Tuesday, March 28th, 2023
Pakistan, Malaysia agree to enhance multi-dimensional cooperation
KUALA LUMPUR, MAR 28 /DNA/ – Pakistan-Malaysia BPC was held today in Kuala Lumpur. Talks co-chaired by AFS Mumtaz Zahra Baloch and Deputy Secretary General Dato Norman Bin Muhammad. They agreed to expand and strengthen bilateral strategic partnership and enhance multi-dimensional cooperation.
Pakistan believes Xi’s Moscow visit highly significant
DNA Islamabad, Mar 28: Pakistani officials and experts have termed Chinese President Xi Jinping’s state visit to Russia significant and looked forward to deeper cooperation and improved bilateral ties between the two countries as well as their greater contributions to world development. In an interview with Gwadar Pro, Senator Mushahid Hussain Syed called Xi’s visit to Moscow an assertion of China’s more assertive, proactive and confident role in global affairs, following up on China’s historic, successful mediation between Iran and Saudi Arabia, which has totally rattled and shaken the West.Read More
Only verified accounts can vote in twitter polls from April 15: Musk
Elon Musk said on Monday that only verified Twitter accounts would be eligible to vote in polls starting April 15, a move that the social media company’s CEO believes will address advanced AI bot swarms. Musk also said only verified accounts will be eligible to be in Twitter’s For You recommendations, which displays a stream of tweets from accounts on Twitter. Twitter did not immediately respond to a Reuters’ request for comment. Last year, Musk had said Twitter would restrict voting on policy-related polls to paying Twitter Blue subscribers.
IMF wants external financing commitments fulfilled to release funds, says PM Shehbaz
ISLAMABAD, MAR 28: The International Monetary Fund (IMF) wants external financing commitments fulfilled from friendly countries before it releases bailout funds, Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif said on Tuesday. The lender has been negotiating with Islamabad since early February to resume $1.1 billion in funding held since November, which is part of a $6.5 billion bailout agreed in 2019. The funding is very critical for Pakistan to unlock other external financing avenues to avert a default on its obligations with its central bank reserves falling to as low as to coverRead More
Ambassador Erik Kurzweil meets Foreign Secretary Asad Majeed
ISLAMABAD, MAR 28: /DNA/ – Germany’s Representative for Afghanistan, Ambassador Erik Kurzweil called on Foreign Secretary Asad Majeed Khan today. The Foreign Secretary reiterated Pakistan’s desire for a peaceful, prosperous, stable, and connected Afghanistan.
President urges world to take steps against Islamophobia
ISLAMABAD, MAR 28 (DNA) — President of Pakistan Dr Arif Alvi on Tuesday urged the international community to take effective steps against the growing trend of Islamophobia by discouraging extremist elements. In this regard, he stressed promoting inter-faith harmony and dialogue among various religions to remove negative perceptions about Islam. The president strongly condemned the incidents of desecration of the Holy Quran in Denmark and Netherlands and said that hate speech against religions could not be termed as freedom of expression. He said the blasphemous incidents rooted in Islamophobia wereRead More