Tuesday, September 7th, 2021
Turkey carefully following Afghanistan as interim government announced: President
ANKARA: Turkey is carefully following developments in Afghanistan as the Taliban announced an interim government for the country, said the Turkish president on Tuesday. On future operations of the airport in Kabul, the Afghan capital, Turkey has taken a positive approach from the start, but such developments are not yet concrete, Recep Tayyip Erdoğan told a joint press conference with Felix Tshisekedi, his Democratic Republic of Congo counterpart, who is visiting the Turkish capital Ankara. Turkey has long been mentioned as possibly running the Kabul airport, but it has setRead More
Lieutenant General Sahir Shamshad Mirza posted as Commander Rawalpindi Corps
RAWALPINDI: Lieutenant General Sahir Shamshad Mirza has been posted as Commander Rawalpindi Corps while Lieutenant General Muhammad Chiragh Haider as Commander Multan Corps. According to ISPR, Lieutenant General Azhar Abbas has been appointed as Chief of General Staff and Lieutenant General Muhammad Waseem Ashraf as Director General Joint Staff Headquarters.
FM, Kenya’s Defence Minister discuss bilateral relations
ISLAMABAD: Kenya’s Defense Minister Monica Juma has telephoned Foreign Minister Makhdoom Shah Mahmood Qureshi to discuss bilateral relations and evolving situation in Afghanistan. Shah Mahmood Qureshi apprised Monica Juma of the current situation in Afghanistan and Pakistan’s perspective. The Foreign Minister also apprised of the assistance provided by Pakistan in the evacuation of diplomatic staff, citizens and officials of international organizations from Kabul. The two leaders appreciated the visit of the Chief of the Kenyan Armed Forces to Pakistan in June 2021, calling it a boost to defense ties betweenRead More
Pakistan, UK discuss latest Afghan situation
LONDON, SEPT 7 (DNA) – High Commissioner for Pakistan to the UK, Moazzam Ahmad Khan had a productive exchange of views with Chair Foreign Affairs Committee in the House of Commons, Tom Tugendhat MP. He shared Pakistan’s perspective on evolving situation in Afghanistan. He also apprised MP Tugendhat of Pakistan’s facilitation of the evacuation efforts and humanitarian support. Pakistan-UK bilateral relations also came under discussion. The High Commissioner said Pakistan values friendship with the UK and both countries have a lot to accomplish together.
Malaysian envoy holds talks with PIA Chief
Malaysia to open for domestic tourists from Sept 16 Staff Report ISLAMABAD: The Chargé d’Affaires of Malaysia, Mr Deddy Faisal Ahmad Salleh met with CEO of PIA Air Marshal Arshad Malik. They discussed various topics of mutual interest related to the aviation industry and ways to further strengthen the trade cooperation between Malaysia & Pakistan businessmen. Apart from that the Chargé d’Affaires also praised the opening of tourism in Malaysia. The Malaysian government has decided to reopen its tourism sector to fully vaccinated domestic travelers via the travel bubble programme,Read More
Pak conveys reservations to British over continued placement of its citizens on COVID-19 Red List
By Ali FurqanISLAMABAD, SEPT 7 (DNA) – Pakistan has conveyed it’s strong reservations and concerns to the Britain government about continued placement of its citizens on COVID-19 Red List. Diplomatic souces told Islamabad Post that the political leadership of Pakistan shared their concerns to the British Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab during his Islamabad visit last week. During his two days visit Dominic Raab met with the prime minister Imran Khan, Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi and Army Chief General Qamar Javed Bajwa. Souces says that Islamabad has placed recommendations for the immediate removalRead More