Wednesday, January 12th, 2022
NATO, Russia eye more high-level talks, US urges de-escalation
NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg said Wednesday that the military organization and Russia have agreed to try to set up more meetings to ease tensions between them amid deep concern in the West about whether Moscow might order an invasion of Ukraine. Speaking after chairing a meeting of the NATO-Russia Council, Stoltenberg said both parties had “expressed the need to resume dialogue and to explore a schedule of future meetings.” He said that the 30 NATO countries want to discuss ways to prevent dangerous military incidents, reduce space and cyber threats, as well asRead More
PM Imran to take treasury into confidence over ‘mini-budget’
ISLAMABAD, JAN 12 (DNA) — Prime Minister Imran Khan has summoned a meeting of treasury lawmakers on Thursday to take them into confidence over the Finance amendment bill 2021, popularly known as mini-budget. The meeting has been scheduled for Thursday afternoon, 2:00 pm, at the Parliament House to be attended by MNA from Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) and other coalition parties. According to sources privy to the matter said that the chief whip in the assembly and parliamentary affairs minister has been tasked to ensure the presence of the lawmakers, whoRead More
Huge blast goes off in Somali capital Mogadishu; leaving several dead
Mogadishu: The explosion that went off on a street in the Somali capital Mogadishu earlier on Wednesday was from a car bomb and it killed at least eight people, the head of the city’s ambulance services said. “A car bomb targeted a convoy, including bulletproof cars using Avisione street, we do not who owns the convoy. We carried eight dead people from the scene,” Abdikadir Abdirahman, director of Aamin Ambulance service told Reuters. “The attack was huge given the magnitude of the explosion and we fear the casualties may be high, but it is too early to say how many peopleRead More
Webinar on “Afghanistan’s Humanitarian Crisis: Int’l Recognition and Regional Challenges”organized
Islamabad, /DNA/ – A national webinar on the topic of “Afghanistan’s Humanitarian Crisis: International Recognition and Regional Challenges”, was organized by Pakistan House, an Islamabad-based think tank. In his welcoming address Muhammad Athar Javed, Director General Pakistan House stated that the world community must provide necessary economic support to the Taliban government so they can resolve the issues of Afghan people. The looming humanitarian and security challenges can generate more complexities as far as the peace in South Asia is concerned. Pakistan is playing a key role and hosted anRead More
Abid Qaiyum Suleri visits different Institutes of NARC
Islamabad, /DNA/ – Abid Qaiyum Suleri, Convener National Coordination Committee (NCC) on Agriculture Transformation Plan visited different institutes of National Agricultural Research Centre (NARC), Islamabad. Dr. Ghulam Muhammad Ali, Chairman, PARC given comprehensive briefing about Research finding of PARC and impact on Agriculture Productivity. He also highlighted the technologies developed by PARC. Chairman, PARC briefed about Next Generation Sequencing (NGS) lab in NIGAB. In the meeting senior management & scientists of PARC participated and responded various queries of Dr. Suleri on Agriculture R&D. Honorable guest took keen interest in recentRead More
Pakistan condemns hijacking of the UAE-flagged Cargo Vessel
ISLAMABAD, JAN 12 /DNA/ – Pakistan strongly condemned the hijacking of the UAE-flagged Cargo Vessel “Rawabi” by the Houthis near the port city of Hodeidah, Yemen. Such blatant acts not only threaten the freedom of maritime navigation but also endanger international trade and security of the region. Pakistan expresses its solidarity with the UAE and calls for immediate release of the vessel and its crew.