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Pakistan, Sweden agree to promote bilateral dialogue, cooperation

Pakistan, Sweden agree to promote bilateral dialogue, cooperation

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan and Sweden have agreed to promote bilateral dialogue and mutually beneficial engagement and cooperation. This came at the 17th round of Pakistan-Sweden Bilateral Political Consultations held in Stockholm. The two sides reviewed the entire range of bilateral relations, including political, economic, trade, investment and education. They expressed confidence in the trajectory of bilateral … Read more

The Kohsar Sports Festival kicks off the Inter-Divisional TT Championship

Kohsar

Table Tennis Championship is the first event of Kohsar Sports Festival 2022. Teams from all nine divisions of Punjab are taking part in the Inter-Divisional Table Tennis Championship. Director Sports Nadeem Qaiser is supervising all the events and arrangements. Secretary Sports and Youth Affairs Punjab Asadullah Faiz initiated Inter-Divisional Table Tennis Championship as the primary … Read more

Ogra, SBP meet to enhance credit limit to oil industry

SBP

ISLAMABAD: The Oil and Gas Regulatory Authority (Ogra) Chairman Masroor Khan, and Member (Oil) Zain-ul-Abideen Qureshi met the senior official of the State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) to discuss credit limits to the oil industry, a statement said. The meeting where Ogra officials met SBP Governor Reza Baqir, Deputy Governor and his team, discussed matters … Read more

Cooperation must trump differences

Cooperation must trump differences

February marks the 50th anniversary of an epic moment in history. In February 1972, then US president Richard Nixon arrived in China as the first US head of state to set foot on the Chinese mainland. Chinese premier Zhou Enlai said to Nixon, “Your handshake came over the world’s vastest ocean — 25 years of … Read more

Cross-military cooperation

In this day and age, hard and soft powers of a country go hand-in-hand. The government and State institutions often work in tandem to advance national goals and objectives that also include diplomacy at the military-level. As such, Air Chief Marshal Zaheer Ahmed Baber Sidhu, in the first 11 months of his tenure, met with … Read more

Cambodian, Moroccan FMs vow to further advance ties, cooperation

Cambodian, Moroccan FMs vow to further advance ties, cooperation

PHNOM PENH, Jan. 26 (Xinhua) — Cambodia and Morocco have vowed to further enhance bilateral ties and cooperation for mutual benefits, said a Cambodian foreign ministry’s press statement released on Wednesday. The commitment was made during a meeting via video link on Tuesday between Cambodian Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Prak Sokhonn and Morocco’s … Read more

Chinese, Kenyan FMs meet over bilateral ties, cooperation

Chinese, Kenyan FMs meet over bilateral ties, cooperation

MOMBASA, Kenya, Jan. 6 (Xinhua)–Chinese State Councilor and Foreign Minister Wang Yi on Thursday met with Kenya’s Cabinet Secretary for Foreign Affairs Raychelle Omamo in Kenya’s coastal city Mombasa. Omamo showed pictures of ancient Chinese coins unearthed in Kenya, saying that the friendship between Kenya and China boasts a long history. The exchanges between the … Read more

BRI Sino-Pakistan Agriculture Forum kicks off in Wuhan

BRI Sino-Pakistan

BEIJING: The third BRI Sino-Pakistan Agriculture Forum, organised by Huazhong Agricultural University, kicked off in Wuhan, China. Around 100 experts from agricultural institutes of China and Pakistan participated in the forum online and offline. Pakistan’s Ambassador to China Moin Ul Haque, counselor of the Chinese Embassy in Pakistan Xie Guoxiang and deputy director of Foreign … Read more

Saudi Arabia signs energy deal with Singapore

Saudi Arabia

RIYADH: Saudi Arabia’s Ministry of Energy has signed an agreement with the Singaporean Ministry of Trade and Industry to enhance cooperation in the energy sector, Arab News reported. The memorandum of understanding will promote digital transformation and innovation, renewable energy and hydrogen technologies, and the development of a circular carbon economy, according to the Ministry of Energy’s … Read more

Pakistan, Kazakhstan cooperation beneficial for region: envoy

LAHORE: Cooperation between Pakistan and Kazakhstan would be beneficial for the entire region, a diplomat said. Speaking at a meeting at the Lahore Chamber of Commerce and Industry (LCCI), Ambassador of Kazakhstan to Pakistan Yerzhan Kistafin stressed the need for taking steps to enhance the volume of bilateral trade. LCCI president Mian Nauman Kabir, vice … Read more

CPEC’s joint working group to boost new infrastructure: official

BEIJING: The cooperation in digital infrastructure and IT under the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) will soon make some significant progress under the IT industry joint working group (JWG) established at the 10th CPEC Joint Cooperation Committee (JCC) meeting, said Du Zhenli, deputy director general of the China International Engineering Consulting Corporation. With rich labour resources, … Read more

Putin, Modi agree to boost cooperation on Afghanistan

Russia support Kashmir Issue

MOSCOW: Russian President Vladimir Putin and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi agreed on the importance of coordinating on Afghanistan during a telephone conversation on Tuesday. The leaders noted that closer cooperation on Afghanistan would contribute to the establishment of peace and stability in the region, the Kremlin said in a statement. “They expressed their readiness … Read more

China to provide 2 billion Covid-19 vaccines: Xi 

BEIJING: China will provide 2 billion doses of Covid-19 vaccines for the world and offer $100 million to Covax throughout this year, Chinese President Xi Jinping said Thursday in a written message to the first meeting of the international forum on Covid-19 vaccine cooperation. [embedpost slug=”/china-urges-us-to-completely-lift-sanctions-against-cuba/”]

Cooperation between Pakistan and France is active and dynamic

Cooperation between Pakistan and France is active and dynamic

In a special message on the occasion of French National Day, French Ambassador to Pakistan Marc Baréty said that cooperation between Pakistan and France has been very active and dynamic. In a special message on the occasion of French National Day, French Ambassador to Pakistan Marc Baréty said that in the current situation, the celebrations … Read more