Wednesday, February 24th, 2021
Pakistan offered Sri Lanka $15m credit line for defence cooperation: FM Shah Mahmood Qureshi
Colombo : Defence and security cooperation to end the menace of terrorism are of equal importance to both Pakistan and Sri Lanka, says Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi. He said Pakistan has offered Sri Lanka a credit line of $15 million in this regard. The foreign minister is currently visiting Sri Lanka with Prime Minister Imran Khan on a two-day official trip. He shared an update on reaching Colombo on his Twitter a day earlier. The Sri Lankan foreign minister had said that Imran Khan’s visit will help strengthen bilateralRead More
Rwanda’s Kagame faults ‘hypocrisy’ in vaccine supply
Rwanda’s President Paul Kagame has faulted the “hypocrisy and double standards” in the global distribution of Covid-19 vaccines. President Kagame made the comments in a tweet after the World Health Organization (WHO) director, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, said deals between rich nations and vaccine manufacturers had made it hard to acquire vaccines for its Covax initiative. The Covax is an initiative to ensure equitable distribution of the Covid-19 vaccine across all countries. Wealthy nations have been accused of hoarding vaccines making it hard for poor ones to access any. A coalitionRead More
ECP to display revised lists of Senate candidates today
ISLAMABAD : The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) will display the revised lists of the candidates for Senate election today (Wednesday). The candidates can withdraw their nomination papers until February 25 (tomorrow). Overall 170 nomination papers were submitted across the country for the upcoming Senate election. The scrutiny of the nomination papers of candidates conducted between 17 to 18 February. The candidates filed appeals against acceptance or rejection of nomination papers on 20th Feb and the appeals decided until February 23, as per the election schedule. The revised list ofRead More
PM Imran holds one-on-one meeting with Sri Lankan president
COLOMBO : Prime Minister Imran Khan held on Wednesday a one-on-one meeting with President of Sri Lanka Gotabaya Rajapaksa at the President Secretariat in Colombo. During the meeting, the two discussed bilateral ties and the regional security situation, according to the Prime Minister’s Office. “Bilateral discussions with Prime Minister @ImranKhanPTI began at President’s Office a short while ago,” the Sri Lankan president said in a Twitter post, sharing a picture of himself and Prime Minister Khan holding talks. The prime minister along with Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi, Commerce AdviserRead More
China’s E-sports Association eager for collaboration with Pakistan
BEIJING, Feb.24 : China’s Beijing E-sports Association eager for collaboration with Pakistan, Gwadar Pro reported on Wednesday. China, USA and South Korea are dominating forces in the global E-sports arena, and now, electronic sports are in the process of being granted as an official sport for Pakistan. According to the report, Federal Minister for Science and Technology, Fawad Hussain, confirmed that discussions regarding the legitimization for Pakistan’s E-sports among Pakistan Sports Board and Pakistan Science Federation are underway, while the memorandum has already been signed. Moreover, the first Pakistan E-sportRead More
Falsifying the Realities: Western Media’s Negativity on China and Xinjiang
By Irfan Shahzad Takalvi There certainly is a method in this madness. It is obvious. Vilify China, malign the country, its institutions and beyond that its very people, is the ostensible objective. China’s ban on airing of BBC World has generated a lot of debate in recent days. Prior to that, however, the UK had also banned airing of CGTN. Yet, it was not only a tit-for-tat decision on part of Beijing. Global media’s especially BBC’s reporting on China in general as well as Hong Kong and Xinjiang in particularRead More