Friday, April 30th, 2021
Qureshi holds wide-ranging talks with his counterpart of Hungary
ISLAMABAD: Foreign Minister Makhdoom Shah Mahmood Qureshi held wide-ranging talks with Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade of Hungary, Mr. Peter Szijjarto, today. The talks covered bilateral relations and exchange of views on regional and international issues. Foreign Minister Szijjarto is visiting Pakistan accompanied by a high-level official delegation as well as 17 businessmen. The Foreign Minister fondly recalled his earlier interaction with Foreign Minister Szijjarto during the inauguration of Hungary-Pakistan Trade and Economic Window (HPTEW). The two Foreign Ministers held one-on-one meeting, which was followed by delegation-level talks. TheRead More
Sri Lanka’s embassy in Moscow receives Mufti of Moscow and delegation from Muslim community for Iftar
MOSCOW: Prof. M.D. Lamawansa, Deputy Head of Mission Mr. Mohamed Anas organized Iftar ceremony for the Chief Imam of Moscow Cathedral Mosque and the Muslim delegation comprised of Imams and representatives of business community. The event took place in the official Residence of Ambassador of Sri Lanka in Moscow. In his opening remarks, Mr. Anas underlined the historically established friendly relations between Sri Lanka and the Russian Federation, and close ties between the Embassy of Sri Lanka and Moscow Cathedral Mosque, which stand too close to each other. The Minister –Read More
Kazakhstan is eager to share its model for interethnic accord
The experience and policy of Kazakhstan in the field of maintaining interethnic peace and harmony is of genuine interest to international organizations and states, writes Aiman Zhussupova. By Aiman Zhussupova, Institute of World Economics and Politics. Aiman Zhussupova is an expert of the Institute of World Economics and Politics (IWEP) under the Nursultan Nazarbayev Foundation (Kazakhstan) When Kazakhstan became an independent state in 1991, the risk of interethnic conflicts was one of the most critical problems for the post-Soviet nation that inherited the world’s fourth largest nuclear arsenal. This was exacerbatedRead More
Indonesian ambassador meets Naval Chief
ISLAMABAD: Ambassador of Indonesia Adam Tugio called on the Chief of Naval Staff Admiral Amjad Niazi at the Naval Headquarters, on Friday. Both sides discussed matters of mutual interest. Pakistan and Indonesia enjoy excellent relations. Both countries have been cooperating with each other on regional as well as international forum.
Throughout the better part of recorded history, peace has been a tenuous concept
Afghanistan has been a challenging country to rule, to say the very least. The country’s geopolitical significance has had a pivotal role over the centuries and continues to have implications for the region to this day. The years have passed, and the pages of history have turned to conclude yet another ill-fated chapter of invasions, this time on the venture of the United States and her allies. Suffice it to say, the country has a history of conquests emanating from both within and without. Located at the crossroads of AsiaRead More
JI chief slams Israeli aggression
ISLAMABAD: Jamaat-e-Islami chief Siraj-ul-Haq has appealed to the nation and religious scholars to remember Palestinians in their prayers in the Muslim holy month of Ramadan. “I appeal to Pakistani clerics to highlight Zionist brutalities against the innocent Palestinian Muslims in Friday sermons in mosques and create awareness among the people about the first Qibla of Islam,” he said. Haq also condemned the Israeli forces for not allowing Palestinians to perform prayers in Al-Aqsa Mosque. “The main entrance to Al-Aqsa Mosque has been closed for the past several days by IsraeliRead More