ISLAMABAD (AA) – Pakistan Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif has called for improved relations with Afghanistan and urged Kabul to take action against violent elements living on their soil. Speaking during a Cabinet meeting, Premier Sharif said the Afghan interim government should take practical actions to eliminate militant hideouts on its s...
KARACHI, Pakistan (AA) – Pakistan’s Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif has decried the latest US sanctions on four local firms for their alleged involvement in the country’s ballistic missile program, asserting that the move has “no justification.” “The sanctions placed upon our National Development Complex (NDC) and other entities have no ju...
KARACHI, Pakistan (AA) – A four-day multi-national arms exhibition kicked off Tuesday in Pakistan’s commercial capital Karachi, with Türkiye being the biggest participant. Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif inaugurated the International Defense Exhibition and Seminar (IDEAS 2024), a mega event biennially organized in Pakistan, amid heig...
ISLAMABAD (AA) – Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif has urged the developed countries to fulfill their financial commitments made during the COP27 and COP 28. Addressing the UN Climate Change Conference COP29 in Azerbaijan’s capital Baku, Sharif said that financial support should be grant based for developing countries. “I str...
ISLAMABAD (AA) – Pakistan has expressed “surprise” over the Chinese ambassador’s statement on security issues in the South Asian country. Foreign Ministry spokesperson Mumtaz Zahra Baloch said the statement by Ambassador Jiang Zaidong “does not reflect Islamabad and Beijing diplomatic tradition.” “Islamabad is fully aware of Beijing’s co...
ISLAMABAD (AA) – Pakistan has urged economic collaboration among Shanghai Cooperation Organization member states as a two-day leaders’ summit of the organization began in the capital Islamabad on Wednesday. “Investment in regional infrastructure, particularly in the realms of transport and energy is indispensable, for advancing economic ...
ISLAMABAD (AA) – Pakistan and Malaysia have slammed Israel over its relentless genocidal onslaught on Gaza and invasion of Lebanon, calling upon the international community to shun “hypocrisy” and “selective justice.” Addressing press in the capital Islamabad along with his Malaysian counterpart Anwar Ibrahim, Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz ...
KARACHI, Pakistan (AA) – Pakistan’s Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif met with UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on the sidelines of the 79th session of UN General Assembly in New York to discuss a variety of issues, including Israel’s ongoing onslaught on Gaza, and a rising tide of Islamophobia, an official statement said on Wednesday. Condem...
ISLAMABAD/ISTANBUL (AA) – Pakistan has said that it wants to “deepen cooperation” with Bangladesh, a day after Nobel laureate Muhammad Yunus was sworn in to lead a 17-member transitional government in Dhaka. Extending “heartiest felicitations” to Yunus, Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif said: “I look forward to working with him to ...
Washington, United States – AFP Pakistan has initiated discussions with the IMF over a new multi-billion dollar loan agreement to support its economic reform program, its new finance minister has said. The South Asian nation is nearing the end of a nine-month, $3 billion loan program with the International Monetary Fund designed to tackl...
