ISLAMABAD, (DNA) – Speaker National Assembly Asad Qaiser has said that Pakistan and Japan enjoy genial relations validated by trade and cooperation between the two nations. Referring to Pak-Japan vigorous relations, he added that both the countries stood with each other side by side when faced with challenges. He was speaking to Mr. Takashi Kuria, Japanese Ambassador who called on him at Parliament House, Islamabad on Thursday. Asad Qaiser also noted the long history of economic and development cooperation between the two countries. He said that Japan and Pakistan does notRead More

ISLAMABAD, AUG 30 (DNA) – – The newly elected Pakistani government will ease restrictions and limitations on visas for foreign journalist and will have a much more relaxed visa policy than the previous regime, the Federal Information Minister Fawad Chaudhry said this in a media interview. Fawad Chaudhry, he would announce the new liberal visa regime soon. “It is ridiculous to close your country to media,” the minister said. The government of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf plans to facilitate journalists to project a soft image for the country, the information minister said.Read More

UNITED NATIONS, (DNA) –  Citing the unresolved Kashmir dispute, Pakistan has called for the implementation of United Nations Security Council resolutions that provide for the exercise of right of self-determination by the Kashmiri people to usher in peace in South Asia. “The international community cannot succeed in its efforts to strengthen conflict prevention and promote pacific dispute settlement if the Security Council’s own resolutions are held in abeyance, by some,” Ambassador Maleeha Lodhi, Pakistan’s permanent representative to the UN, said Wednesday in a Council debate on “Mediation and the SettlementRead More

ISLAMABAD,  (DNA) –  The federal cabinet is likely to be expanded as eight to 10 new members are expected to be inducted next month. Prime Minister Imran Khan’s cabinet currently includes 16 ministers and five advisers. However, several key ministries lie vacant. According to sources, the prime minister was briefed regarding the ministries and was told that several are vacant owing to which the advisers are facing difficulty in fulfilling their roles and the decision making process. The premier was informed that a meeting of the Economic Coordination Committee wasRead More

RAWALPINDI, (DNA) – Prime Minister Imran Khan is being briefed on defence, internal security and other professional matters at army headquarters, military spokesperson said in a statement Thursday. Defence Minister Pervez Khattak, Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi, Finance Minister Asad Umar, Information Minister Fawad Chauhdry and Minister of State for Interior Shehryar Khan Afridi are accompanying the PM. Chief of Army Staff General Qamar Bajwa received the PM upon arrival at the General Headquarters.

COPENHAGEN, (DNA) – Emmanuel Macron and Danish prime minister Lars Løkke Rasmussen set off on a cycle tour of Copenhagen on Wednesday during a visit by the French president to Denmark. Danish Prime Minister Lars Lokke Rasmussen, a cycling fan, takes President Emmanuel Macron for a bike ride through the streets of Copenhagen. Macron revealed  on the state visit that the Tour de France cycling race would soon embark from Copenhagen.