Monday, September 13th, 2021
China calls on US to ‘stop official exchanges’ with Taiwan
Beijing: China on Monday called on the US to “stop all official exchanges” with Taiwan amid reports that the US was “seriously considering” to rename Taiwan’s office in Washington. “The US should prudently handle the Taiwan question so as to not seriously damage China-US relations and peace and stability across the Taiwan Straits,” Zhao Lijian, a spokesman for China’s Foreign Ministry, told a news conference in Beijing. Beijing’s reaction came after reports claimed that Washington was “seriously considering to change the Taipei Economic and Cultural Representative Office’s (TECRO) name toRead More
Senior Turkish official meets Azerbaijani foreign minister
ANKARA: Turkey’s Deputy Foreign Minister Faruk Kaymakçı on Monday met with Azerbaijani Foreign Minister Jeyhun Bayramov and thanked him for the assistance provided by Azerbaijan in the fight against forest fires in Turkey last month. In a visit to Azerbaijan’s capital Baku, Kaymakçı also discussed with Bayramov the bilateral cooperation between their countries. Bayramov emphasized the importance of strengthening the existing cooperation between Turkey and Azerbaijan in multilateral platforms, according to a statement by the Azerbaijani Foreign Ministry. Kaymakçı also expressed his satisfaction with the development of the strategic partnershipRead More
The SCO is entering its third decade, a fundamentally new period of its development
SCO Secretary General Vladimir Norov 1 .The year 2021 is a landmark year for the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO)-June 15 marked twenty years since its formation. The past two decades have confirmed that the strategic decision to create the SCO made in June 2001 by the heads of the founding states, turned out to be correct and far-sighted. Since its establishment in a short period by historical standards, having passed a long and glorious path of its formation and development, the SCOhaving withstood the test of time, has become oneRead More
PTI leads in cantonment boards elections
ISLAMABAD, SEPT 13 – The vote count has been completed for the cantonment board elections held across several cities on Sunday. The unofficial results indicate the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) has emerged as the largest winner with PML-N a close runner-up. The PPP trailed far behind. The largely peaceful elections were disrupted by sporadic clashes in at least 10 of the 42 cantonment boards that went to the polls. According to the overall results by Monday noon, these are the number of wards (within cantonments) that each party took across Pakistan: 42 canttsRead More
German Navy delegation visits mausoleum of Quaid-e-Azam
KARACHI, Sep 13 /DNA/ – German Navy Ship FGS BAYERN (FFG-217) visited Karachi from 08-12 September 2021. The visit was aimed at commemorating 70 years of bilateral relations between Pakistan and Germany. The four day long visit of FGS BAYERN (FFG-217) comprised of harbor and sea phase. Harbor phase included various harbor events, social calls, visits to prominent places, table top discussions on professional topics, cross ship visits and onboard receptions. A delegation of the visiting German Ship visited mausoleum of Quaid-e-Azam to pay tribute to the founder of PakistanRead More
ICCI urges govt to facilitate exporters for boosting exports
ISLAMABAD, SEPT 13 (DNA) – Sardar Yasir Ilyas Khan, President, Islamabad Chamber of Commerce & Industry has called upon the government to extend maximum facilitation and support to the export-oriented industries in their endeavours to boost the country’s exports that would help the economy to prosper. He said that there were legal restrictions in Pakistan on export of alcoholic products to Muslim countries, however, he said that the government should allow export of such products to those Muslim countries who were importing these products to meet the needs of theirRead More