Tuesday, September 27th, 2022
Ishaq Dar takes oath as senator after five years of self-exile
ISLAMABAD, SEP 27: PML-N leader Ishaq Dar on Tuesday took oath as a senator during a swearing-in ceremony at the Senate after living five years in self-imposed exile in the United Kingdom. Dar had been successfully elected to the Senate from Punjab but had been out of the country since October 2017. The politician, who touched down in Pakistan with Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif Monday night, will swear in as the federal finance minister tomorrow (September 28) at 10am. President Arif Alvi will administer oath to Dar at Aiwan-e-Sadar. AllRead More
Beijing responds to Blinken’s call to Pakistan for debt relief from China
Beijing, SEP 27 /DNA/ – Chinese foreign ministry spokesperson Wang Wenbin on Tuesday said that the United States better help Pakistan with “real action” instead of commenting on the bilateral ties between Islamabad and Beijing. The statement came in response to US Secretary of State Antony Blinken’s statement, urging Pakistan to seek debt relief from its close partner China as floods devastate the country. “The US had better help Pakistani people with real action rather than just commenting on China-Pakistan cooperation,” Wang Wenbin said in a statement. Blinken promised strong US support forRead More
Blinken urges Pakistan to seek China debt relief after floods
WASHINGTON, SEP 27: US Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Monday called on Pakistan to seek debt relief from close partner China as floods devastate the country. Blinken promised strong US support for Pakistan as it dries out from the floods, which have submerged one-third of the country, an area the size of the United Kingdom. “We send a simple message. We are here for Pakistan, just as we were during past natural disasters, looking ahead to rebuild,” Blinken said after talks in Washington with Foreign Minister Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari. “IRead More
Post-flood scenario demands relief work, not ‘Jalsas’: PM
Nazir Siyal / DNA JHAKRO (DADU), Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Tuesday urged the nation to work in unison by extending a helping hand to the people suffering form the devastation in the wake of massive floods. Terming as noble service the helping the people in distress, he stressed the need for rising above politics and the so-called ‘number game’ in order to converge the energies to help the flood-hit people. Without naming any politician, he pointed out that the post-flood situation in the country demanded to reach out toRead More
Consensus-based decision making structures stressed
Mahnoor Ansar / DNA Islamabad, SEP 27: Whimsical decisions and speech acts of government elites required better planning and delivery in order to act in unison in the face of globally emerging alliances, said Dr Khuram Iqbal, Head of the International Relations Department at the National Defense University (NDU) Islamabad. He was addressing a roundtable discussion titled, “Emergence of Maritime Alliances: Case Study of QUAD, AUKUS and I2U2”, jointly organized by the Institute of Regional Studies (IRS) and National Institute of Maritime Affairs (NIMA), here on Tuesday. Discussing the roleRead More
Azerbaijan indebted to Pakistan for support during Patriotic War: envoy
Says Shusha, the cultural capital of Azerbaijan has already become a venue for international events; condemns Armenian acts of aggression against innocent Azerbaijani people Ansar M Bhatti ISLAMABAD: Ambassador of Azerbaijan Khazar Farhadov has said that brave Azerbaijani forces had successfully thwarted the Armenian aggression and re-gained its territory illegally occupied by the aggressor Armenia. He added his country greatly valued moral and diplomatic support extended to Azerbaijan by Pakistan during the 44-day Patriotic War. Ambassador Khazar expressed these views while addressing a press conference in connection with September 27-Read More