Tuesday, May 22nd, 2018
Xi calls for enhanced SCO security cooperation
BEIJING, May 22 (DNA): Chinese President Xi Jinping on Tuesday met with heads of foreign delegations attending the 13th meeting of Security Council Secretaries of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) in Beijing. During the meeting, Xi suggested that the SCO member countries continue to uphold the common, comprehensive, cooperative and sustainable security concept, and promote a security governance model that addresses both symptoms and root causes, so as to push forward the SCO security cooperation to a new level. The president voiced the hope that the mechanism of the SCO Security CouncilRead More
US CENTCOM CHIEF CALLS ARMY CHIEF GEN BAJWA
ISLAMABAD (DNA). US CENTCOM chief General Joseph called General Qamar Javed Bajwa and expressed his grief over said demise of Pakistani student Sbikah Sheikh.. He also convyed his grievances with the bereaved family.
Two Pakistani girls shot; two different responses expose Western hypocrisy
After the death of sabika on Friday, a comparison came into view between two Pakistani girls’ Sabika and Malala. Malala was gunshot by a militant group (TTP) in Swat valley when she was on her way to school near border area with Afghanistan. Fortunately, she stayed alive Contrarily, Sabika was shot by her American school fellow in Texas when she was in school; but poignantly, she could not survive. A question here emanates that whether Sanbika will be remembered like Malala by international community. Poignantly, the answer is no. EveryoneRead More
Complete consensus among political parties on CPEC, friendship with China, says Senator Mushahid Hussain
ISLAMABAD, MAY 22 (DNA) – The Senate Foreign Affairs Committee headed by Senator Mushahid Hussain Sayed, held a detailed and substantive dialogue with their counterpart Foreign Affairs Committee of the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC). The meeting was held in the Parliament House and attended by the Ambassador of China to Pakistan, H.E. Yao Jing as well as the Director General (China), Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Ms. Ayesha Ali. Warmly welcoming the Chinese delegation, Senator Mushahid Hussain said that Pakistan and China have a strategic relationship based on aRead More
Kenya seeks Russia’s help to recognise Al-Shabab as ‘Global Threat’
ABUJA, MAY 22 (DNA) – Kenyan Authorities hope that Russia will use its diplomatic influence to assist in recognising the Al-Shabab terrorist group, operating in East Africa, as a global threat. Dido Rasso, a member of the Kenyan National Assembly Committee on Defence and Foreign Relations, said this in Kenya on Tuesday. “One of the issues we look forward to the Russian Government and the Russian Federation is on the issue of speaking at the Security Council to make it a global issue rather than an East African issue orRead More
PM Abbasi chairs meeting of Executive Committee of the National Economic Council
ISLAMABAD, MAY 22 (DNA) – Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi chaired a meeting of the Executive Committee of the National Economic Council (ECNEC) at Prime Minister’s Office, on Tuesday. The meeting approved 220 kV Mastung Substation alongwith 220 kV Sibi-Mastung-Quetta-Loralai Double Circuit Transmission Lines at a cost of Rs. 14,155.31 million Modified PC-II for purchase of land for Pakistan Institute of Development Economics (PIDE) at H-11/2, Islamabad was approved at a cost of Rs. 3,519.47 million. The meeting also approved phase-III of Overseas Scholarship Scheme for 2,000 Doctorates (PhD) inRead More