Friday, September 25th, 2020
Statement of PM Imran Khan to 75th Session of the UN General Assembly
Mr. President, Secretary General Guterres, Excellencies, Ladies and Gentlemen, I am honoured to address the United Nations General Assembly once again. I congratulate His Excellency Mr. Volkan Bozkir on his election as the President of the seventy-fifth session of the General Assembly. We also appreciate the skilful leadership of the outgoing President, His Excellency Tijani Muhammad-Bande, especially during the COVID-19 crisis. We commend the leadership of the Secretary General in these extremely turbulent times. Mr. President, Since my government assumed office, our consistent effort has been to fundamentally transform Pakistan.Read More
British HC Christian Turner visits Peshawar museum
PESHAWAR, SEP 25 (DNA) – British High Commissioner to Pakistan, Christian Turner visited Peshawar museum to explore beautifully preserved cultural treasures in Peshawar. Christian Turner shared his video message via his Twitter handle, starting with Pashtu. He said that the UK is helping the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa government in various sectors. He appreciated the efforts of the provincial government to ensure women education and making them independent. Last week, the United Kingdom’s (UK) credit financing agency, UK Export Finance (UKEF) has increased its financing limit to three times for British businesses looking toRead More
Canadian food market offers exciting opportunities for Pakistani exporters
DNA OTTAWA, SEPT 25 – Pakistan’s food growers and exporters must adapt to use of modern technology and agricultural practices and spend more on research and development to turn out new food varieties and enhance production and quality to target developed and sophisticated markets like Canada. This was the consensus among the participants of a webinar arranged by the Consulate General of Pakistan Toronto under the auspices of the High Commission for Pakistan, Ottawa. The webinar moderated by Mr. Azhar Husain, Trade and Investment Counsellor of Pakistan to Toronto, focusedRead More
Pakistan condemns killing of prominent Kashmiri lawyer Babar Qadri
DNA ISLAMABAD, SEPT 25 – Pakistan strongly condemned and seeks independent investigation into the gruesome killing of prominent Kashmiri lawyer and activist, Babar Qadri, who was shot dead by unidentified attackers in Srinagar, IIOJK yesterday. Another voice critical of Indian atrocities and human rights violations in IIOJK has been silenced through an extra-judicial murder. The authorities in IIOJK have snapped draconian laws including Unauthorized Activities Prevention Act (UAPA), Public Safety Act (PSA) and Armed Forces Special Powers Act (AFSPA), to silence any dissenting voice. More than 300 hundred KashmirisRead More
All primary, secondary classes in Sindh reopening from Sep 28
KARACHI, SEP 25 (DNA) – All classes, both primary and secondary, will resume at schools across Sindh from September 28, Sindh Education Minister Saeed Ghani said on Friday. Schools in the country reopened in phases on September 15 with universities, colleges and classes IX and X resuming first. On September 23 (Wednesday), secondary classes everywhere in Pakistan except Sindh resumed. Addressing the media, the minister said that there are still a lot of problems in multiple schools but the government is ensuring that all coronavirus SOPs are strictly followed by educational institutions.Read More
Asad Qaiser seeks proposals for election reforms, GB polls
ISLAMABAD, SEP 25 (DNA) – Speaker National Assembly Asad Qaiser has convened a meeting of parliamentary leaders on September 28 to seek recommendations from the political leadership over the next elections and the Gilgit-Baltistan polls in November. As per details, Asad Qaiser has dispatched invitation letters to the parliamentary leaders in the National Assembly, including Shahbaz Sharif, Bilawal Bhutto Zardari, Asad Mahmood, Shah Mehmood Qureshi, Tariq Bashir Cheema, Akhtar Mengal, Khalid Maqbool Siddiqui, Sheikh Rasheed, Ghaus Bux Khan Mahar and Nawabzada Shahzeen Bugti. The speaker National Assembly asked all the parliamentary leadersRead More