Thursday, July 27th, 2023
Pak slams Indian minister’s remarks
FO says Pakistan fully capable of defending itself ISLAMABAD, JULY 27(DNA) — While condemning the provocative remarks by India’s defence minister, made on 26 July 2023, in Drass, Ladakh, boasting readiness to cross the Line of Control in Kashmir, Foreign Office Spokesperson Mumtaz Zehra Baloch says Pakistan is fully capable of defending itself against any aggression as demonstrated in its forceful response to India’s misadventure in February 2019. In a statement issued in Islamabad, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs said: “We counsel India to exercise utmost caution as its belligerentRead More
Swedish PM ‘extremely worried’ about burnings
DNA STOCKHOLM: Swedish Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson is “extremely worried” about the consequences should further demonstrations go ahead during which copies of the Holy Quran are desecrated, he said on Thursday. “There are a number of further requests for permission for desecration that have been made,” he told Swedish news agency TT. “If they are granted, we are going to face some days where there is a clear risk of something serious happening. I am extremely worried about what it could lead to.” Separately, Foreign Minister TobiasRead More
Gwadar port to be developed as one of the best
PMN says laptop quota for Balochistan has been increased to 14% DNA GWADAR: Prime Minister Muhammad Shehbaz Sharif on Thursday reiterated the government’s resolve to develop the Gwadar Sea Port as one of the best in the world. He said the fate of the people of Balochistan especially of Gwadar would be changed through the ongoing development operation in across the province. Addressing a laptop and cheques’ distribution ceremony here, he said when Nawaz Sharif was elected prime minister for the third time in 2013, he planned and launched multipleRead More