MOSCOW, 23 Sept /DNA/ – Senator Mushahid Hussain Sayed was specially invited to give Keynote address at BRICS Seminar, where he said ‘Pakistan looks forward to joining BRICS’ & welcomed ‘winds of change blowing all across South Asia which reject hegemony, status quo & seek change’, referring to recent radical changes in the Maldives, Nepal, Bangladesh and Sri Lanka. As a consequence, he said the so-called ‘Indo-Pacific Strategy is now drowning in the waters of the Indian Ocean’. He criticised the recent US sanctions against Pakistan and China, terming theseRead More

ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court of Pakistan on Monday issued a detailed verdict of the reserved seats case terming the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) “a political party” and eligible for the seats’ quota. The 70-page judgment, penned by Justice Mansoor Ali Shah, comes days after National Assembly Speaker Ayaz Sadiq had written to the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) saying that the apex court’s July 12 short order was “incapable of implementation” after the amendments to Election Act 2017. The letter referred to the top court’s 8-5 majority verdict which had pavedRead More

Islamabad: Sept 23 (DNA) – Federal Interior Minister Mohsin Naqvi visited the Saudi Embassy in the diplomatic enclave today. He was received by the Ambassador of Saudi Arabia on his arrival. Interior Minister met with the Saudi Ambassador Nawaf bin Said Ahmed Al-Maliki. The Interior Minister congratulated Ambassador Al-Maliki on Saudi Arabia’s National Day and expressed good wishes for the Saudi Royal Family and the people of Saudi Arabia. He thanked the Saudi Government and ambassador for their cooperation during difficult times, saying, “Saudi Arabia has always stood by Pakistan,Read More

RAWALPINDI: Lieutenant General Muhammad Asim Malik has been appointed new chief of the Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI), Inter-Service Public Relations (ISPR) announced on Monday. Lt Gen Malik has replaced Lt Gen Nadeem Anjum as the country’s spymaster and will take charge of his new command on September 30. Currently, he is serving as the adjutant general at the General Headquarters (GHQ). Play VideoThe newly appointed ISI director general (DG) has served as the commander of Balochistan infantry division and infantry brigade in Waziristan. He has also received a Sword of HonorRead More