Wednesday, October 18th, 2017
Foreign Secretary, Tehmina Janjua meets Sri Lankan PM Ranil Wickremesinghe
COLOMBO, OCT 18 (DNA) – Foreign Secretary, Ms. Tehmina Janjua, who is visiting Sri Lanka for Foreign Secretary level Bilateral Political Consultations, called on the Sri Lankan Prime Minister, H.E. Ranil Wickremesinghe. The Prime Minister, welcoming the visit of the Foreign Secretary, emphasized that Pakistan and Sri Lanka needed to expand bilateral trade and economic ties. The Foreign Secretary, while conveying the greetings, said that leadership in Pakistan was also desirous of further strengthening bilateral relations in diverse fields. She said that the relations between the two countries, based onRead More
Four major generals promoted to rank of lieutenant general: ISPR
RAWALPINDI, OCT 18 (DNA) – Four major generals have been promoted to the rank of lieutenant, on Wednesday. Those promoted include Major General Majid Ehasn, Major General Aamir Abbasi, Major General Abdullah Dogar and Major General Hamooduz Zaman, the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) added in the statement.=DNA =======
Arabic language can play key role in uniting Muslim Ummah: Saudi ambassador
ISLAMABAD, OCT 18 (DNA) – Saudi Ambassador to Pakistan Nawaf Saeed Ahmed Al-Malkiy said Wednesday that Arabic language can play an effective role to unite the Muslim ummah in present times. He said this while addressing the inaugural session of the two-day international conference, titled ‘Development of Arabic Prose in the Second Half of the 20thCentury’, as chief guest. The event was organised by the National University of Modern Languages (NUML) Department of Arabic Language. The event was also attended by the NUML Director General Muhammad Ibrahim, deans, registrar, directors, nationalRead More
Saudi Arabia to ‘vet and verify’ authenticity of hadiths to counter extremism
RIYADH, OCT 18 (DNA) – Saudi Arabia is to monitor interpretations of the Prophet Muhammad (PBUH) teachings to prevent them being used to justify violence or terrorism, the Culture and Information Ministry has said. In a decree, King Salman bin Abdulaziz al Saud ordered the establishment of an authority to scrutinise uses of the hadith – accounts of the sayings, actions or habits of the Prophet (PBUH) that are used by preachers and jurists to support teachings and edicts on all aspects of life. The ministry said late on TuesdayRead More
Tunisian ambassador for enhanced trade ties with Pakistan
SIALKOT, OCT 18 (DNA) – The Ambassador of Tunisia in Pakistan Mr. Adel Eiarbi ha stressed the need of making all out sincere efforts to establish the strong mutual trade ties between Pakistan and Tunisia , besides, increasing the bilateral trade between the two countries. He stated this while addressing an important meeting of the Sialkot exporters held at Sialkot CHamber of Commerce and Industry( SCCI), after visiting several leading industrial units at Sialkot. SCCI President Zahid Latif Malik presided over the meeting. Senior officials of the Tunisian Embassy, SCCIRead More
PM Abbasi to visit Turkey on Oct 19 to attend D-8 Summit
ISLAMABAD, OCT 18 (DNA) – The Prime Minister is leaving tomorrow for Turkey to lead Pakistan’s delegation for the D-8 Summit being held on 20 October 2017. Foreign Minister, Mr. Khawaja Muhammad Asif is attending the 17th Council of Ministers meeting that will precede the Summit. This is the 9th Summit of eight Developing Countries i.e. Bangladesh, Egypt, Indonesia, Iran, Malaysia, Nigeria, Pakistan and Turkey. Pakistan is the current Chair of the D-8. It assumed Chair at the 8th Summit of D-8, held in Islamabad in November 2012. Pakistan continuedRead More