Friday, June 28th, 2019
Pakistan rejects biased assertions of US Religious Freedom Report
ISLAMABAD, JUN 28 (DNA) – Pakistan has seen the recent report issued by the U.S. Department of State on International Religious Freedom. The report’s segment on Pakistan is a compendium of unsubstantiated and biased assertions. As a matter of principle, Pakistan does not support such national reports making observations on the internal affairs of sovereign States. Pakistan, therefore, rejects these observations. Pakistan is a multi-religious, multi-cultural and pluralistic society where people of different faiths are living together. Their contributions to the society add to its richness and diversity. Their rightsRead More
Mushahid announces Parliamentary Forum on Palestine, Kashmir
ISLAMABAD, JUNE 28 (DNA) – Senator Mushahid Hussain, Chairman Senate Foreign Relations Committee has said the unholy Indo-Israeli alliance has put regional and global peace at stake and this anti-Muslim nexus has crossed all the limits and norms of a civilized society by brutally violating human rights and suppressing the voices for freedom in Indian occupied Kashmir and Israeli Occupied Palestine. Senator Mushahid, while addressing a joint press conference with four member delegation of Al-Quds Parliament, at the Parliament House on Friday observed that these extremist regimes in India andRead More
National Assembly passes budget 2019-20
ISLAMABAD (DNA) – The National Assembly on Friday approved the Budget for Fiscal Year 2019-20 after more than two weeks since it was presented by the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf government on June 11 with a total outlay of Rs7.02 trillion. On June 11, Minister of State for Revenue Hammad Azhar has unveiled the first budget for fiscal year 2019-20 of the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI)-led federal government with an outlay of Rs7.02 trillion, in the National Assembly (NA) in Islamabad. The austerity-oriented budget, approved by the cabinet, has proposed a 10 per centRead More
SDPI, Chinese think tanks to promote green BRI policies
ISLAMABAD, JUN 28 (DNA) – Pakistan’s leading think tank ‘Sustainable Development Policy Institute’ (SDPI) and Greenpeace East Asia (GPEA), China and All-China Environment Federation (ACEF) have agreed to promote green Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) policy and practices and improved communication between Chinese overseas projects with local stakeholders in Pakistan. They will facilitate implementation of higher Environment Social Governance (ESG) standards in Chinese Overseas Projects in Pakistan. Greenpeace East Asia (GPEA) is an independent, nonprofit, global campaigning organization and All-China Environment Federation ACEF is a nationwide non-profitable civil society organizationRead More
Punjab Governor, Afghan President discuss matters of mutual interest
LAHORE, JUN 28 (DNA) – Afghan President Ashraf Ghani called on Punjab Governor Chaudhary Muhammad Sarwar at Governor House in Lahore on Friday. Matters of mutual interest and cooperation for promotion of peace were discussed during the meeting. Later, Afghan President Ashraf Ghani offered Juma Prayer at Governor’s House Masjid in Lahore. Earlier, Punjab Chief Minister Sardar Usman Buzdar warmly welcomed Afghan President Ashraf Ghani upon his arrival at Lahore Airport. On this occasion, children presented bouquets to the Afghan President Ashraf Ghani.
Security and economy go hand in hand, says army chief
RAWALPINDI, JUNE 28 (DNA) – Chief of Army Staff (COAS) General Qamar Javed Bajwa has endorsed undeniable linkage between security and economy as both directly complement each other. COAS said that there cannot be any sovereignty in the absence of economic sovereignty. He highlighted Pakistan’s efforts for restoring regional peace that will lead to better trade connectivity. Talking about regional connectivity COAS reiterated his vision that countries cannot develop individually, it’s region which develops. He expressed these views during a seminar titled “Pakistan’s Economy: Challenges and Way forward” organized byRead More