Pakistani lawmakers emphasize need to abide by parliamentary norms and vowed to work towards this goal. This determination was expressed by a delegation of Senators including Agha Shahzaib Durrani, Faisal Saleem, and Ashraf Ali Jatoi during their meeting with Secretary General of Commonwealth Parliamentary Association (CPA) Stephen Twigg in London.
Foreign Secretary of Sri Lanka Aruni Wijewardane has presented a gift of five eye corneas for Pakistani patients. The gift was given to Foreign Secretary Muhammad Syrus Sajjad Qazi. Pakistan has so far received 35,000 corneas from Sri Lanka over the years, which account for around forty percent of Sri
Deputy Prime Minister Ishaq Dar has reaffirmed Pakistan’s commitment to strengthen bilateral relations with Iran. He made these remarks during a meeting with Iranian President Dr. Masoud Pezeshkian after the investiture ceremony in Tehran. The Deputy Prime Minister also conveyed to the Iranian President the warmest wishes of Prime Minister
Minister for Planning and Development Ahsan Iqbal has said Pakistan and China have always stood by each other in difficult times, forging an exceptional iron-clad bond. Addressing an event in Islamabad today, he said despite the test of time and shifts in the international landscape, our all-weather strategic cooperative partnership
The relevant government agencies are continuing their crackdown against smuggling, hoarding and power pilferage. The measures, facilitated by SIFC, are effective from September last year and have resulted in many arrests and recoveries of billions of rupees. Law enforcement agencies have registered 173,212 FIRs against people involved in power theft
Former Prime Minister Shaheed Benazir Bhutto is among the world leaders who featured in a unique book highlighting a Singapore’s tradition of naming the new orchid hybrids after the visiting foreign dignitaries. Written by renowned author and editor Koh Buck Song and launched by Singapore Foreign Minister Vivian Balakrishnan, the
A new United Nations Security Council report has revealed an increased collaboration between the TTP and Afghan Taliban in the cross-border terrorist attacks mainly against Pakistani military posts. The report of Security Council’s Analytical Support and Sanctions Monitoring Team said Pakistan suffered more than eight hundred attacks in the past
The 25th death anniversary of playwright and short story writer Mirza Adeeb is being observed today. His birth name was Dilawer Hussain Ali, but he came to be known in the literary world as Mirza Adeeb. Mirza Adeeb wrote plays and short stories in Urdu and Punjabi languages which won