Foreign Minister of Pakistan Shah Mahmood Qureshi, Foreign Minister of Afghanistan Salahuddin Rabbani, and State Councilor and Foreign Minister of China Wang Yi held the 3rd Session of China-Afghanistan-Pakistan Foreign Ministers’ Dialogue in Islamabad on 07 September 2019. The three sides noted with satisfaction the progress made under the trilateral cooperation since the 2nd Dialogue held in Kabul, on 18 December 2018. The three Foreign Ministers reiterated their resolve to further deepen various strands of trilateral cooperation. They agreed to continue their joint efforts for building political mutual trustRead More

by ANSAR MAHMOOD BHATTI Chinese foreign minister says Afghanistan can be included in CPEC ISLAMABAD, SEPT 7(DNA) – Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi has hoped the peace process between Taliban and US administration will meet with a success. He expressed these views while addressing a press conference after China, Pakistan and Afghanistan trilateral foreign minister dialogue. He further said China is Pakistan’s close and trusted friend and relations between the two countries will further be enhanced. FM Qureshi further said Pakistan wants peace in the region and will do itsRead More

ISLAMABAD: Federal Minister for Science and Technology Fawad Chaudhry on Saturday took a jibe at the failed Indian moon mission, terming the Indian spacecraft as ‘toy’ and said the spacecraft must have landed in Mumbai. Taking to Twitter, Chaudhry advised the Indian users on the social media site and others to sleep instead of waiting for an announcement from the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) about the moon mission. India lost contact with its unmanned spacecraft just before it was due to land on the Moon on Saturday, in aRead More

ISLAMABAD, SEPT 07 (DNA) – Pakistan Tehrik-e-Insaf (PTI) led federal government has decided to form a task to improve social and economic system in the country. The task force has been formed on the instructions of Prime Minister Imran Khan. As per details, six member task force be led by Dr Javed Asghar include Kamran Lashari, Saleem Ghouri and Dr Ikram. Sources said a member would be elected by PM Imran and joint secretary of PM office would be the secretary of the task force. 8 point terms of references (ToRs)Read More

ISLAMABAD, SEPT 07 (DNA) – Ambassador of China Yao Jing has said that pace of work on projects under China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) is satisfactory. He said that Phase II of China-Pakistan Free Trade Agreement (CPFTA) will be finalized in October after which ninety percent of Pakistani exports including agricultural products and seafood will attract zero percent duty. Mr Yao Jing said that the market access will increase Pakistan’s exports by $500 million which will reduce the disparity between bilateral trade. Talking to a delegation of Islamabad Women’s Chamber ofRead More

Pakistan on Saturday afternoon rejected a request made by Indian authorities to let the airplane of Indian President Ram Nath Kovind fly over Pakistani airspace for a visit to Iceland. Pakistan rejected the request based on the alarming human rights situation in Indian-occupied Kashmir (IoK), said Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi. Prime Minister Imran Khan had approved of the decision to reject the request, Qureshi added. The foreign minister further said that Indian aggression in IoK was responsible for the Pakistani decision. Highlighting the situation in occupied Kashmir, Qureshi said thatRead More