Category: National

ISLAMABAD, Jul 24 (APP):Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi on Wednesday terming the US visit successful said America had endorsed the enlightened vision of Prime Minister Imran Khan. The visit had laid the foundation of revamping relations with the United States, he said talking to a private news channel. Today, the United States was talking about… Continue reading Imran Khan revamps relations with US: FM

WASHINGTON July 24 APP:Prime Minister Imran Khan attended a reception at Capitol Hill Tuesday afternoon, hosted by the Congressional Pakistan Caucus. The prime minister, who was on a three-day visit to Washington, was greeted by Caucus Chair Congresswoman Sheila Jackson Lee (D-TX). Speaker of the US House of Representatives, Ms Nancy Pelosi and House Minority… Continue reading US Congress members welcome PM on Capitol Hill with support for close Pak-US ties

ISLAMABAD, Jul 24 (APP):Federal Minister for Human Rights Shireen Mazari Wednesday said the mediation offer of United States President Donald Trump on Kashmir issue was a win-win situation for Pakistan. Talking to a private news channel, she welcomed the offer of Trump to play the role of an arbitrator on Kashmir dispute. During the successful and… Continue reading Trump’s mediation offer on Kashmir win-win situation for Pakistan: Shireen

ISLAMABAD, Jul 24 (APP):Minister of State for Climate Change Zartaj Gul Wazir Wednesday said Prime Minister Imran Khan had effectively and comprehensively talked on all issues including Kashmir and Afghanistan with the United States President Donald Trump. Talking to a private news channel, she termed the visit historical and said Pakistan and the US were… Continue reading PM effectively talked on all issues with Trump: Zartaj

WASHINGTON, July 24 (APP):Pakistan and the United States have made a fresh start in their bilateral relations as Prime Minister Imran Khan and President Donald Trump vowed to work for Pakistan’s economic development and regional peace. The White House parleys between the two leaders this week also afforded a momentous diplomatic victory to Prime Minister… Continue reading Pakistan, US make fresh start in ties as President Trump, PM Khan pledge cooperation

KARACHI, Jul 24 (APP):The Federal Government has planned to set up Media Courts to ensure prompt justice to media workers, besides coming up with a new advertising policy and issuing licenses to 58 new TV Channels, including 8 news and current affairs. Prime Minister’s Special Assistant on Information and Broadcasting Dr.Firdous Ashiq Awan on Wednesday… Continue reading Multiple initiatives in pipeline to invigorate media industry, protect workers: Dr Firdous

ISLAMABAD, Jul 24 (APP):Adviser to Prime Minister on Climate Change Malik Amin Aslam Wednesday said Pakistan was going to offer debt for nature swap for innovative financing of 10 billion tree tsunami (TBTT) project to bridge its financing gap. Ministry of Climate Change had come up with a modern financing mechanism for 10BTT project by… Continue reading Debt for nature swap to bridge TBTT’s financing gap: Amin Aslam

ISLAMABAD, Jul 24 (APP):Speaker National Assembly Asad Qaiser Wednesday said the government was taking steps to enroll 22 million out of school children. He was speaking at ILM Policy Dialogue, focusing on out of school children at Pakistan Institute for Parliamentary Studies (PIPS) here. He said Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province was ahead of other provinces in… Continue reading Govt taking steps to enroll 22 million out of school children: NA Speaker

ISLAMABAD, Jul 24 (APP):Minister for Education and Professional Training Shafqat Mehmood Wednesday said the successful visit of Prime Minister Imran Khan to the US had portrayed him as a patriot and honest leader with a vision. Talking to a private news channel, he said the friends of Pakistan were happy over the visit being successful… Continue reading Friends of Pakistan happy over PM’s successful visit: Shafqat

RAWALPINDI, Jul 24 (APP):Chief of the Air Staff, Pakistan Air Force Air Chief Marshal Mujahid Anwar Khan on Wednesday visited the Polish Armed Forces Headquarters, PAF news release said. On arrival, he was received by General Commander of the Polish Armed Forces Lt. General Jaroslaw Mika while 1st Deputy Commander of the Polish Armed Forces… Continue reading ACM Mujahid visits Polish Armed Forces HQ

ISLAMABAD, Jul 24 (APP):Dr. Sania Nishtar, Special Assistant to the Prime Minister on Social Protection and Poverty Alleviation Wednesday said that Benazir Income Support Programme (BISP) implementation research platform would be established soon. She was chairing a research meeting here where findings of research conducted by Oxford Policy Management Group (OPM) were presented, said a… Continue reading BISP implementation research platform to be established soon: Dr. Sania Nishtar

ISLAMABAD, Jul 24 (APP):Minister of State for Parliamentary Affairs Ali Muhammad Khan Wednesday said the successful visit to Prime Minister Imran Khan was a turning point to further cement relations between Pakistan and United States (US). Talking to a private news channel, he said the prime minister had talked with US President Donald Trump on… Continue reading PM successful visit to further cement Pak-US ties : Ali

ISLAMABAD, Jul 24 (APP):Minister for Science and Technology, Chaudhry Fawad Hussain Wednesday said that Prime Minister Imran Khan is one of the most effective communicators and has given new direction to Pakistan with his recent visit to United States. There is no comparison of Prime Minister Imran Khan with other corrupt politicians as Imran Khan… Continue reading Imran Khan’s communication skills unmatched: Fawad

ISLAMABAD, Jul 24 (APP):First lady Samina Alvi Wednesday said that scenic beauty of the country’s northern areas must be preserved in its natural form through clean environment to attract more tourists in Gilgit-Baltistan (GB) and Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK). She was speaking at an inaugural ceremony of painting exhibition titled “My Land-My people”, organized… Continue reading First Lady for attracting tourists through clean environment

KARACHI, Jul 24 (APP):Sindh Governor Imran Ismail on Wednesday said that Prime Minister Imran Khan’s visit to the United States was one of the most successful visits in the history of the country, which concluded on very positive note. Addressing a press conference at the Governor House, he said that first ever in the history… Continue reading PM’s visit to US concluded on very positive note: Sindh Governor