Thursday, January 16th, 2020
Prime Minister Chairs High-level meeting on Kashmir
Prime Minister Imran Khan chaired a high-level meeting today, that reviewed all aspects of the situation in Indian Occupied Jammu & Kashmir (IOJ&K). The meeting was attended by Chief of Army Staff General Qamar Javed Bajwa, SAPM Dr. Moeed Yousaf, DG ISI Lt. Gen. Faiz Hamid, Foreign Secretary Sohail Mehmood and other senior military and civilian officials. The participants condemned India’s inhuman lockdown of 8 million Kashmiris for over 165 days, the egregious human rights violations of Kashmiris by over 900,000 Indian occupation forces, and the threat posed toRead More
UNSC 2nd meeting on Kashmir in 5 months, a diplomatic victory for Pakistan : Firdous
ISLAMABAD, Jan 16 (DNA):Special Assistant to the Prime Minister on Information and Broadcasting Dr Firdous Ashiq Awan on Thursday said the second meeting of United Nations Security Council on Kashmir within five months, was manifestation of the fact that Kashmir was an internationally recognized dispute on the UNSC agenda. The second meeting of UNSC on Kashmir after unilateral Indian step of August 5, was diplomatic victory for Pakistan, she said in a series of tweet. She said appreciation of Pakistan’s role in reduction of tensions in the region by UnitedRead More
Pakistan will continue to play role for peace, stability in region: FO
ISLAMABAD, JAN 16 (DNA) -Foreign Office has said Pakistan will continue to play its role for reduction of tension and peace and stability in the region. At her weekly news briefing in Islamabad on Thursday, Foreign Office Spokesperson Aisha Farooqui pointed out Pakistan is an important country in the region and it has historic relations with Iran, Saudi Arabia and the United States. She said the foreign minister during his engagements in Tehran and Saudi Arabia put forward Pakistan’s point of view that war is inRead More
Govt to provide maximum relief to masses: Imran Khan
ISLAMABAD, JAN 16 (DNA) -Prime Minister Imran Khan has said the government is making all out efforts to provide maximum relief to people despite difficult economic situation. He was chairing a meeting on measures to control prices of commodities and provide relief to people, in Islamabad on Thursday. The Prime Minister said the present government’s only priority is to provide relief to people. He directed all the ministries and departments concerned to present report on implementation of measures regarding public relief and its results within twoRead More
PTI leader calls on Chinese ambassador
ISLAMABAD, JAN 16 (DNA) – Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Central Secretary Information Ahmed Jawad and Chinese Ambassador to Pakistan Yao Jing discussed various issues of mutual interests, including bilateral ties between the two countries during their meeting here on Thursday. According to the details released by the Central Media Department, PTI Central Secretary Information Ahmed Jawad held a special meeting with the Chinese Ambassador to discuss various aspects of narrative building to further strengthen the existing brotherly ties between Pakistan-China. During the meeting, they also exchanged views on narrativeRead More
Disaster Management Authority being strengthened: Zartaj Gul
ISLAMABAD, Jan 16 (DNA):In order to enhance the capacity of flood departments, Minister of State for Climate Change Zartaj Gul Thursday assured that Incumbent government was taking concrete measure to strengthen Disaster Management Authority in future for coping with impending disaster risks and better disaster management. Zartaj Gul talking to private news channel, reiterated the resolve of his government to leave no stone unturned and take all possible measures to mitigate the suffering caused to the people affected by the recent snow-rain victims in the country. Read More