French embassy won’t close despite Pakistan exit advice for citizens on April 15, 2021ISLAMABAD: The French embassy in Islamabad has advised all French nationals and companies to temporarily leave the country following street protests against the publication of Prophet Muhammad (PBUH) cartoons in France and their support by French president Emmanuel Macron. However, the embassy’s operations will continue. Violent protests erupted across the country on Monday following the […]
GASTRODIPLOMACY: Wives of foreign envoys launch cookbook on April 12, 2021ISLAMABAD: The Turkish ambassador’s wife, Zlatomira Yurdakul, met foreign secretary Sohail Mahmood in his office here and presented him with a cookery book launched by the wives of 50 foreign envoys based in Islamabad. Titled ‘Culinary Diplomacy: Sharing Recipes, Building Bridges’ and produced by the Heads of Diplomatic Mission’s Spouses Group in two years, the […]
Foreign envoys greet Pakistanis on national day on March 22, 2021The foreign diplomats based in Islamabad have greeted Pakistani government and people on the occasion of Pakistan Day and said they would continue working for better bilateral relations. In a message, Australian High Commissioner Dr Geoffrey Shaw congratulated Pakistanis on Pakistan Day and said since its independence, Pakistan had made great strides in building its […]
France provides 65m euros loan for Karachi BRT on March 17, 2021ISLAMABAD: The French Agency for Development has provided a soft loan of 65 million euros to Pakistan for the safe and environment-friendly public transport project in Karachi. Pakistan’s Secretary of Economic Affairs Division Noor Ahmed, Ambassador of France Marc Barely and AFD’s country director Philippe Steinmetz signed the credit financing agreement worth 65 million euros […]
Graft-buster goes after drug officials on March 6, 2021ISLAMABAD: The country’s top anti-graft body has begun a probe into the charges of corruption and corrupt practices against officials of the Federal Drug Inspector Balochistan office, including chief drug inspector Syed Abdul Saleem. The development comes on the orders of the Balochistan High Court, which told the National Accountability Bureau lately to come up […]
British Council to host moot on matters spotlighted by pandemic on March 4, 2021ISLAMABAD: The British Council, in partnership with the WOW Foundation, a UK-based independent organization working to build, convene and sustain a global movement to advance the empowerment of women and girls, and curating partners Entrepreneurship and Community Development Institute (ECDI) and Olomopolo Media will host the first-ever virtual Women of the World (WOW) festival in […]
Activist honoured for promoting Pakistan-Japan ties on March 4, 2021ISLAMABAD: The government of Japan has awarded the Foreign Minister’s Commendations for FY 2020 to a representative of the Rumbur Development Welfare and Conservation Society Wada Akiko in recognition of her significant contribution towards the promotion of understanding between Japan and Pakistan. Japanese ambassador Matsuda Kuninori, on behalf of the government of Japan, gave away […]
Australia gifts Miyawaki forest to Pakistan to fight climate change on March 3, 2021Australian High Commissioner Dr. Geoffrey Shaw along with Minister of State for Climate Change Zartaj Gul planting a sapling. ISLAMABAD: The Australian High Commission has gifted a Miyawaki forest of 1,200 trees to the climate change ministry for the Fatima Jinnah Park. The initiative, which is the Australian support for Pakistan’s Miyawaki Forest and the […]