Tuesday, July 18th, 2017
Qatar foreign minister briefs PM Nawaz over Gulf diplomatic crisis
ISLAMABAD, JUL 18 (DNA) – Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif met the Foreign Minister of Qatar, Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman al-Thani, who is on an official visit to Pakistan. He briefed the PM over Qatar-Saudi rift and the ongoing diplomatic crisis in the Middle East where several countries have compromised ties with the Gulf state. The two senior officials held a meeting in capital where different issues regarding Pak-Qatar relations as well as the regional security and Saudi-led military alliance came under discussion. The Qatari foreign minister highlighted the role ofRead More
Artists from China and Pakistan traversing the CPEC
ISLAMABAD, JUL 18 (DNA) – Chinese and Pakistani artists, eight from each country, will travel in a cultural caravan in three segments of the China Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC), each segment spanning a maximum of ten days’ duration. “Creative Caravan of artists, musicians and film makers from China and Pakistan traversing the CPEC and documenting Art and Culture en-route,”. The Silk route has played a significant role in the culture and economy of the region through the history. Its visionary transformation into CPEC will be seen as the most powerfulRead More
Macron puts France top of ‘soft power’ rankings: survey
PARIS, JUL 18 (DNA) – France has leapfrogged the United States and Britain as the world’s top so-called soft power, helped by the election of President Emmanuel Macron, a study of countries’ non-military global influence showed Tuesday. While France has risen, Donald Trump’s ascent to the White House has seen the US slip from the top last year to third place in the Soft Power 30 study, compiled by PR company Portland Communications and the University of Southern California. Soft power measures a country’s ability to secure international alliances andRead More
Canadian HC eyes energy and other areas of cooperation with Pakistan
ISLAMABAD, JUL 18 (DNA) – H.E. Mr. Perry John Calderwood, High Commissioner of Canada said that Pakistan and Canada have good potential to enhance cooperation in ICT, agriculture, energy, mining and other fields and private sectors of both countries have to play the leading role in exploiting these opportunities. He said that Canada and Pakistan could complement each other in many areas by sharing expertise and developing partnerships. He said Canada was quite strong in oil & gas, hydro & solar power and Pakistan could benefit from its expertise toRead More
Chaudhry Nisar falls ill: sources
ISLAMABAD, JUL 18 (DNA) – Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) leader and Interior Minister Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan has on Tuesday postponed all official activities due to illness. According to the details made available here, the Interior Minister could not go to his office today as he is suffering from severe back pain since last night. It is worth mentioning here that the situation has arisen when rumors of Ch Nisar’s cold relations with PML-N are floating. Earlier, it was reported that Nisar had confronted PM Nawaz in PML-N’s parliamentary meeting toRead More
Sharif family must prove money trail, here or in trial court: SC
ISLAMABAD, JUL 18 (DNA) -On the second consecutive day of Panama Leaks case hearing, Supreme Court (SC) bench clarified the Sharif family to prove money trail, here or in trial court. A three-member SC bench comprising Justice Ejaz Afzal, Justice Sheikh Azmat Saeed and Justice Ijazul Ahsan resumed the hearing of Panamagate during which the bench said that the matter could have been resolved by showing assets and resources. Justice Ijazul Ahsan said that Sharif family adopted the approach to not tell anything to the JIT that was tasked to inspectRead More