Lahore: Senator Mushahid Hussain Sayed, Chairman of the Parliamentary Committee on China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) and Chairman of the Senate Defence Committee told a select audience of the Oxford and Cambridge Society that 36 years after the momentous events of 1979, there were signs that the region where Pakistan is ... Read More »
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Lahore: Prime Minister Muhammad Nawaz Sharif urged Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon to play a role in defusing tensions between Pakistan and India and help end the cross-Line of Control violations for promoting peace in the region when he held talks with him at UN Headquarters, according to official sources. The prime minister ... Read More »
Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif meet Sri Lankan President and Swedish Premier Stefan Lofven
New York : Prime Minister Muhammad Nawaz Sharif met Sri Lankan President Mr. Maithripala Sirisena earlier today on the sidelines of the 70th UNGA Session in New York. The Prime Minister congratulated Mr. Sirisena on the success of his party in recent elections held in Sri Lanka on August 17, ... Read More »
French language opens numerous opportunities for progress:French Cultural Counsellor, Martine Herle-Hamidi
Lahore: French Cultural Counsellor, Martine Herle-Hamidi has said that French is the language which opens numerous opportunities for progress, saying that “There are 29 independent nations where French is an official language along with being the working and official language of United Nations, the European Union, UNESCO, NATO, the International ... Read More »
US Consul General Zachary Harkenrider calls on Senator Siraj ul Haq
Lahore: Ameer, Jamaat e Islami, Pakistan, Senator Sirajul Haq, told the US Consul General Zachary Harkenrider here on Tuesday that the JI was not against the USA or the American people, but it was against the US polices. The American diplomat had called on the JI chief at Mansoora and ... Read More »
Country Director of the World Bank Rachid Ben Massaoud calls on CM Punjab
Lahore: Country Director of the World Bank Rashid Ben Masud held a farewell meeting with Punjab Chief Minister Muhammad Shahbaz Sharif here today. Matters of mutual interest and ongoing programmes for uplift of social sectors were discussed on the occasion. The Chief Minister said that various programmes for development of ... Read More »
France should have civil nuclear accord with Pakistan :French think tank head
Lahore: Dr Pascal Boniface, eminent French intellectual and Director of the premier French think-tank, Institute for International and Strategic Affairs, has supported France’s civil nuclear cooperation with Pakistan, on the pattern of the U.S.-Indian civil nuclear agreement, saying that ‘Pakistan as a country of 200 million people with nuclear weapons ... Read More »
Consul General Lahore Zachary Harkenrider calls on CEO Railways Muhammad Anwar Javaid
Lahore: US Consul General Lahore Zachary Harkenrider visited Railways Headquarter and met Chief Executive officer Pakistan Railways Muhammad Anwar Javaid. Matters of mutual interest were discussed in the meeting.GM Maintenance Asad Ehsan,Add; GM Traffic Maqsud ul Nabi,Add; GM Mechanical Liaqat Chughtai, Add; GM Infrastructure Hamayun Rasheed and Chief Engineer Basharat ... Read More »
German Ambassador Ms. Ina Lepel calls on Khalil Tahir Sandhu
Lahore: A delegation led by German Ambassador to Pakistan Ms. Ina Lepel met Punjab Minister for Minorities Affairs & Human Rights Khalil Tahir Sandhu here today. Matters of mutual interest were discussed in the meeting. The delegation comprised Nicola Hoochhausen, Julian Pfafflin, Almut Knop, Javed William and Elaine Alam. The ... Read More »
A representative of DFID Ben French calls on Begum Zakia Shahnawaz
Lahore: Provincial Minister for Population Welfare, Begum Zakia Shahnawaz has said that a coordinated programme has been launched for the people at district and tehsil level in the light of direction of Punjab government for controlling population. She said that awareness will be created among the people about family planning. ... Read More »