(Pakistan pursuing Engage Africa policy to strengthen ties with all African countries: FM)

ISLAMABAD:Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi has said Pakistan is pursuing Engage Africa policy to strengthen its relations with all the African countries. He was talking to the Commander in Chief of Armed Forces of Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), who met him here at the Foreign Affairs Ministry on Friday. The Foreign Minister said Pakistan […]

(FSC hears pleas against controversial law about trans people on Jan 17)

ISLAMABAD:The Federal Shariat Court (FSC) will hear on January 17 a set of petitions challenging the Trans­gender Persons (Protection of Rights) Act, 2018, for being repugnant to the Islamic injunctions. Attorney General for Pakistan (AGP) Khalid Jawed Khan will assist the court on these petitions, in which one section of the society believes that the […]

(PM directs completion of welfare projects in stipulated time)

ISLAMABAD:Prime Minister Imran Kham has directed for solution of the members’ issues about their constituencies, provision of development budget and completion of the public welfare projects in the stipulated time. He directed this while talking to Special Assistant on Political Affairs and Chief Whip in the National Assembly Malik Aamir Dogar, who called on him […]

(Govt committed to providing health cards to journalists: Info Minister)

ISLAMABAD:Minister for Information and Broadcasting Chaudhry Fawad Husain has said the government is committed to providing health cards to journalists on priority basis. He was talking to a delegation of Press Association of Supreme Court (PAS) here on Friday. The Minister congratulated the newly elected office bearers of the association. He said fair and accurate […]

Pakistan rejects Indian false claims in context of SAARC, IIOJ and K

ISLAMABAD: Foreign Office spokesperson Asim Iftikhar Ahmed has categorically rejected the false claims and tendentious remarks made by the spokesman of the Indian Ministry of External Affairs in the context of SAARC and Indian Illegally Occupied Jammu and Kashmir (IIOJ and K). Responding to media questions in a statement on Friday, he said India’s obstruction […]