Monday, September 13th, 2021
Pak welcomes UN efforts to provide humanitarian assistance to Afghans
ISLAMABAD, SEP 13 (DNA) – Pakistan welcomes and appreciates the efforts of the United Nations to provide much-needed humanitarian assistance to the people of Afghanistan. This was stated by Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi in a statement on Monday for the High-Level Ministerial meeting on the humanitarian situation in Afghanistan. He said that the situation is becoming dire for around 18 million people of Afghanistan, directly in need of humanitarian assistance and a slow response from the international community can cause grave humanitarian consequences. He said it is time toRead More
Tajikistan to host summits of regional powers to discuss Afghanistan
2 high-level meetings of regional and world powers will discuss issues of recognition, bilateral relations, cooperation with Taliban-led Afghanistan Dushanbe, SEPT 13: Tajikistan capital Dushanbe will host two important summit meetings of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) and the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO) on Thursday to discuss issues related to Afghanistan. Russia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan, Tajikistan, India, and Pakistan along with Afghanistan, which has observer status at the SCO will attend the Dushanbe meeting. This will be the first major meeting of regional countries since the Taliban announced their interimRead More
Sadiq Sanjrani, CM Balochistan and Senator Dr Shehzad Waseem offer condolences with Waseem Sajjad
ISLAMABAD, SEPT 13 (DNA) – Chairman Senate Sadiq Sanjrani along with the Chief Minister Balochistan Jam Kamal and Leader of the house in the Senate Dr Shehzad Waseem, arrived at the residence of former Chairman Senate, Waseem Sajjad in Islamabad to express their condolences on the demise of the wife of former Chairman Senate Waseem Sajjad. Expressing condolence on the sad demise, they offered Fateha for the reward of the deceased and also expressed their heartfelt condolences to the family. The Chairman Senate prayed to Allah Almighty for the forgivenessRead More
Pakistan progresses well on all fronts due to govt’s prudent policies: President
ISLAMABAD, Sep 13: President Dr. Alvi on Monday said that owing to the government’s prudent policies, Pakistan had achieved significant progress in diverse areas including economy, human and social development, information technology, foreign policy and defence.Addressing the joint session of parliament, he mentioned increase in exports from US $ 23.7 billion in fiscal year 2019-20 to US $ 25.3 billion in 2020-21; workers’ remittances recorded at the historic US $ 29.4 billion, vibrancy in stock market, improvement in ease of doing business and enhanced investors’ confidence as some of theRead More
Ramiz vows to reset PCB’s direction; announces coaches for T20 World Cup
AFZAL JAVED ISLAMABAD, Sep 13: The former Pakistan captain and 36th Chairman of the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) Ramiz Raja extended his thanks to Prime Minister and patron-in-chief Imran Khan for posing confidence in his abilities and vowed to reset the direction of the PCB to restore Pakistan cricket’s glorious past. Ramiz Raja, who was elected unanimously and unopposed as the Pakistan Cricket Board’s chairman for a three-year term in a special meeting presided over by the PCB Election Commissioner, Mr Justice (retd) Sheikh Azmat Saeed on Monday. Ramiz Raja, alongRead More
Pakistan attaches utmost importance to nuclear and radiation safety: ambassador
Vienna, SEPT 13 (DNA) – Today, Ambassador Aftab Ahmad Khokher delivered a statement at the ongoing meeting of the Board of Governors of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) in Vienna. Speaking under the agenda item “Nuclear and Radiation Safety”, Ambassador Khokher stated that as a country with longstanding experience in the field of nuclear power generation, as well as in the use of nuclear technology in medicine, industry and agriculture, Pakistan attached the utmost importance to nuclear and radiation safety. He said that as a party to several internationalRead More