BEIJING, May 12 :: Pakistan and China have agreed to carry forward traditional friendship and both the countries will never allow any force to sabotage their all-weather strategic cooperative partnership, Chinese Foreign Ministry Spokesperson, Zhao Lijian said on Thursday. “State Councillor and Foreign Minister Wang Yi held a virtual meeting …
Read More »Pakistan, Azerbaijan intertwined in shared socio-cultural values & mutual interests :NA Speaker
ISLAMABAD, May 12 : National Assembly Speaker Raja Pervez Ashraf has said that Pakistan and Azerbaijan were intertwined in shared socio-cultural values and mutual interests. He expressed these views during his meeting with Ambassador of Azerbaijan in Pakistan Khazar Farhadov who called on him in Parliament House on Thursday, said …
Read More »Murad Ali Shah discusses load shedding issue with Khurram Dastagir
KARACHI, May 12 : Sindh Chief Minister Syed Murad Ali Shah has asked for early resolving the issue of power outage in Sindh and urged the authorities for issuing necessary directives to resolve the issue of electricity load shedding in the province. In a meeting with Federal Minister for Power …
Read More »Sri Lankan court bans ex-PM, allies from leaving country Mahinda Rajapaksa
Colombo, May 12 :A Sri Lankan court on Thursday banned former prime minister Mahinda Rajapaksa, his politician son Namal and 15 allies from leaving the country over violence against anti-government demonstrators. The magistrate in capital Colombo ordered police to investigate Monday’s mob attacks on peaceful protesters, which led to retaliatory …
Read More »IHC stops registration of FIRs against PTI leaders
ISLAMABAD, May 12 : The Islamabad High Court (IHC) on Thursday instructed the Attorney General for Pakistan (AGP) to view the matter pertaining to the actions taken by the police against PTI leaders on the complaints regarding the Masjid-e-Nabvi incident and stopped it from registering cases. Chief Justice Athar Minallah …
Read More »Govt working on policy to enhance trade connectivity with Central Asia: Commerce Minister
ISLAMABAD, May 12):Federal Minister for Commerce, Syed Naveed Qamar said here that Ministry of Commerce was working on a policy to enhance trade and connectivity with Central Asia, through Afghanistan and Iran. The ministry has already taken several measures to materialize this policy, the minister said in a written reply …
Read More »Home National PML-N leadership discussed various options for taking action against transgressors of Constitution
National PML-N leadership discussed various options for taking action against transgressors of Constitution: Marriyum Present govt does not believe in restrictions on media freedom, controversial PMDA abolished: Marriyum ISLAMABAD, May 12 : Minister for Information and Broadcasting Marriyum Aurangzeb on Wednesday said various options were discussed under the leadership PML-N …
Read More »Govt pursuing constructive, skillful diplomacy: Hina Rabbani
ISLAMABAD, May 12 : Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Hina Rabbani Khar said on Thursday that the present government was pursuing a quite constructive and skillful diplomacy, keeping national interest supreme. Speaking in the National Assembly, she said it was unfortunate that the previous government of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) …
Read More »ECP dismissed PTI reference against 20 MNAs
ECP finalizes arrangements to hold KP second phase LG polls on Thursday ISLAMABAD, May 12 : In a detailed judgment, the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) on Wednesday dismissed the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf’s (PTI) reference against its 20 defecting members of the National Assembly for disqualification on grounds of defection under …
Read More »President writes to CJP to form judicial commission for probe into regime change conspiracy
ISLAMABAD, May 12 : President Dr Arif Alvi Thursday wrote a letter to the Chief Justice of Pakistan (CJP) requesting him to form a Judicial Commission to conduct open hearings and thoroughly probe the allegations of regime change conspiracy. The president said that the probe commission would help avert the …
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