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COP27
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Climate change
11/20/2022 7:43:45 PM
A breakthrough funding deal at the COP27 conference to help poor countries ravaged by climate change was welcomed Sunday by Pakistan, a nation devastated this year by record-breaking monsoon rains.
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COP27
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Climate change
11/19/2022 8:54:00 PM
COP27 host Egypt scrambled to salvage UN climate talks Saturday with the European Union and Pakistan signalling a breakthrough over the contentious issue of "loss and damage" funding for climate vulnerable nations.
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COP27
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Focus
11/18/2022 1:09:22 PM
One of the world's first cities came close to being wiped off the map during tragic floods this summer in Pakistan. Though Mohenjo Daro survived, it has become a symbol of the threat global warming poses to humanity's cultural heritage.
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Egypt
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Politics
11/11/2022 11:04:30 PM
On the sidelines of the COP27 in Sharm El-Sheikh, Prime Minister of Pakistan Shehbaz Sharif spoke to Alaa Thabet, the editor-in-chief of Al-Ahram Daily about his country's agenda at the climate conference and bilateral of Pakistani-Egyptian relations among other pertinent issues.
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Al-Ahram Weekly
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COP27
11/11/2022 10:30:00 AM
The foreign minister of Pakistan spoke with Ahmed Morsy on how Islamabad has been affected by climate change and the successful inclusion of loss and damage on the COP27 agenda
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World
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International
11/10/2022 6:14:31 PM
Pakistan's former Prime Minister Imran Khan urged his followers Thursday to resume their protest march on the country's capital to demand early elections _ even though he is staying out of the march for now, a week after he was wounded in the leg in a gunman's attempt on his life.
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COP27
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Climate change
11/9/2022 10:28:36 PM
Pakistan's foreign minister repeated calls for compensation for the unprecedented destruction caused to the country by this summer's flooding, saying debt relief could be a mechanism for doing so.
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COP27
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Climate change
11/8/2022 1:57:00 PM
Number of children affected by flooding in Chad, Gambia, Pakistan and north-east Bangladesh highest in over 30 years.
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COP27
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Climate change
11/7/2022 9:40:54 AM
It was a total loss - the type that is usually glossed over in big impersonal statistics like $40 billion in damage from this summer's Pakistan floods that put one-third of the nation underwater.
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Egypt
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Foreign Affairs
11/4/2022 2:42:55 PM
Egypt condemned on Friday the assassination attempt on Pakistan’s former Prime Minister Imran Khan, stressing its solidarity with the government and people of Pakistan in the face of all forms of violence, extremism and terrorism.
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World
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International
11/3/2022 2:27:50 PM
Former Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan was in stable condition after being shot in the foot Thursday at a political rally in what the country's president deemed "a heinous assassination attempt".
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Al-Ahram Weekly
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COP27
11/1/2022 10:49:05 PM
Al-Ahram Weekly sounds out ambassadors to Egypt on their countries’ outlook for COP27
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Business
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Markets & Companies
10/26/2022 7:56:25 PM
The government of Egypt has made significant strides over the past few years in terms of digital transformation, especially with regards to e-payment services, and has enabled more and more businesses to enter the financial sector, said Visa Group Country Manager and Senior Vice President for North Africa, Levant and Pakistan (NALP) region Leila Serhan.
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COP27
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Climate change
10/17/2022 1:52:10 PM
More than half of the flood victims in Pakistan's worst-hit Sindh province have returned to their homes over the past three weeks as the waters there gradually receded, officials said Monday.
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World
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International
10/17/2022 12:04:36 PM
Former Pakistan prime minister Imran Khan won six of eight national assembly seats he stood for in a weekend by-election, unofficial results showed Monday, a vote he has called a referendum on his popularity.
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World
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International
10/15/2022 6:25:09 PM
Pakistan pushed back Saturday against a comment by President Joe Biden in which he called the South Asian country ``one of the most dangerous nations in the world.''
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COP27
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Climate change
10/6/2022 3:30:40 PM
Pakistan's foreign minister on Thursday said that about 50% of the water has receded in the country's worst-hit southern Sindh province, raising hopes that farmers will be able to sow wheat in a first step toward returning to a normal life.
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COP27
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Climate change
10/4/2022 4:17:14 PM
Alarmed by a surge in disease, the United Nations is asking for five times' more international aid after deadly floods in Pakistan left millions of survivors homeless and at rising risk of waterborne diseases and other ailments.
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COP27
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Climate change
10/3/2022 10:40:42 PM
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Monday urged the world to act at the upcoming pre-COP27 climate talks in DR Congo against what he called "a life-or-death struggle for our own safety today and our survival tomorrow."
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World
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Region
9/30/2022 2:52:06 PM
The United Nations will seek $800 million more in aid from the international community to respond to the soaring life-saving needs of Pakistani flood survivors, a UN official said Friday.
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