BEIJING, April 16 (APP): Viewers, pertaining to varied age groups in Pakistan, will soon be watching popular Chinese fashion dramas, documentaries and cartoon dubbed into Urdu as an effort to further strengthen the long standing friendship between the two countries.

The programmes, immensely popular among local viewers as well as those in other parts of the world, include Young Men in Beijing (drama serial), Adventures of Qin (cartoon), The Puzzling China and A Bite of China that has reportedly achieved record sale during a short span of time across the mainland China.

Senior officials of State Administration of Press, Publication, Radio, Film and Television of China (SAPPRFT), talking to a delegation of journalists from South Asian countries attending a programme organized by China-South Asia Media Center, in collaboration with China Public Diplomacy Association, said Pakistan and China were also contemplating to enter into a joint film production venture.

WASHINGTON, April 16 (APP): There is no credible evidence  exists of Pakistan’s government involvement in the 2009 attack  on CIA operators in Afghanistan, a Washington Post report said  citing unnamed US officials.

Declassified US documents made public this week by a
nonprofit group made allegations in a memo, written early in
2010 by a US official who was not named, according to the
Washington Post report.

The report posed a question about the credibility of the
claim made in the document saying that the new version of
events has prominent skeptics, including from the US
intelligence community which spent many months in
investigating the incident.

UNITED NATIONS, April 16 (APP): Yemen is now at a critical crossroads,
the UN envoy for the Arab country Friday told the Security Council, with one path leading to peace while the other can only worsen the security and humanitarian situation.

“This briefing comes on the eve of the next round of face-to-face talks in Kuwait, where I hope the parties will come to an agreement on a clear way to end the violence and devastation in Yemen,” Ismail Ould Cheikh Ahmed, the UN Special Envoy for Yemen, said.

“The cessation of hostilities began at midnight on 10 April and I hope
it will provide a conducive environment for the upcoming talks, offer the opportunity for expanded humanitarian assistance and provide a rare ray of hope for Yemenis longing for a return to peace,” he added.

The talks will commence on 18 April and aim to reach a comprehensive
agreement, to end the conflict and allow the resumption of inclusive political dialogue in accordance with UN Security Council resolution 2216 (2015) and other relevant resolutions.