Question: Foreign Minister Wang Yi, you talked about the conflict in Gaza at your recent press conference held on the margins of the annual session of the National People’s Congress. What measures will China possibly take to promote an immediate ceasefire in Gaza? Wang Yi: The protracted conflict in Gaza has become a humanitarian catastrophe that should not have happened, which …
BEIJING: Chinese President Xi Jinping said Friday that China is happy to see a confident, open, prosperous and thriving United States and hopes the United States can also look at China’s development in a positive light. “This is a fundamental issue that must be addressed, just like the first button of a shirt that must be put right, in order …
RAWALPINDI: Chief of Army Staff (COAS) General Asim Munir on Friday said that complete independence was not possible without first achieving economic stability. According to the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR), the army chief made the remarks while addressing the Green Pakistan Initiative Conference. The remarks were also carried by state-run APP and Radio Pakistan. The federal government’s Green Pakistan Initiative is aimed at introducing the …
ISLAMABAD: As PPP Senator Sherry Rehman and PML-N’s Irfan Siddiqui struck a reconciliatory tone with the opposition on Friday, PTI’s Ali Zafar lamented the “political victimisation” of his party. Addressing the Upper House on Friday, Rehman hailed yesterday’s Senate session as “very exemplary”, adding that it was a source of pride for the lawmakers. Thursday’s Senate session — the first …
ISLAMABAD: The Foreign Office (FO) on Friday said that there had been an “alarming surge in provocative statements from Indian leaders asserting unwarranted claims over Azad Jammu and Kashmir”, adding that Pakistan rejected such claims. The remarks by the FO spokesperson did not mention any specific statement by an Indian leader. However, Indian Defence Minister Rajnath Singh on Sunday said …
LAHORE: The Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf claims Chief Minister Maryam Nawaz has given the IG police a task to conduct raids in Faisalabad division (to arrest workers) ahead of the party’s protest plan for Friday (today). “The PTI will hold a protest demonstration in Faisalabad as well as all other districts in the province,” asserted PTI Central Punjab general secretary Hammad Azhar. …
ISLAMABAD: An accountability court in Islamabad on Thursday ordered former prime minister Imran Khan and his spouse Bushra Bibi to refrain from speaking against the establishment and the judiciary, and also asked the media not to highlight “political or inflammatory” statements made by the accused. Judge Rana Nasir Javed, while disposing of a petition seeking a fair trial in the Al-Qadir …
LAHORE: Finance Minister Muhammad Aurangzeb has said that Pakistan’s current economic outlook can help the private and financial sectors transform agriculture in the country. He was speaking at the concluding session of ‘Agri Connections 2024’ at the Expo Centre on Thursday. “Robust growth in the agriculture sector, declining inflation rates, strong value of the rupee, strong remittance inflows, rising forex …
LAHORE: An anti-terrorism court (ATC) on Thursday granted pre-arrest bail to PTI leader Azam Swati in six cases of May 9 riots as he surrendered after almost a year long abscondence. Swati, who recently secured a protective bail from the Peshawar High Court, appeared before the ATC along with his lawyer. The counsel told the court that the petitioner wanted …
WASHINGTON / ISLAMABAD: The US State Department emphatically declared on Thursday that there’s ‘absolutely no’ undercurrent of discord between the United States and Pakistan, despite recent sanctions imposed on companies allegedly supplying missile components to Islamabad. Meanwhile, the Foreign Office on Thursday dismissed the assessment of Pakistan’s human rights situation in the recently launched US State Department’s Human Rights Report as “unfair and politically …