and the persistence of British businesses is a sign of growing trust in Pakistan’s economy.
Jane Marriott claims that bilateral trade between the two nations has reached its greatest level to date, surpassing $6 billion. According to her, British businesses are making a substantial contribution to Pakistan’s export expansion, tax income, employment creation, and technology transfer.
The event happened in the Charsadda neighborhood of Parang Majuki.
The Rescue 1122 crew raced to the scene as soon as they received the information, pulled the individuals out from under the rubble, and transported them to the District Headquarters Hospital in Charsadda.
In Shabqadar tehsil of Charsadda, a damaged roof fell earlier in January 2026, killing six people, including a woman and her three daughters, and injuring five more.
The majority of the victims were visitors who had come to the residence where the tragedy took place to attend a wedding ceremony. The cops stated that the event was planned for the evening.
Hangzhou will be the first stop on Prime Minister Muhammad Shehbaz Sharif’s four-day tour to China.
On Saturday morning, PM Shehbaz Sharif’s aircraft departed from the PAF Base in Lahore.
The Prime Minister was accompanied by Federal Minister of Planning Ahsan Iqbal, Minister of Information and Broadcasting Attaullah Tarar, Minister of IT Shaza Fatima Khawaja, Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Senator Muhammad Ishaq Dar, and Special Assistant Tariq Fatemi.
The Prime Minister will meet with the Zhejiang Province Communist Party Secretary in Hangzhou as per the visitation schedule. He will attend the ceremony for the exchanging of agreements and memorandums of understanding and take part in a business roundtable intended to foster collaboration between Chinese and Pakistani businesses under CPEC Phase 2.
Service between Rawalpindi and Islamabad had to be temporarily suspended after a metro bus caught fire on Saturday.
The bus was totally damaged in the event while firefighters attempted to put out the fire till they received the most recent news.
Each passenger had the freedom to get off the bus by themselves.
On the other hand, the management had stated that nobody was on the bus at the moment.
The fact that this is the second metro bus fire in the month is noteworthy.
Because of these incidents, passengers are terrified.
A roof fall in Charsadda claims three lives.
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