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Int’l Education Ministers meet PM Shehbaz in Islamabad

Int’l Education Ministers meet PM Shehbaz in Islamabad

ISLAMABAD, JAN 11 (APP/DNA): Prime Minister Muhammad Shehbaz Sharif on Saturday called upon the global and local organizations, philanthropists and entrepreneurs to join them in creating scalable and sustainable opportunities for ensuring education to the women. Addressing a two-day International Conference on “Girls’ Education in Muslim Communities: Challenges and Opportunities,” as a chief guest, the prime minister said that in the next decade, millions of young girls would enter the jobs market with immense prospects for social and economic prosperity. “As they do so, they have the potential to notRead More


Pakistan Test squad for the West Indies series announced: Key changes, new additions

Pakistan Test squad for the West Indies series announced: Key changes, new additions

ISLAMABAD, JAN 11: The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) recently announced the 15-member Test squad for Pakistan’s upcoming series against the West Indies. The two-match series, part of the ICC World Test Championship, will be played in Multan, with matches scheduled from January 17 to 21 and January 25 to 29, 2025. The series is set to be a crucial one for Pakistan, and the squad changes reflect a calculated approach to optimize team performance and balance for this challenge. Squad overviewThe 15-member squad for the West Indies series includes aRead More


Bilawal Bhutto inaugurates Malir Expressway Phase-I in Karachi

Bilawal Bhutto inaugurates Malir Expressway Phase-I in Karachi

ISLAMABAD, JAN 11: Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) Chairman Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari inaugurated the first section of the highly anticipated Malir Expressway on Saturday, the largest public-private partnership (PPP) project in Sindh. The Sindh government named the newly-constructed high-speed corridor after PPP founder “Shaheed Zulfikar Ali Bhutto”. Bilawal drove his vehicle himself with Sindh Chief Minister Syed Murad Ali Shah on the state-of-the-art corridor, featuring a three-lane dual-carriageway with modern and access-controlled infrastructure, and also paid a toll tax of Rs100. The inauguration ceremony was organised at the Qayyumabad Interchange of theRead More


Gaza, Kashmir top agenda in Dar-OIC secretary general meeting

Gaza, Kashmir top agenda in Dar-OIC secretary general meeting

ISLAMABAD, JAN 11 /DNA/ – Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Senator Mohammad Ishaq Dar @MIshaqDar50 met with the OIC Secretary General Hissein Brahim Taha @OIC_OCI today. The DPM/FM while welcoming the OIC Secretary General to Pakistan: * expressed his appreciation for high level participation from the OIC in the International Conference on “Girls’ Education in Muslim Communities: Challenges and Opportunities”. * discussed the situation in Gaza and the Middle East, Indian Illegally Occupied Jammu and Kashmir (IIOJK), Afghanistan, Islamophobia, discrimination and violence against muslims across the globe and theRead More


Establishment unconcerned with right or wrong, focuses only on power: Fazl

Establishment unconcerned with right or wrong, focuses only on power: Fazl

KARACHI: Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam-Fazl (JUI-F) Emir Maulana Fazlur Rehman has criticised the establishment, saying that its behaviour remains unchanged, as it disregards the notions of right and wrong and focuses solely on retaining authority. “Their only concern is maintaining their power. The establishment ridicules the people’s vote so why shouldn’t the public mock the establishment in return?” he said during a press conference in Karachi on Saturday. Fazl asserted that the establishment’s claims of being apolitical were inherently political and remarked: “Even martial law regimes have managed to complete their termsRead More


CPEC 2.0: Pakistan, China review progress on five new corridors

CPEC 2.0: Pakistan, China review progress on five new corridors

BEIJING, JAN 11 /DNA/ – The 5th meeting of the CPEC Joint Working Group on International Cooperation and Coordination (JWG-ICC) was held in Beijing on 10th January 2025. The meeting was co-chaired by Foreign Secretary, Amna Baloch, and Vice Foreign Minister of China, Sun Weidong. The two sides reviewed with satisfaction the progress made since the fourth meeting of the JWG-ICC held in Islamabad on 21 January 2024. Both sides reaffirmed their commitment to the high quality development of CPEC 2.0, with its emphasis on industrialization and Special Economic ZonesRead More