BEIJING: Pakistan, China and Afghan foreign ministers dialogue has become an important platform for the three sides to enhance understanding, deepen mutual trust and cooperation, Cheng Xizhong, visiting professor at the Southwest University of Political Science and Law and former defence attache in South Asian countries said on Saturday. The fourth China-Afghanistan-Pakistan trilateral foreign ministers […]
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Tarin says Pakistan wants to strengthen trade, investment cooperation with US
ISLAMABAD: Federal Minister for Finance and Revenue Shaukat Tarin has said that Pakistan intended to further strengthen its valuable trade, investment and people-to-people ties with the United States. Addressing a virtual meeting with representatives of US-Pakistan Business Council (USPBC), he said that the government was also firmly committed to providing an enabling environment to promote […]
Arif Alvi shares with Rahmon Pakistan’s Vision Central Asia
ISLAMABAD: President Dr Arif Alvi on Wednesday said that Pakistan attached great importance to its relations with Tajikistan based on strong historic, religious and cultural links and stressed upon further cooperation in diverse fields. Talking to Tajikistan President Emomali Rahmon, who called on him at the Aiwan-e-Sadr, he said that Pakistan and Tajikistan had […]
Pakistan eyes city-to-city cooperation with China
ISLAMABAD: State Minister for Information and Broadcasting Farrukh Habib on Tuesday underlined the need for enhanced cooperation and close coordination between the media industries of Pakistan and China. In a meeting with Chinese Ambassador to Pakistan Nong Rong who called on him at his office in Islamabad, he said that news organizations, including the Pakistan […]
Shehbaz asks SAARC members to formulate joint strategy against corona
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Muslim League-N President and National Assembly opposition leader Shehbaz Sharif has said that member states of the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) should work together to formulate a joint strategy to combat threat posed to lives of the South Asian people by the coronavirus. In a meeting with Nepal Ambassador Tapas […]
UN council urges states to boost development cooperation
United Nations Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) President Ambassador Munir Akram, has urged states to boost development cooperation, which is vital to tackle the dual challenge of recovering from the coronavirus pandemic and fighting climate change, as the 54-member body concluded a two-day forum on the subject. Connecting participants virtually, the Development Cooperation Forum […]
COAS Gen Bajwa, Turkish Defence Minister discuss regional security situation
RAWALPINDI: General Hulusi Akar (Retired), Minister of National Defence of the Republic of Turkey called on General Qamar Javed Bajwa, Chief of Army Staff (COAS) at GHQ on Thursday. During the meeting views were exchanged on issues of mutual interest including defence and security cooperation between both the countries and overall regional security situation. Visiting […]
Russian offered Trump campaign ‘political’ cooperation in 2015
US prosecutors have revealed that a Russian offered cooperation to Donald Trump’s campaign as early as 2015, declaring that the president’s ex-lawyer Michael Cohen had provided “relevant” and “substantial” help to the Russia investigation. In a separate case, federal prosecutors Friday demanded “substantial” jail time of between 51 to 63 months — four to five […]
North Korea’s Kim hails ‘unity’ with China in new visit
Kim Jong Un declared North Korea’s unstinting “friendship, unity and cooperation” with Beijing during his third visit to China this year, in a show of loyalty to his main ally following a landmark summit with US President Donald Trump. The two-day visit which ends Wednesday is designed to reassure Beijing that Pyongyang will not neglect […]