Monday, July 22nd, 2019
India says it never asked President Trump for mediation on Kashmir
NEW DELHI, (DNA) -India has denied that it ever asked President for mediation on Kashmir. Reacting to President Trum p assertion on Kashmir, the spokesman of Indian external affairs ministry said PM Modi never asked Trump to mediate on Kashmir. The spokesman said it has been India’s consistent position that all outstanding issues with Pakistan are discussed only bilaterally. The Simla agreement and Lahore declaration provide the basis to resolve all issues between India and Pakistan, the spokesman further said. DNA
Imran-Trump meeting: Trump offers to mediate Kashmir dispute
Trump says US willing to invest in Pakistan, sees great trade ties WASHINGTON, JUL 22 (DNA) – US President Donald Trump on Monday offered to mediate the decades-long Kashmir dispute between India and Pakistan, a move that would signal a shift in long-standing US policy that the issue must be solved bilaterally. President Trump said the US is willing to invest in Pakistan and sees great trade relationship between the two countries. He also said the Washington is working with Islamabad to find a way out of the war in Afghanistan.Read More
PPP to participate in anti-govt protest on July 25: Kaira
LAHORE (DNA) – Pakistan Peoples’ Party (PPP) senior leader Qamar Zaman Kaira on Monday said that his party would participate in protest against the government’s behaviour on July 25. Addressing a press conference at Lahore Press Club on Monday, he said that it doesn’t look like the Prime Minister of Pakistan is visiting the US but a jail superintendent. The PPP leader said that PM Imran Khan didn’t even forget to threaten his political rivals in the US. Kaira went on to say that the nation was expected the primeRead More
US Republican Senator Graham calls on PM Imran in Washington
WASHINGTON: (DNA) — US Republican Senator Lindsey Graham on Monday called on Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan at the Pakistan House here in the American capital city. Graham, also the head of the US Senate Judiciary Committee, according to a press statement, “has been the most vocal and active supporter of refreshing US-Pakistan bilateral ties in the interest of regional peace and security”. In the Graham-Khan meeting, Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi, Foreign Secretary Sohail Mehmood, and Pakistani Ambassador to the US Dr Asad Majeed Khan were present.
Pakistan attaches immense importance to its relation with Korea: Asad Qaiser
ISLAMABAD, JUL 22 (DNA) – Speaker National Assembly Asad Qaiser has said that Pakistan gives immense importance to its friendly relations with Korea and want to further expand the bilateral relations through enhanced corporation in trade and investment sectors. He said that there were vast opportunities of investment in agriculture and tourism sectors in Pakistan and Korean investors can take benefit from these opportunities. He expressed these views while talking to convener of Korea-Pak friendship group Ms. Cho Bae-sook member of Korean Parliament who called on him along with parliamentaryRead More
NA to meet on July 29
ISLAMABAD, JUL 20 (DNA) – The President of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan has summoned the Session of the National Assembly on Monday, 29th July, 2019 at 4:00 p.m. in the Parliament House, Islamabad. The President has summoned the National Assembly Session in exercise of powers conferred by clause (1) of Article 54 of the Constitution of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan.