ISLAMABAD, MAR 28: Pakistan is set to host the foreign ministers of Saudi Arabia, Turkiye and Egypt from March 29 to 30 for in-depth discussions on key regional and global issues, including efforts to ease tensions amid the ongoing US-Israel war on Iran. Islamabad has emerged as a key facilitator between Iran and the United States as their war drags on, serving as an intermediary for messages between the two sides. The Foreign Office (FO), in a statement on Saturday, said that the visit comes at the invitation of DeputyRead More

ISLAMABAD, Mar 28: Pakistan Saturday rejected India’s remarks regarding its Shia community as cynical and diversionary calling it an exercise in deflection masquerading as concern. On media queries seeking a response to the statement by the Indian Ministry of External Affairs regarding Pakistan’s Shia community, the Spokesperson of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Tahir Andrabi said, “India’s comments cannot mask its own record of the steady normalization of discrimination and violence against Muslims, Christians, and other marginalised communities — from curbs on worship to mob vigilantism and the targeting ofRead More

KUCHLAK, Mar 28 (APP/DNA): Chief Minister of Balochistan Mir Sarfraz Bugti has reaffirmed that the provision of quality education remains the top priority of the provincial government, emphasizing that education is the key driver of development and progress. Speaking at a ceremony in Kuchlak to lay the foundation stone of a welfare educational institution, Sarfraz Bugti said that nations prioritizing education achieve lasting success. He highlighted government efforts to strengthen the sector, including the reopening of 3,200 previously closed schools across the province. Sarfraz Bugti pledged that no public schoolRead More

LAHORE, Mar 28: Pakistan Ulema Council Chairman and Coordinator of the National Paigham-e-Aman Committee Hafiz Tahir Mehmood Ashrafi has stressed that unity and cohesion among Muslim countries had become imperative in the prevailing circumstances. He added that the Muslim Ummah was passing through a phase of deep grief and concern following recent developments involving Iran. Addressing the Istehkam-e-Pakistan Conference at Idara Minhaj-ul-Hussain, Johar Town, here on Saturday, he said the current situation demanded collective wisdom and restraint rather than emotional decisions, as hostile forces were attempting to create divisions amongRead More

PESHAWAR, MAR 28 (DNA): Governor Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Faisal Karim Kundi on Saturday reiterated that the Constitution of Pakistan guarantees complete religious and personal freedom to all minorities, terming it essential for a peaceful and progressive society. He was addressing a conference on religious freedom in the Constitution of Pakistan held at the Governor House under the auspices of the Implementation Minority Rights Forum, where he attended as chief guest. The conference was attended by Professor Dr. Qibla Ayaz, minority MNA James Iqbal, Chairman Implementation Minority Rights Forum Samuel Payara, PresidentRead More