ISLAMABAD: Pakistan and Jordan on Saturday discussed further deepening bilateral relations as well as exploring avenues for enhanced cooperation in the economic, trade, investment, health, science and technology, education, as well as defence sectors. The issues were discussed during a meeting between Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif and the visiting dignitary King Abdullah II at the PM House. Both leaders reaffirmed …
ISLAMABAD: Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Ishaq Dar on Monday reaffirmed Pakistan’s commitment to deepen cooperation with Türkiye across political, economic, and defence spheres in a meeting with his Turkish counterpart, while agreeing to continue working together on the issue of Palestine, the Foreign Office (FO) said. The meeting took place on the sidelines of the Coordination Meeting of …
ISLAMABAD: Foreign Minister and Deputy Prime Minister Ishaq Dar will depart for Istanbul tomorrow to attend the Coordination Meeting of Arab-Islamic Foreign Ministers, where the Gaza ceasefire deal will be discussed, the Foreign Office (FO) said on Sunday. “At the invitation of the Turkish foreign minister, the Deputy Prime Minister/ Foreign Minister Senator Mohammad Ishaq Dar will undertake a one-day …
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan on Wednesday called for the immediate cessation of Gaza ceasefire violations by Israel after the latter’s strike on the Palestinian enclave killed more than 100 people. Gaza’s health ministry said at least 104 people were killed after Israel carried out air strikes on the Palestinian territory yesterday, accusing Hamas of violating the truce by killing a soldier, which …
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan on Wednesday condemned Israel’s renewed hostilities in Gaza, following a US-backed ceasefire agreement, calling on the international community to take “urgent and effective” measures against the violation. Israeli forces have killed at least 87 Palestinians, among them civilians, since the ceasefire began, according to the Gaza Health Ministry, and two Israeli soldiers were killed by Palestinian freedom fighters …
ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif has reaffirmed that the establishment of a strong and viable Palestinian state, based on pre-1967 borders with Al-Quds Al-Sharif as its capital, remains and will continue to remain the foundation of Pakistan’s policy on the Middle East. The prime minister departed for Pakistan after concluding his two-day visit to Sharm El-Sheikh, where he attended the …
ISLAMABAD: Former Jamaat-i-Islami senator Mushtaq Ahmad arrived in Islamabad on Thursday from Jordan wearing a keffiyeh and was accorded a hero’s welcome, with people showering him with petals and adorning garlands on the former lawmaker. The Pakistan embassy in Jordan, where he was deported to earlier, said late on Wednesday that Ahmad, who was detained by Israel last week after …
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan on Saturday welcomed Hamas’ response to the plan announced by US President Donald Trump. “This offers an important opportunity to secure an immediate ceasefire, end the bloodshed of innocent Palestinians in Gaza, release of hostages and Palestinian prisoners, ensure unhindered humanitarian assistance and pave the way for a credible political process toward lasting peace. Israel must immediately cease …
LAHORE: Jamaat-e-Islami Pakistan (JI) Emir Hafiz Naeemur Rehman on Saturday demanded urgent efforts to secure the release of activists detained by Israel after the Global Sumud Flotilla (GSF) was intercepted, and rejected the two-state solution as unacceptable. Addressing a million-strong Gaza solidarity march in Lahore, Hafiz Naeemur Rehman voiced fierce criticism of the United States and Israel and offered full-throated …
ISLAMABAD: Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Ishaq Dar said on Friday that the 20-point Gaza peace plan released by US President Donald Trump was “not ours” but insisted that there was no room for politicking on the matter. Speaking on the floor of the National Assembly, Dar referred to his earlier press briefing in Islamabad and said: “I made …