Monday, June 1st, 2020
China upholding its sovereignty: Zhao
We have unimpeded communication channels and we believe through dialogue and consultation; terms US action against black community uncalled for ISLAMABAD, Jun 1 (DNA):China was committed to upholding its national sovereignty and security as well as stability along the border with India, Chinese foreign ministry’s spokesperson on Monday said in response to a question on Indian defence minister’s remarks in the backdrop of China-India standoff. “We have been committed to upholding our national sovereignty and security as well as stability along our borders,”Zhao Lijian said in his regular briefing heldRead More
Flights for Saudi Arabia doubled: Zulfi
ISLAMABAD, Jun 01 (DNA):Special Assistant to the Prime Minister (SAPM) on Overseas Pakistanis and Human Resource Development Syed Zulfikar Abbas Bukhari Monday said the government had augmented number of repatriation flights for Saudi Arabia to airlift maximum number of stranded nationals from the gulf country under the current phase. “We have nearly doubled flights and capacity to bring back stranded Pakistanis from Saudi Arabia specially Riyadh-planning it with bigger aircrafts to accommodate dead bodies,” he tweeted while sharing the complete repatriation schedule for those citizens who were to be repatriatedRead More
Coronavirus losing potency, top Italian doctor says
Head of a Milan hospital tells RAI TV that recent swab tests show less viral load compared with previous findings. ROME (DNA) -The new coronavirus is losing its potency and has become much less lethal, a senior Italian doctor said. “In reality, the virus clinically no longer exists in Italy,” said Alberto Zangrillo, head of the San Raffaele Hospital in Milan in the northern region of Lombardy, which has borne the brunt of Italy’s coronavirus outbreak. “The swabs that were performed over the last 10 days showed a viral loadRead More
Besides Pakistan, India’s Dangerous Strategy against China and Nepal
Sajjad Shaukat In his book, ‘The Prince’, Machiavelli advises the rulers to have a lion-like image outwardly, and act upon the traits of goat inwardly. He also suggests them, the use of terror to obtain their goals and foreign adventures to divert the attention of public from internal crises. In his sense, a good ruler should be a good opportunist and hypocrite. It is regrettable that since Narendar Modi, the leader of the ruling party BJP, became Indian prime minister, he has been following the discarded tactics of Machiavelli inRead More
Uzbek Ambassador Furqat Sidiqov’s valuable services
Dr. Mehmood Ul Hassan Khan President of Uzbekistan Mirziyoyev has appointed Ambassador Furqat SIDIQOV, deputy foreign minister which showed a paradigm shift in the foreign policy of Uzbekistan based on “engaging” world through “commercial diplomacy” and Ambassador Furqat SIDIQOV is indeed a “champion” of commercial diplomacy. On his appointment as Deputy Foreign Minister of Uzbekistan, the Center for Global & Strategic Studies, Islamabad congratulated Ambassador Furqat SIDIQOV which is indeed recognition of his tireless hard-work and superior professional qualities. Ambassador Furqat SIDIQOV has been “striving” hard to achieve desired goalsRead More
Saudi Arabia confirms Yemen donors’ conference with UN next week
Millions of people need aid in Yemen, whose government was removed from the capital, Sanaa. by Iran-aligned Houthi rebels in 2014. The next year, a Saudi-led military coalition intervened to restore President Abd-Rabbu Mansour Hadi to power DOHA (DNA) -Saudi Arabia has confirmed it will host a virtual donors’ conference next week for Yemen together with the United Nations, which has said the conflict-riven nation risks being overwhelmed by the coronavirus. The state-run Saudi Press Agency cited a directive from King Salman confirming Tuesday’s donor conference with which the UNRead More