DNA ISLAMABAD, SEPT 21 – Special Assistant to Prime Minister, Malik Amin Aslam, said that while the implementation of the Ten Billion Tree Tsunami Programme across the country is full swing, all-out efforts are being taken to ensure its effective monitoring, reporting and verification at all levels for attainment of desired outcome of enhanced environmental development and climate change resilience of the country. Addressing the participants of the high-level event ‘Third Party Monitoring of Ten Billion Tree Tsunami Programme’, as a chief guest here on Monday at the local hotelRead More

ISLAMABAD, SEP 21 (DNA) – Chief of Army Staff (COAS) General Qamar Javed Bajwa on Monday met Prime Minister Imran Khan. The members of the federal cabinet and other officials were also present in the meeting. The meeting was given briefing on the Indian aggression along the Line of Control (LoC). The meeting also discussed current security situation of the country. Earlier today, while stressing on fast and effective implementation over the National Action Plan (NAP), the military leadership of Pakistan has stressed that Pakistan Army is, directly or indirectly, not associatedRead More

ISLAMABAD, SEP 21 (DNA) – Speaker National Assembly Asad Qaiser has urged the international community to play its role for the resolution of Kashmir dispute. Addressing a seminar organised by Parliamentary Kashmir Committee and Institute of Conflict Resolution on the occasion of International Peace Day in Islamabad on Monday, he said that the resolution of Kashmir dispute as per the UN Security Council resolutions is imperative for regional peace and stability. The speaker said Kashmiris were denied the basic necessities of life for the last one year. The government was effectively playingRead More

NEW YORK, SEP 21 (DNA) – The Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) Contact Group on Jammu and Kashmir, which met in New York, voiced “deep concern” over the continued human rights violations by India in occupied Kashmir, and called on UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres, the Security Council and the Human Rights Council to take steps to end those abuses. The meeting, which was requested by Pakistan Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi, was held on the eve of the UN General Assembly’s high-level debate opening. Attending the meeting were permanent representatives of SaudiRead More

ISLAMABAD, SEP 21 (DNA) – Prime Minister Imran Khan on Monday termed All Parties Conference (APC) by opposition as an attempt to discredit state institutions and said that defaming Pakistan Army ahead of UN meeting is part of Indian conspiracy. According to details, Prime Minister Imran Khan chaired a meeting of party spokespersons to discuss country’s political situation and resolution of APC. During the meeting, PM Imran Khan said that Pakistan Army is guarantor of national security but Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) is once again promoting agenda of India. He further saidRead More

ISLAMABAD, SEP 21 (DNA) – Pakistan says Indian proposal to appoint Jayant Khobragade as Charge d’ Affaires at its High Commission in Islamabad is incommensurate with Islamabad’s decision to downgrade diplomatic ties with India. In a statement, Foreign Office spokesperson said the news reports of some Indian media, quoting sources in the Indian Ministry of External Affairs, regarding assignment visa for senior Indian diplomat Jayant Khobragade proposed as Charge d’ Affaires at the Indian High Commission in Islamabad, were misleading. He said following India’s illegal and unilateral actions of August 5, 2019Read More