Wednesday, May 5th, 2021
Army chief meets CGS Saudi Armed Forces in Riyadh
RIYADH, MAY 5: General Qamar Javed Bajwa, Chief of Army Staff (COAS) called on Lieutenant General Fayyad Al-Ruwaili, Chief of General Staff (CGS), Saudi Armed Forces at Riyadh. During the meeting, matters of mutual interest, regional security situation including Afghan Peace Process, defence & security and military to military cooperation were discussed. COAS emphasized the need to further enhance military to military cooperation between the two Armed Forces and said that Pakistan-KSA cooperation will have positive impact on peace and security in the region. CGS KSA thanked the COAS forRead More
Saudi Arabia releases new detailed images of Maqam Ibrahim in Mecca’s Grand Mosque
DNA RIYADH – Saudi Arabia released never-before-seen detailed images of the Maqam Ibrahim, or the Station of Abraham, located in Mecca’s Grand Mosque. The General Presidency for the Affairs of the Two Holy Mosques captured the details of the Station of Abraham with a new technique that uses stacked panoramic focus. A day earlier, authorities released similar high-definition pictures of the Black Stone– known as the Hajar Aswad in Arabic. Maqam Ibrahim is the stone that bears the imprint of where the Prophet Ibrahim stood while building the Kaaba whenRead More
Biden’s worst: Framing Turkey for Armenians ‘genocide’
Munir Ahmed United States President Joe Biden is briskly realizing his political promises made during his election campaign. No segregation, whether the promises were logical or merely politically motivated to win from the unconventional States for the Democrats. In the last two weeks, he has taken up three of his promises being termed very significant globally. The most important one is to pull out the NATO and the US troops from Afghanistan. It began this weekend without finalizing any roadmap for a sustainable solution for peace in the region. AllRead More
Murad takes jibe at Fawad after criticism over low SOP compliance
ISLAMABAD: Sindh Chief Minister (CM) Syed Murad Ali Shah on Wednesday took a jibe at Federal Minister for Information and Broadcasting Fawad Chaudhry after his remarks about low standard operating procedures (SOPs) compliance in Sindh, ARY News reported. During a press conference in Islamabad, Fawad Chaudhry had criticised the Sindh government for lack of implementation on coronavirus SOPs. “Earlier a minister use to see the moon but now he has become an expert to measure COVID SOPs,” CM Sindh Murad Ali Shah said in an apparent criticism while talking toRead More
Enhanced China-Pak B2B irrigation cooperation is needed: Chinese experts
BEIJING, May 5 (): Enhanced China-Pak B2B irrigation cooperation is needed, this was emphasised by the Chinese experts, accoding to China Economic Net (CEN). The experts noted that the International Monetary Fund, Pakistan has been ranked third among countries facing acute water shortage. The availability of water is only compounded by the conventional and highly wasting way of irrigation. To resolve this issue, Pakistan has tried to export advanced irrigation products and technologies from overseas to empower the agriculture sector, the mainstay of the Pakistani economy. After two failed attemptsRead More
Fix price of oxygen cylinders, SC tells government
ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court directed on Wednesday the Ministry of Industries and Production to fix the price of oxygen cylinders within two days’ time. An apex court bench gave this direction on a plea filed by the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa government. The court further instructed the ministry to explain how the price of oxygen cylinders is set. The Advocate General of KP said suppliers are charging excessively for oxygen cylinders in absence of official rates. A Drug Regulatory Authority of Pakistan (DRAP) lawyer said the Ministry of Industries and Production dealsRead More