Pakistan remains committed to facilitating fully regulated movement of people and goods across the Pakistan-Afghanistan border based on norms of interstate relations and we will continue to take steps to this end. This was stated by Foreign Office Spokesperson Mumtaz Zahra Baloch, while responding to media queries regarding remarks of
Minister for Religious Affairs Aneeq Ahmed has expressed gratitude to Saudi’s cooperation in Hajj arrangements for Pakistani pilgrims. He was talking to Saudi Ambassador to Pakistan Nawaf bin Saeed Ahmad Al Maliky in Islamabad. Aneeq Ahmed said Pakistan Hajj Mission is in constant contact with Saudi departments regarding hajj arrangements.
Pakistan has called on the UN Human Rights Council to shift its attention to economic, social and cultural rights instead of disproportionately focusing on human rights situations in developing countries. Pakistan’s permanent representative to the UN Ambassador Munir Akram while taking part in a discussion on the future of the
Deputy Chief of General Staff Turkish Armed Forces, General Irfan Ozsert called on Chief of the Naval Staff Admiral Naveed Ashraf at the Naval Headquarters in Islamabad. During the meeting, matters of mutual interest including regional maritime security were discussed. The visiting dignitary appreciated and acknowledged Pakistan Navy’s efforts and
The Higher Education Commission has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the National Commission for Human Rights to jointly work on various academic activities on human rights area in the country. Under the MoU, both organizations will work to equip academia, researchers, and students with knowledge of human rights laws
The Election Commission of Pakistan today, notified several returned candidates for National and provincial assemblies. According to the notification, a list of seven returned candidates has been published for National Assembly, eighty three for Sindh Assembly and 288 for the Punjab Assembly. Source: Radio Pakistan
Pakistan Army has established a Women’s Skill Center at Peochar area of Swat with an objective to empower women by imparting them with vocational skills. Local women are being imparted trained in sewing, embroidery and handicrafts. The ceremony to award certificates to first batch was held today. Sewing machines and
The caretaker government has started a new educational and residential project for workers in Balochistan. The project envisages construction of a Girls High School in Sibi city and one hundred residential units in Muslim Bagh town of Qila Saifullah. With an investment of 700 million rupees spread over 63000 square