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ISLAMABAD:Pakistan on Friday expressed its commitment to further deepen and broaden its ties with Mexico, particularly in the areas of trade, investment, science and technology, and people-to-people exchanges.  This commitment was underscored by Faisal Niaz Tirmizi, Additional Secretary (Americas), Ministry of Foreign Affairs, who led the Pakistan delegation during the 5th round of Bilateral Political Consultations (BPC) between Pakistan and Mexico held in virtual mode. The Mexican delegation was headed by Ms. Amparo Anguiano, Director General for Africa, Central Asia and the Middle East at the Mexican Foreign Ministry. Pakistan\s Ambassador to Mexico also participated in the meeting.    During…

ISLAMABAD:Foreign Minister Bilawal Bhutto Zardari Tuesday, expressing the desire to expand bilateral relations between Pakistan and Iran, vowed to strengthen economic diplomacy bilaterally for unlocking the true potential.  The foreign minister, in an interview with the Islamic Republic News Agency (IRNA) before his official visit to Tehran, said that facilitating trade and exploiting the true potentials of Iran and Pakistan was important for us. Bilawal Bhutto, along with a political and economic delegation, left for Iran on Tuesday morning for a two-day visit. Ambassador of Iran to Pakistan Seyed Mohammad Ali Hosseini was also present on the occasion. He said…

ISLAMABAD:Minister for Foreign Affairs Bilawal Bhutto Zardari had a telephone conversation with Secretary General of Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) Hissein Brahim Taha on Sunday and they discussed the issue of rising Islamophobia. In a tweet on a social media platform Twitter, the minister said that the conversation focused on the series of Islamophobic actions in India, in particular blasphemous remarks made by two senior officials of Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). The foreign minister said that he spoke to the OIC Secretary General over the uncalled and  condemnable remarks by Indian BJP officials towards the Holy Prophet (PBUH). They shared…

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ISLAMABAD: Acting High Commissioner of Malaysia to Pakistan H E Deddy Faisal Ahmad Salleh on June 5 said that his country can play a major role in providing Islamabad with economic and trade opportunities in the Association of East Asian Nations (ASEAN) regional bloc. Malaysia will provide wider opportunities for the Pakistani business community to connect with a big market like ASEAN countries, Ambassador Deddy Faisal Ahmad Salleh said in an exclusive talk. The Ambassador said that Malaysia could prove to be a gateway in the ASEAN region for Pakistan, which would open up a market for Pakistan with a population…

BEIJING: Pakistan Ambassador to China, Moin ul Haque on June 5 congratulated the Chinese government and people on the successful launch of the crewed spaceship Shenzhou-14, carrying three astronauts to the Tianhe core module of the country’s space station. The astronauts include Chen Dong, Liu Yang and Cai Xuzhe will be in the space station for a six-month mission. “We congratulate the Chinese government and people on the successful launch of Shenzhou-14, the first manned space mission in the construction phase of Chinas space station. Best wishes to the three astronaut who will be in orbit for six months,” the…

The Afghan Taliban interim government on Tuesday signed a deal to hand over the country’s four key airports to a state-run United Arab Emirates company.Control of the country’s airports is handed over to a company based in the United Arab Emirates by the Taliban. Statement from the prime minister’s office Tuesday.Only logistics at the airports are covered in the deal while the security remains under the command of the Taliban. When Qatari engineering teams were working on the airport they were accompanied by their own private security.“The current contract is only for offering ground handling services,” Hameedullah Akhu­ndzada, Minister of…

Causes of crisisRajapaksa executed populist tax cuts in overdue 2019, reducing revenues just months earlier than the pandemic devastated the economy, with global flights grounded and successive lockdowns ordered. Remittances from distant places Sri Lankan workers dried up as well as many misplaced their jobs. With foreign-trade income plunging, Sri Lanka struggled to control its outside debt, which had grown in part due to loans from China to fund formidable infrastructure tasks. Despite the fact that Sri Lanka has acquired credit score lines from neighbors like India, it has been not able to regularly pay for imports of gas and…

Russia invaded Ukraine on 24 February, but its forces withdrew from around the capital Kyiv and surrounding regions to Belarus and western Russia in early April. Russia has since refocused its efforts on taking control of the east and south of Ukraine.29, April 2022On Friday, Russia confirmed that it carried out an airstrike on Kyiv during a visit by the UN’s secretary-general, the first such attack on the Ukrainian capital in nearly two weeks, and in which a journalist also died.Russia’s defense ministry said, “it had deployed high-precision, long-range air-based weapons that destroyed the production buildings of the Artyom missile…