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Pakistan opposes new permanent seats in UNSC

UNITED NATIONS: Pakistan has warned that attempts by aspirants of permanent seats on the UN Security Council — India, Brazil, Germany and Japan, known as G-4 — to railroad efforts to reform the 15-member body would kill the consensus-based process to make it more effective, representative and accountable. “The Inter-Governmental Negotiations (IGN) remains the only credible platform for a comprehensive reform of the Security Council,” Ambassador Munir Akram said while reaffirming Pakistan’s strong opposition to creating new permanent members. “Any attempts to undermine or derail the IGN process will proveRead More


AIOU establishes facilitation desks for disable people

ISLAMABAD, JAN 26 (DNA) – Allama Iqbal Open University(AIOU) has established a facilitation desk at the main campus of the university to facilitate disable students so that they may not face any difficulty while applying for admission, degree/certificate or performing any other routine academic activity at the university. Rana Tariq Javed, Director, Directorate of Students Affairs and Counseling Services has informed that the university has established this facilitation desk on the special directives of Prof. Dr. Zia Ul-Qayyum, Vice Chancellor, AIOU. He further added that workers from his department willRead More


World Bank to invest $2bn in Pakistan: Dr Firdous

LAHORE, JAN 26 (DNA) – Special Assistant to Chief Minister (SACM) on Information Dr Firdous Ashiq Awan has revealed that the World Bank (WB) is going to invest US$2 billion in Pakistan. Addressing a press conference along with Punjab Livestock Minister Sardar Hasnain Bahadur Dreshak here on Tuesday, she said that under that investment programme, 5G goals had been set. She said that 5G goals include girls education, growing health, green clean Pakistan, governance and growth inclusive stunting. She said that the WB would provide financial assistance under the supervisionRead More


Direct flight from Islamabad to Kyrgyzstan start

Ambassador of Kyrgyzstan to Pakistan while talking to daily Islamabad Post termed the move significant adding direct flight shall promote business and tourist activities between the two countries and Central Asia also Ansar Bhatti ISLAMABAD: Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) has started direct flight from Islamabad to Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan. The flight shall operate on weekly basis. Earlier another Central Asian Country Uzbekistan had direct flight from Lahore to Tashkent. The direct flight from Islamabad to Bishkek shall be chartered in the beginning and may be run as commercial flight later on.Read More


Istanbul Airport tops European traffic charts in Nov

ANKARA, JAN 26 – The Istanbul Airport saw the highest number of passengers in Europe last November, the Airports Council International (ACI) Europe said. More than 1.73 million passengers used the Istanbul Airport in November, showed a chart posted by ACI Europe on Twitter. Another airport in Istanbul, Sabiha Gokcen International Airport, ranked second with nearly 1.5 million passengers during the same period. They were followed by three Russian airports — Sheremetyevo Alexander S. Pushkin International Airport, Vnukovo International Airport, and Domodedovo Moscow Airport. “Non-EU airports dominate the ‘Top 10 busiestRead More


India not democratic but fascist state: AJK president

ISLAMABAD, JAN 26(DNA) – The AJK President Sardar Masood Khan has asserted that today’s India is neither secular nor democracy but a settler-colonial power, and its hegemonic designs are serious threats to peace and security of not only neighbouring countries but the whole of South Asian region. “India’s illegal occupation of Jammu and Kashmir and its recent actions are not acceptable to the people of Kashmir and they are determined to continue their struggle till the return of the last Indian soldier,” he underlined. He made these remarks while addressingRead More