Friday, September 13th, 2019
Ambassador of Qatar leaving Pakistan after completing term
ISLAMABAD, SEPT 13 (DNA) Ambassador of Qatar Saqr bin Mubarak Al-Mansouri is leaving Pakistan after completing his term. He was appointed Qatar ambassador to Pakistan in January 2015 while he was also accredited to Afghanistan. The Qatar government has also announced his successor who happens to be the brother of the incumbent foreign minister of Qatar. The ambassador is expected to leave Pakistan in a couple of weeks. According to diplomatic sources he is retiring from service.=DNA
CUBA’S REPORT ON RESOLUTION 73/8 OF THE UN GENERAL ASSEMBLY
Introduction From April 2018 to March 2019, the period covered by this report, the tightening of the blockade continued to be the nerve center of US government policy towards Cuba, with effects that are ever more notable in their extraterritorial application. US strategy focused on consolidating confrontationand hostility both on the declarative level as in the implementation of measures of economic aggression against the country. The climate of hostility in bilateral relations has been strongly marked by the increasingly aggressive rhetoric the US government uses against Cuba.As partRead More
Independence Day of Uzbekistan celebrated in style
By Ansar Mahmood Bhatti ISLAMABAD, SEPT 13 (DNA) Ambassador of Uzbekistan Furqat Sidikov hosted a colorful reception to mark 28th Anniversary of the Independence of Uzbekistan. Omar Ayub Khan Federal Minister for Petroleum was the chief guest while a large number of guests hailing from various walks of life attended the reception. The embassy also established special kiosks where various Uzbek products were exhibited. A kiosk displaying fruits from Uzbekistan got special attention of the guests. Even the chief guest could not resist the temptation and went straight to theRead More
PM leaves for Saudi Arabia on Sept 19
ISLAMABAD (DNA) Prime Minister Imran Khan will leave for Saudi Arabia on September 19 on a two day trip. He will hold talks with top Saudi leadership. From Saudi Arabia the prime minister will go to USA where he will address the General Assembly on September 27. The prime minister is scheduled to have two meetings with the US President Trump.
14TH SESSION OF THE NATIONAL ASSEMBLY TO CONTINUE TILL 20TH
Islamabad; September 13, 2019: The House Business Advisory Committee of the National Assembly met in Parliament House, today with Speaker Asad Qaiser in the Chair to discuss the business for the Session of the National Assembly. The agenda and ways and means to run the proceedings of the current session of the National Assembly were discussed. It was decided that the current Session would be continued till 20th September, 2019. It was further decided that apart from government and private Members business, matters of public importance would be discussed. The meeting was attended by theRead More
‘Rebel’ Saudi women shun obligatory abaya robe
Her high heels clacking on marble tiles, a defiant Saudi woman turned heads and drew gasps as she strutted through a Riyadh mall — without a body-shrouding abaya. The billowy over-garment, usually all-black, is customary public wear for women in the ultra-conservative Islamic kingdom, where it is widely seen as a symbol of piety. Last year, de facto ruler Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman hinted during an interview with CBS that the dress code may be relaxed, saying the robe was not mandatory in Islam. But despite his sweeping liberalizationRead More