Annie Khalid joins PTI sit-in outside Pakistan high commission in London By: Web Desk on May 26, 2022Pakistani Singer Annie Khalid joined the sit-in staged by workers of PTI in front of the Pakistan High Commission in London. Annie Khalid turned to the micro-blogging site sharing regular updates from the PTI protest staged outside the building of the Pakistan High Commission in London. The celeb shared a glimpse of overseas Pakistanis showing […]
Pakistan-Iran resolve to further strengthen health cooperation By: Web Desk on May 25, 2022ISLAMABAD: Federal Minister for Health Abdul Qadir Patel held a meeting with Dr. Bahram Einollahi, Minister of Health & Medical Education, Iran on the sidelines of the World Health Assembly in Geneva. Minister said Pakistan and Iran enjoy long-standing brotherly relations. Both countries have a commonality of views on global public health issues. Enhanced consultation […]
Six martyred Pakistani peacekeepers to be honoured at UN on May 26 By: APP/ Web Desk on May 24, 2022UNITED NATIONS: Six Pakistanis are among 117 United Nations peacekeepers worldwide who will be honoured posthumously on May 26 at a special ceremony marking the International Day of U.N. Peacekeepers, it was officially announced Monday. The Pakistani peacekeepers are: Police Lance Corporal Tahir Ikram, Police Lance Corporal Adil Jan, and Havildar Muhammad Nil Naeem who […]
Pakistan, Turkey’s strategic cooperation touching new heights of friendship: PM By: APP on May 20, 2022KARACHI: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Friday said the multi-dimensional cooperation between Pakistan and Turkey in the areas of defence, foreign policy and public welfare was touching new heights of friendship for the benefit of the two peoples. Addressing here at the launch of PNS BADAR – the third ship under the framework of Turkey’s […]
Pakistan’s top priority to address country’s serious economic challenges, says FM Bilawal By: Web Desk on May 19, 2022NEW YORK: On Wednesday night speaking at a dinner hosted by Ambassador Munir Akram, Foreign Minister Bilawal Bhutto Zardari said that the Pakistan government’s top priority is to address the country’s serious economic challenges. He said that Pakistan hopes to meet those challenges through strengthening cooperation with all development partners and fraternal Islamic countries. Among […]
Pak-Saudi enjoying brotherly ties based on faith, culture and strategic partnership By: APP on May 19, 2022ISLAMABAD: Saudi Ambassador to Pakistan Nawaf bin Said Al-Malki called on Minister for Overseas Pakistanis and Human Resource Development Sajid Hussain Turi on Thursday. During the meeting, the Minister said that Pakistan and Saudi Arabia enjoyed brotherly ties based on faith, culture, and strategic partnership said a press release issued. Federal Minister discussed issues and […]
Wang Yi congratulates Bilawal Bhutto Zardari on taking oath as new foreign minister By: APP on May 11, 2022BEIJING: Chinese State Councilor and Foreign Minister Wang Yi has congratulated Bilawal Bhutto Zardari on taking oath as the new Foreign Minister of Pakistan. In a message sent on April 29, Wang Yi said that China and Pakistan are all-weather strategic cooperative partners. He said the China-Pakistan friendship, under the careful nurturing of successive leaders […]
Pakistan urges UN to counter Islamophobia that threatens Muslims’ rights By: APP on May 5, 2022Pakistan has called on the United Nations to take steps to counter the growing phenomenon of Islamophobia which has emerged as a new form of racism, characterized by hate speech, discrimination and violence against Muslims. “Islamophobia is a reality,” Pakistani delegate Mariam Shaikh told the Committee on Information, a subsidiary body of the UN General […]
Asian markets rise as Fed eases fears over huge rate hike By: AFP/APP on May 5, 2022Asian markets rallied Thursday following a Wall Street surge after the Federal Reserve played down chances of a huge interest rate hike in the near future, while oil extended gains as the European Union moved to ban imports from Russia. US central bank officials announced an expected half-point lift in borrowing costs — the biggest […]
Marking Eid-ul-Fitr, Ambassador Munir Akram greets UN community, Pakistanis By: APP on May 2, 2022 NEW YORK: Pakistan’s Ambassador to the United Nations, Munir Akram, has extended his “warmest” greetings to the members of the UN community as well as Pakistani-Americans on the occasion of Eid-ul-Fitr”, with a call for supporting the people suffering under foreign occupation like those in Kashmir and Palestine. In a message released by the […]