Friday, August 23rd, 2024
German Minister Svenja Schulze meets Punjab CM Mariam Nawaz
ISLAMABAD, AUG 23 /DNA/ – German Federal Minister of Cooperation, Svenja Schulze visits Lahore – Meets Chief Minister Mariam Nawaz Sharif, visits factories. Germany is Pakistan’s third most important economic cooperation partner, last pledge amounting to 163,3 million Euros (more than 50 crore PKR) Minister Schulze concluded her visit to Pakistan in Lahore where she met with H.E. the Chief Minister of Punjab, Mariam Nawaz Sharif. They discussed matters of German-Pakistani relations and of economic cooperation which is particularly strong in Punjab. Minister Schulze also visited the Inter Market KnitRead More
Saudi Arabia to host a donor conference
JEDDAH, AUG 23 /DNA/ – In response to the acute humanitarian crisis in Nigeria, Niger, Chad, Cameroon, Burkina Faso, and Mali, the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia has announced that it will host a high-level ministerial donor conference with the support of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) on October 26, 2024. The United Nations estimates nearly 33 million people need humanitarian assistance and protection across the region, including around 11 million people who have been internally displaced and refugees in the Sahel and Lake Chad Region. The conference, co- hostedRead More
Khwaja Hoti moves Peshawar High Court against KP wheat scam, asks Court to direct NAB for investigation
From Our Correspondent PESHAWAR, AUG 23 /DNA/ – Former Federal Minister , Nawabzada Khawaja Muhammad Khan Hoti, Hoti filed a constitutional petition in Peshawar High Court seeking Court’s direction for probe into the KP wheat scam. The Petition filed through Saleem Shah Hoti advocate has expressed no trust over the three-member Anti-Corruption Committee and dubbed it as an attempt to protect the responsible persons. The Petitioner has arraigned as respondents Sardar Ali Amin Gandapur, Chief Minister KP, Zahir Shah Toru, Provincial Minister for Food Peshawar, Government of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa throughRead More
Pakistan-Ethiopia Fraternity Park to be established in Islamabad next month
ISLAMABAD, AUG 23 /DNA/ – The Governments of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan and the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia on Friday announced to establish a dedicated park in Islamabad next month to foster fraternity and brotherhood between the two countries under the ongoing bilateral cooperation in the area of climate change. The announcement to this effect was made during a press briefing jointly addressed by H.E.Jemal Beker Abdula, Special Envoy and Ambassador of Ethiopia to Pakistan, H.E. Romina Khursheed Alam, Coordinator to the Prime Minister on Climate Change, andRead More
Pakistan wants to be a part of the Asian Century, but not any conflicts: Mushahid Hussain Syed
ISLAMABAD, AUG 23: /DNA/ – “Pakistan is against a regional situation similar to witnessed during Cold war years and disagrees with joining camps to counter any country, especially against its trusted friend China”. This was stated by Senator Mushahid Hussain Sayed as a keynote speaker at an event titled, “US’ Asia-Pacific Strategy: Implications for Pakistan-India Relations”, organized by the Institute of Regional Studies (IRS). Another keynote speaker, Ambassador Ashraf Jehangir Qazi stressed that the change of nomenclature Asia-Pacific to Indo-Pacific for a containment strategy by the US had placed IndiaRead More
The Road to Integration: Reviewing the progress on KP-FATA Merger Plan
Naba Fatima In 2018, the 25th Amendment to the Constitution of Pakistan that merged the erstwhile Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) with Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) was heralded as a milestone for inclusive governance and regional development. This ambitious plan was aimed to integrate the tribal areas into the mainstream political and administrative structure. It promised democratic reforms, economic development, and improved security against extremism.However, the recent surge of violence in Parachinar, sparked by a seemingly minor land disputethat escalated into a sectarian strife, casts a dark shadow over these promises.Read More