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Khawaja Asif meets Qatari PM in Doha

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ISLAMABAD, May 21 (APP): Federal Minister for Water and Power Khawaja Muhammad Asif held a meeting with Prime Minister of Qatar Abdullah bin Nasser Bin Al Thani in Doha on Saturday.

According to a tweet of the minister, he discussed with the prime minister matters relating to the defence cooperation, import of labour from Pakistan and investment in energy sector of the country.

“During a meeting with the Prime Minister of Qatar in Doha, matters relating to defence cooperation, import of labour and investment in energy sector were discussed,” said the tweet.

Govt making sincere efforts to provide better facilities to people: Saad Rafique

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LAHORE, May 21 (APP): Federal Minister for Railways Khawaja Saad Rafique on Saturday said the government was making sincere efforts to provide better facilities to the people.

He said this while talking to the heads of two Chinese companies at Railways Headquarters, here.

“The PML-N government wants progress and development of Pakistan Railways”, he added.

10 killed, 18 injured in road accident

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JHANG, May 21 (APP): At least ten persons including women
and children were killed while 18 others sustained injuries when their passenger bus collided with a truck near Nasirabad, early on Saturday morning.

Rescue sources said the ill fated Jhang bound bus from
Khushab was dashed against a mini truck coming from opposite direction.

Rescue teams rushed to the mishap site as soos as the
report was received and shifted dead and injured to hospitals with precarious condition.

Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif’s development package for uplift of Swat widely hailed

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PESHAWAR, May 21 (APP): People from cross section of society in Swat widely welcomed the development package announced by Prime Minister Muhammad Nawaz Sharif during his visit to the scenic valley, famous for attracting millions of tourists from down country and abroad.

“It is just the beginning of the new era,” as was saying by the Prime Minister during his big public meeting after inaugurating the first of its kind, international standard kidney hospital named after him with the aim to address the most common diseases people of Swat suffering from.

A lecturer in Physical Education and Sports in Jehanzaib College Swat, Muhammad Arif, whose mother was died due to kidney related diseases, lauded Prime Minister Muhammad Nawaz Sharif for giving an unmatched gift in the shape of Nawaz Sharif Kidney Hospital to citizenry of Swat.

Conceptual drawing workshop in full swing at PNCA

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ISLAMABAD, May 21 (APP): A figurative and conceptual drawing workshop in full swing here at National Art Gallery (NAG), Pakistan National Council of the Arts (PNCA).

Students of various educational institutions is participating
in the workshop. An eminent visual artist Aleem Dad Khan is conducting the workshop.

Talking to APP, he said that conceptual art, sometimes simply called conceptualism, is art in which the concepts or ideas involved in the work take precedence over traditional aesthetic and material concerns.

Buddhism can enlighten world on pressing issues, says UN chief

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UNITED NATIONS, May 21 (APP): Observing the Day of Vesak, United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki moon has said that the teachings of Buddhism can help the international community tackle pressing challenges, including mass population movements, violent conflicts, atrocious human rights abuses and hateful rhetoric aimed at dividing communities.

“The fundamental equality of all people, the imperative to seek justice, and the interdependence of life and the environment are more than abstract concepts for scholars to debate; they are living guidelines for Buddhists and others navigating the path to a better future,” he said.

“Vesak,” the Day of the Full Moon in the month of May, is the most sacred day to millions of Buddhists around the world. It was on the Day of Vesak two and a half millennia ago, in the year 623 B.C., that the Buddha was born. It was also on the Day of Vesak that the Buddha attained enlightenment, and it was on the Day of Vesak that the Buddha in his eightieth year passed away.

With hottest April on record, above average global temperatures continue:UN

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UNITED NATIONS, May 21 (APP): Global temperature records were broken yet again in April for the 12th consecutive month, the longest such streak since global record taking began in 1880, the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) reported Saturday.

Overall, 13 out of the 15 highest monthly temperature departures in the record have all occurred since February 2015, with the combined average temperature over global land and ocean surfaces for April 2016 measured at 1.10 degrees Celsius above the 20th century average of 13.7 degrees Celsius, the highest temperature departure since in the 137 year record of the United States National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, WMO said in a press release.

Afghan cyclists bring message of peace to UN HQ.

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UNITED NATIONS, May 21 (APP): An Afghan father and his son came to United Nations Headquarters in New York Friday on the final leg their round the world trip to promote peace that included cycling 7,000 miles from Istanbul.

Calling their mission, which crossed three continents, a
journey of peace and solidarity, Nader Shah Nangarhari and his son Firoz Khan began their journey in July 2015.

They met with Secretary General Ban Ki Moon, presenting him with a traditional Afghan ‘Chapa’ coat.

President, PM confident of further enhancing, reinforcing Pak China ‘time tested’ friendship

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ISLAMABAD, May 21 (APP): President Mamnoon Hussain and
Prime Minister Muhammad Nawaz Sharif have expressed confidencethat Pakistan and China would continue their efforts to enhance and reinforce friendship between their two peoples.

The President and Prime Minister expressed this
confidence in their separate messages on the occasion of 65th anniversary of the diplomatic relations between Pakistan and China falling on Saturday (May 21).

President Mamnoon Hussain in his message said, “Pakistan
and China enjoy time tested and all weather friendship. It is a unique friendship. We are good neighbours, close friends, trusted partners, and iron brothers. We have elevated our relationship to all weather strategic cooperative partnership.”

IB&NH minister message on 65th anniversary of diplomatic Pak China ties

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ISLAMABAD, May 21 (APP): Minister for Information, Broadcasting and National Heritage Senator Pervaiz Rashid has said that Pakistan and China enjoy exemplary relations and scope of these ties had a wide scope.

Mutual cooperation in the realm of the media
and broadcasting is gaining momentum, he said in his message on the 65th anniversary of diplomatic Pak China ties.