ISLAMABAD, OCT 11 (DNA) – Prospects for the development of trade and economic cooperation were high on the agenda of a meeting between Ambassador of Belarus to Pakistan Andrei Yermolovich and Pakistani Minister for Commerce and Textile Muhammad Pervaiz Malik, BelTA learned from the Belarusian diplomatic mission. The parties noted the importance of continuing the work towards increasing the bilateral trade to $1 billion by 2020.  The most promising areas of bilateral cooperation are agriculture, textiles and pharmaceutics. During the meeting the parties discussed the preparations for the 5th sessionRead More

ISLAMABAD, OCT 11 (DNA) – Vice-chairman of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf Shah Mehmood Qureshi and chief of Pashtunkhwa Milli Awami Party Mehmood Achakzai exchanged hot words during a session of National Assembly on Wednesday over turn to speak. Chief of Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam Fazlur Rehman addressed the parliamentarians today and expressed on the issue of merging Federally Administered Tribal Areas into Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province. However, following his speech, PTI leader and Achakzai clashed on who was to speak the next. Deputy Speaker of National Assembly Murtaza Javed Abbasi adjourned session of the HouseRead More

ISLAMABAD, OCT 11 (DNA) – Foreign minister Khawaja Asif has said on Wednesday that he has requested United States authorities to identify terror hideouts in Pakistan for action against those. Asif conversed with journalists today outside the parliament following his United States tour. During the media talk, the foreign minister said that he stands by his stance, which he maintained in an interview whilst the United States stay, irrespective of its unacceptability by some. He rhetorically asked why National Action Plan was needed if everything was alright internally. Asif saidRead More

KARACHI, OCT 11 (DNA) – Chief of Army Staff (COAS) General Qamar Javed Bajwa said on Wednesday that Pakistan continuously had to maintain a feasible balance between its economy and security in order to arrive at a peaceful and happy future for its people. He was speaking at a seminar on the interplay of economy and security in Karachi. General Bajwa said that Pakistan did not enjoy the luxury of reviewing the balance between its guns and butter. “We live in one of the most volatile regions of the world, dealingRead More

Pakistan has communicated to the International Court of Justice about its decision to designate former chief justice Tassaduq Hussain Jillani to be its Judge Ad hoc in the case of Indian spy Kulbhushan Jadhav, read a statement issued by Ministry of Foreign Affairs on Wednesday. Currently, none of the judges on the ICJ panel is of Pakistani nationality. Under ICJ rules, “a state party to a case before the ICJ which does not have a judge of its nationality on the bench may choose a person to sit as an ad hoc judgeRead More