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Russia FM visits Algeria as EU steps up push for alternative gas

MOSCOW: Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov visited gas-producing ally Algeria for talks Tuesday as Europe pushes to secure alternative energy supplies. Lavrov met President Abdelmadjid Tebboune and Foreign Minister Ramtane Lamamra, according to foreign ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova. Lavrov told Lamamra that Moscow supported “an initiative by our Algerian friends to draw up a new interstate strategic document which will reflect the new quality of our bilateral partnership”, according to the Russian foreign ministry. “Our political dialogue is developing actively, as is our economic, military and technical cooperation and humanitary and cultural ties,” he added. His visit is the first since JanuaryRead More


G7 flags rights concerns in selection of new Hong Kong leader

The selection process for a new chief executive in Hong Kong is a source of grave concern and underscores wider worries about fundamental freedoms there, a Group of Seven statement said on Monday, prompting a rebuke from China. Hong Kong‘s leader-in-waiting, John Lee, was endorsed for the city’s top job on Sunday by a committee stacked with pro-Beijing loyalists, as the financial hub attempts to relaunch itself after several years of political upheaval. Lee, the sole candidate, received the votes of 1,416 members of a pro-Beijing election committee, whose members have been vetted for their loyaltyRead More


Baloch student picked up in connection with KU blast released

ISLAMABAD, MAY 10: Security agencies have released a Baloch student who was taken into custody in connection with a suicide blast at the University of Karachi (KU) on April 26, Baloch Council chairperson Ahsan Baloch told on Tuesday. Bebgar Imdad, a seventh-semester student at Numl in Islamabad and a native of Balochistan’s Kech area, was picked up by security agencies on April 27 from Punjab University (PU), where he was visiting a relative in hostel no.7. Subsequently, Baloch Council activists had staged a sit-in outside the vice-chancellor’s office at PU, demanding Imdad’s release. Other civilRead More


PM Shehbaz-led PML-N delegation to meet Nawaz in London, information minister confirms

ISLAMABAD, MAY 10: Information Minister Marriyum Aurangzeb confirmed on Tuesday that Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif will be travelling to London as part of a PML-N delegation to meet party supremo Nawaz Sharif. Addressing a press conference in Islamabad alongside Power Minister Khurram Dastgir, she noted that several media channels were airing the news that PML-N members were going to visit Nawaz in London, which she said the government’s opponents were blowing out of proportion. “PML-N members are going on a private visit to London to meet with Nawaz Sharif,” sheRead More


Hashoo Hotels & Resorts will soon launch PC Legacy-Airport Lahore

Islamabad, MAY 10 /DNA/ – Located in the bustling city of Lahore, it will be the third hotel by Hashoo Hotels in its recently introduced brand of hotels by the name of PC Legacy, following PC Legacy Nasirabad. The brand “PC Legacy” is a new chain of four-star hotels by Hashoo Hotels who already own and operate Pearl-Continental, Marriott and Hotel One across the country. PC Legacy-Airport Lahore will bridge the gap for travellers between the five-star and the select service hotels. In this connection, an agreement was signed byRead More


Pakistan condemns deeply disturbing anti-Azaan measures taken in Indian state of Karnatka

ISLAMABAD, MAY 10 /DNA/ – Pakistan condemns in the strongest possible terms the highly deplorable incidents involving playing of Hanuman Chalisa and other Hindu devotional songs on loudspeakers as a counter to the Muslims’ call to prayer (Azaan) at various mosques in Indian state of Karnataka. The disturbing incidents occurred only a day after Sri Ram Sena Chief made the despicable call for “drowning” the Azaan through the provocative playing of Hanuman Chalisa and other Hindu religious hymns. It is condemnable that a reprehensible so-called “Azan se Azaadi’ campaign has beenRead More