Foreign Minister Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari held a bilateral meeting with his Tajik counterpart Sirojiddin Muhriddin on the sidelines of the Council of Foreign Ministers meeting of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO-CFM) in Tashkent, Uzbekistan on Thursday. In his meeting with Muhriddin, FM Bilawal assured Pakistan’s commitment to regional peace, particularly in the context of Afghnistan. With […]
Pak-Uzbekistan to increase bilateral trade upto US$1 billion: Ambassador Usmanov
ISLAMABAD, Jul 24 (APP): Ambassador of Uzbekistan to Pakistan, Aybek Arif Usmanov on Sunday said the Pakistan and Uzbekistan intend to increase the bilateral trade volume upto US$1 billion in the coming two years. The current bilateral trade between the two countries is $180 million, which is expected to reach $1 billion in the next […]
KPL will happen this year, Shahid Afridi
KARACHI: Former Pakistani skipper Shahid Afridi, who often raises his voice for Kashmir, gave a clear message to the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) that the Kashmir Premier League (KPL) will happen to take place this year. Speaking to the press, after being signed as the brand ambassador of KPL 2 at […]
Petrol price slashed by Rs10, electricity by Rs5 announced by PM Imran Khan
In his address to the nation, Prime Minister (PM) Imran Khan announced a surprising relief and shared that Rs10 per litre in the petrol price and Rs5 per unit in power tariff for low and middle-income electricity consumers and all commercial consumers have been slashed to combat inflation. PM Imran Khan also announced that the […]
OIC agrees to set up trust fund; launch food security program for Afghans
ISLAMABAD: A specially convened meeting of the 57 member states of the OIC on Sunday vowed to play a leading role in delivery of humanitarian assistance to the people of war-torn Afghanistan and unanimously agreed on establishing a Humanitarian Trust Fund, launch a Food Security Programme and engage with the World Health Organization for securing […]
OIC leaders laud Pakistan’s efforts, call for unified action on the Afghanistan crisis
ISLAMABAD, Dec 19 (APP): The Muslim world leaders attending the extraordinary session of OIC countries’ foreign ministers, Sunday called for an immediate and unified action to avert the looming humanitarian crisis in Afghanistan which otherwise could impact world peace. Addressing the opening session of the 17th extraordinary Session of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation’s (OIC) […]
Army chief condemns ‘cold-blooded’ murder of Sri Lankan national in Sialkot
Chief of Army Staff (COAS) General Qamar Javed Bajwa has condemned the “cold-blooded and shameful murder” of a Srilankan citizen in Sialkot and directed all-out support to civil administration to arrest perpetrators of this heinous crime. “The cold-blooded murder of Srilankan citizen by a mob at Sialkot is extremely condemnable and shameful. Such extrajudicial vigilantism […]
Pakistan restricts travel from six African countries, Hong Kong over new Covid variant
Head of the National Command and Operation Centre Asad Umar announced on Saturday that Pakistan has restricted travel from six African countries and Hong Kong over the emergence of the new coronavirus variant. “Based on the emergence of the new Covid variant, notification has been issued [to] restrict travel from six South African countries and […]
DG ISI arrives in Kabul to hold talks with Taliban on security, safe evacuation: sources
ISLAMABAD: Lt Gen Faiz Hameed, the director-general of the Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI), Saturday arrived in Kabul to meet with the Taliban representatives and discuss matters related to the safe evacuation of foreign nationals, border management, and security in the region, sources said. The intelligence chief will spend a day in the Afghan capital, sources said, […]
Indian Extremist’s Physical Assault Against Religious Minority
Religious extremism and bigotry is becoming one of the world’s biggest problems. Crimes against religious minorities are reaching new proportions in India as well as in Pakistan. In India, a religious extremist physically assaulted a 45-year-old Muslim man in Uttar Pradesh’s Kanpur and paraded him through the street. He was made to chant the ‘Jai […]