Sunday, September 8th, 2019
Joint statement issued after Pakistan, China FMs meeting
Chinese foreign minister meets Prime Minister Imran Khan ISLAMABAD, SEPT 8 (DNA) -State Councilor and Foreign Minister of the People’s Republic of China, Wang Yi, paid an official visit to the Islamic Republic of Pakistan on 7-8 September 2019. During the visit, Wang Yi called on President Arif Alvi, Prime Minister Imran Khan, held talks with Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi, and met with Chief of Army Staff, General Qamar Javed Bajwa. During the meetings, both sides had an in-depth exchange of views on bilateral, regional and international issues ofRead More
Huge public rallies in Greece and Italy in support of Kashmiri people
ATHENS, SEPT 8 (DNA) -Pakistani and Kashmiri Community along with a large number of Greek Nationals held a maga protest to highlight the human rights violations in IOK and Indian aggression. This protest was significant because of time and space. It was held right in front of the venue of Thessaloniki International fair abbreviated TIF (ΔΕΘ), which is an annual international exhibition event held in Thessaloniki, Greece’s second-largest city. It has been held in the first week of September since 1926, and its opening is traditionally marked by a seriesRead More
Trump abruptly cancels Afghan peace deal with Taliban
WASHINGTON (DNA) -US President Donald Trump has said he has called off peace negotiations with the Taliban that sought to end America’s 18-year war in Afghanistan. Mr Trump tweeted he had been set to meet Afghan President Ashraf Ghani and senior Taliban leaders on Sunday. But he cancelled the secret meeting at his Camp David retreat after the militants admitted they were behind a recent attack that killed a US soldier. The talks were due to take place a few days before the anniversary of 9/11. The US invaded Afghanistan and overthrewRead More
Mushahid thanks Azerbaijan for support to Pakistan on Kashmir
BAKU, SEPT 08 (DNA) – The International Conference on Asian Political Parties (ICAPP), meeting in Baku with 31 Political Parties from 19 countries, unanimously passed a resolution supporting settling Kashmir issue ‘peacefully, taking into full account relevant UN Security Council Resolutions and that human rights abuses & disregard for international law must be stopped immediately’. Senator Mushahid Hussain, who is Vice Chairman of the ICAPP, read out the ‘Baku Statement’ which included this reference to Kashmir and Nagorno-Karabakh. In his speech, Mushahid Hussain referred to the ‘Asian Spirit of Resilience,Read More
India should not be given any more concession: Aviation minister Ghulam Sarwar
ISLAMABAD (DNA) – Aviation Minister Ghulam Sarwar Khan on Sunday said that it had been more than a month now that people in Kashmir did not have access to hospitals, there was food shortage, and students could not go to schools or colleges. In an interview to Indian newspaper The Hindu, the minister said, “India attacked Pakistan after the Pulwama incident. We only responded, and successfully so. India closed its airspace after [the] Balakot [air strikes], we responded. But we also opened the airspace again as a goodwill gesture. Unfortunately,Read More