Monday, October 17th, 2022
SCO summit a great success
Ansar M Bhatti AS the chair of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO), Uzbekistan hosted the annual Summit 2022 of the SCO Heads of State Council on September 15-16 in Samarkand. In the upcoming conference, transit trade and commercial cooperation among the members was discussed. The member states also talked about establishing industrial zones and in this regard, the first industrial zone of SCO countries will be established in Samarkand region, Uzbekistan. For the first time, discussions on the promotion of digital transformation and poverty reduction in the SCO space wereRead More
Hina meets key French figures in Paris
PARIS, OCT 17 (DNA) — Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Hina Rabbani Khar had a busy day in Paris. Hina Rabbani Khar met Jean-Louis Bourlanges, President of the Foreign Affairs Commission at the French National Assembly, in Paris. They discussed Pak-France bilateral relations, parliamentary cooperation, floods in Pakistan, climate change and regional and global issues. She also met a group of French intellectuals, members of think tanks and scholars at the Pakistani Embassy in Paris. Issues of national, regional and global importance came under discussion in the meeting. high-level contacts betweenRead More
Govt has few days to announce elections or ready to face long march: Imran Khan
ISLAMABAD, OCT 17 /DNA/ – Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Imran Khan categorically stated that the public overwhelmingly rejected the imported government in the Sunday-last by-elections, which was actually a referendum against the PDM; therefore, he gave some more days to these bandits for the sake of the country to fix date for early elections or else he would announce his party’s long march within few days. Speaking at a press conference following the party’s high level meeting here on Monday, PTI Chairman warned that these cable of thieves should bear inRead More
Lions Club Internationals to donate $0.2 million to flood victims
KARACHI, OCT 17 (DNA) — Lions Club International Foundation has planned to extend its philanthropic activities in Pakistan through construction and renovation of 100 housing units for the flood victims in different areas at the cost of USD $200,000. This was stated by Malik Khuda Bakhsh(MKB), Granted Administrator Lions Club International, while talking a delegation of Council of Economic and Energy Journalists (CEEJ) at a luncheon meeting held recently in Karachi. He briefed the office bearers and Members of CEEJ that the allocated funds are required to be transferred toRead More
Çavuşoğlu: Turkic world has become center of global geopolitics
Global developments have once again made the Turkic world the globe’s geopolitical hub, said Türkiye’s foreign minister on Monday. “Today, the Turkic world has become the center of global geopolitics, just as it was in history. We have a critical position connecting the East and the West, the North and the South on energy, trade, and transportation routes,” said Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu at an extraordinary meeting of foreign ministers of Organization of Turkic States member states. Saying that the Turkic region‘s importance for global stability and prosperity has risen even further amid ongoing global crises, Çavuşoğlu addedRead More
Pakistan Hotels Association’s annual election results announced
ISLAMABAD, OCT 17 /DNA/ – Pakistan Hotels Association’s annual election results were announced at its 58th annual general meeting, held on September 30, 2022. The following Office Bearers have been elected for the term 2022-23 Mustansir Zakir as Chairman, Mian Akram Farid as Senior Vice Chairman, Mr. Faisal Qayyum Khan as Vice Chairman North, and Mr. Abdul Jabbar Rathod as Vice Chairman South. Mr. Mustansir Zakir has been elected as Chairman, who is associated with Hashoo Group for more than 25 years, and is the CEO of Hashwani Hotels Limited,Read More