Thursday, November 15th, 2018
Pakistan to receive $3 billion aid from Riyadh in few days: Saudi envoy
ISLAMABAD, (DNA) – Saudi Ambassador to Pakistan Nawaf Saeed Al-Malki said that Pakistan will receive the first instalment of Saudi aid amounting to $3 billion in the next few days to address its financial crisis. The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia would release the amount of $3 billion in terms of the balance of payment, the envoy stated in a short interview with a private news channel. In addition to this, the envoy confirmed that the Saudi government would provide deferred payment facility for the import of oil, worth up toRead More
PM orders immediate inquiry into SP Dawar’s ‘shocking’ murder
ISLAMABAD, (DNA) – Prime Minister Imran Khan on Thursday ordered an “immediate inquiry” into the murder of Superintendent of Police (SP) Tahir Khan Dawar. Taking to Twitter, PM Khan said: “Have followed the shocking tragedy of the murder of SP Tahir Khan Dawar and ordered Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa government to coordinate with Islamabad police in holding an inquiry immediately.” The premier added that Minister of State for Interior Shahryar Afridi has been tasked to “oversee it with an urgency and present the report” to PM Khan. SP Dawar, who was chief ofRead More
Chinese Premier expresses desire to upgrade strategic partnership with ASEAN
SINGAPORE, (DNA) – Chinese Premier Li Keqiang has called for efforts to upgrade strategic partnership between China and the Association of South East Asian Nations (ASEAN). Addressing the China-ASEAN leaders Summit in Singapore, he said the two sides should synergize the Belt and Road Initiative and strengthen political, security, economic, trade and people to people contacts to lift relations to a higher level.
FM expresses desire to strengthen ties with Malaysia
ISLAMABAD, (DNA) – Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi has expressed the desire to further strengthen relations with Malaysia in the political and economic spheres. He was talking to Malaysian High Commissioner to Pakistan Ikram Bin Mohammad Ibrahim who called on him Islamabad on Thursday. The Foreign Minister pointed out Pakistan and Malaysia enjoy close and cordial relations which are deep rooted in common belief, heritage and history. The two sides discussed measures to further enhance trade, investment, and people to people contacts. They also discussed in detail Prime Minister ImranRead More
Afridi should refrain from speaking on sensitive issue like Kashmir, advises AJK PM
ISLAMABAD (DNA) – In response to former captain Shahid Afridi’s controversial remarks about the Kashmir dispute, Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK) Prime Minister Raja Farooq Haider asserted that the cricketer is issuing such statements in order to play in Indian Premier League (IPL). Speaking to media in London, the premier advised Afridi to pay attention towards cricket and refrain speaking over sensitive issue like Kashmir. “The Kashmir dispute is a matter of life and death for Kashmiris,” he added. While addressing students at the British parliament the cricketer had said,Read More
Declaration from the Ministry of Public Health
Jair Bolsonaro, president elect of Brazil, who has made direct, contemptuous and threatening comments against the presence of our doctors, has declared and reiterated that he will modify the terms and conditions of the More Doctors program , disregarding the Pan-American Health Organization The Ministry of Public Health of the Republic of Cuba, committed to the solidarity and humanist principles that have guided Cuba’s medical cooperation for 55 years, has been participating in Brazil’s “More Doctors” program since its inception in August of 2013. This initiative launched by DilmaRead More