Friday, September 10th, 2021
U.S., Japan, S.Korea to meet over N.Korea nuclear standoff
TOKYO: Officials from the United States, South Korea and Japan will hold a meeting on North Korea next week in Tokyo, South Korea’s foreign ministry confirmed on Friday. The three countries have been discussing ways to break a standoff with North Korea over its nuclear weapons and ballistic missile programmes, which have drawn international sanctions. Noh Kyu-duk, Seoul’s special representative for Korean peninsula peace and security affairs, will travel to Japan on Sunday for a three-day visit, the ministry said in a statement. While there, he will meet with U.S. envoy for North Korea Sung Kim, andRead More
COVID-19 national tally of active cases reports over 91,000
ISLAMABAD, SEP 10 (DNA) – The national tally of total active COVID-19 cases was recorded 91,440 one of the highest during fourth wave of pandemic on Friday with 3,689 more people tested positive for the deadly virus and 3,755 people recovering from the disease during the last 24 hours. Eighty-three corona patients have died during past 24 hours, 75 of whom were under treatment in the hospitals and eight of them perished in their respective quarantines or homes, according to the latest update issued by the National command and OperationRead More
Russia not to take part in Afghan government inauguration: Kremlin
MOSCOW: The Kremlin said on Friday Russia would not take part in any way in the Taliban government‘s inauguration ceremony in Afghanistan. The speaker of Russia‘s upper house of parliament said earlier this week that Russia would be represented at the inauguration by ambassador-level officials.
Ukraine’s Zelenskiy: War with Russia a worst-case possibility
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on Friday that all-out war with neighbouring Russia was a possibility, and that he wanted to have a substantive meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin. Asked at the Yalta European Strategy (YES) summit if there could really be all out-war with Russia, which seized the Crimean Peninsula from Ukraine in 2014 and backs pro-Russian separatists in Ukraine‘s east, Zelenskiy said: “I think there can be.” “It’s the worst thing that could happen, but unfortunately there is that possibility,” he added, speaking in Ukrainian. Kyiv says the conflict in eastern Ukraine has killed 14,000 people since 2014. ZelenskiyRead More
PTCL, The City School sign MoU
ISLAMABAD, SEPT 10 (DNA) – Pakistan Telecommunications Company Limited (PTCL), signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with The City School to offer premium ICT services including telephone and high-speed internet to thestudents, alumni and staff members of the institution. PTCL will offer exclusive discounted packages with unlimited datato facilitate effective teaching and learning at one of the leading educational institutions of the country. Nauman Durrani, Executive Vice President (EVP) Sales, PTCL and Raza Hasnain, Regional Director North Region – The City School,signed the MoU in presence of Aasif Inam, ExecutiveRead More
Govt focuses to provide conducive environment to enhance exports: PM
Islamabad : Prime Minister Imran Khan says the government is focused to provide conducive environment and formulate pro-business policies to enhance exports of the country. He was chairing a review meeting on the government’s steps to increase the volume of exports in Islamabad on Friday. The Prime Minister said it is a priority of the government to diversity the market and products to increase exports. He said the government has been preparing policies in consultation with the business community. He said exporters are being fully facilitated. The Prime Minister directedRead More