Pakistan

ISLAMABAD, Jan 17 (APP): Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi and senior Republican Senator Lindsey Graham in a meeting held in Washington D.C, agreed upon the fact that sustained and high-level engagement between Pakistan and the United States was in mutual advantage of the two countries.

ISLAMABAD, Jan 15 (NNN-APP) – At least 61 people were killed and scores of others trapped, in separate incidents of avalanches in Pakistan-controlled Kashmir on Tuesday.

The Neelum Valley area was the worst hit, where 57 people were killed, while four others were killed in Rawalakot and Kotli areas, Ahmed Raza Qadri, a disaster management official of the Pakistan-controlled Kashmir, said.

Lahore, Jan 14 (PTI) Mumbai attack mastermind Hafiz Saeed on Tuesday pleaded "not guilty" in two terror financing cases against him as the Jamaat-ud-Dawah chief recorded his statement in a Pakistani anti-terrorism court here, amidst mounting international pressure on Islamabad to rein in militant groups.

The Counter Terrorism Department had registered 23 FIRs against Saeed and his accomplices on the charges of terror financing in different cities of Punjab province and arrested him on July 17. He is held at the Kot Lakhpat jail in Lahore.

ISLAMABAD, Jan 14 (APP): President Dr Arif Alvi on Tuesday said Pakistan was a peaceful country with an advanced nuclear capability meant for deterrence against any hegemonic designs in the region.

Addressing at the inaugural session of 17th International Bhurban Conference on Applied Sciences and Technology held here at the Quaid-i-Azam University, the President said the country’s defence was strong owing to immense achievements in the field of strategic and technological knowledge.

ISLAMABAD, Jan 12 (APP): Special Assistant to the Prime Minister on Information and Broadcasting, Dr. Firdous Ashiq Awan Sunday said Minister for Foreign Affairs Makhdoom Shah Mehmood Qureshi’s visit to Iran and Saudi Arabia was a clear evidence of Pakistan’s sincere efforts to de-escalate the current prevailing tensions in the Middle East (ME) and Gulf region.

In a tweet, she said the visit would help strengthen peace and stability in the Middle East and Gulf region.

Islamabad, Jan 11, IRNA -- Iran's newly appointed Ambassador to Pakistan Mohammad Ali Hosseini emphasizing on constructive approach of the Islamic Republic for de-escalation in the region said on Saturday that consultations between Tehran and Islamabad must be enhanced further keeping in view the regional situation.

Mohammad Ali Hosseini in his first ever interview to IRNA on Saturday after assuming charge of ambassador touched upon Iran-Pakistan ties, cooperation of the two countries on regional situation and US aggressive moves in the region.

ISLAMABAD, Jan 11 (APP): Prime Minister Imran Khan Saturday said that he had demanded an immediate report on the condemnable cowardly terrorist attack in Quetta yesterday, targeting a mosque and people at prayer.

On his twitter account, the prime minister posted that he had also directed the provincial government to ensure that all the medical facilities were provided to the injured.

He also lauded the bravery of martyred Deputy Superintendent of Police (DSP) Haji Amanullah, saying (he) ‘was a brave & exemplary officer’.

ISLAMABAD, Jan 11 (APP): Prime Minister Imran Khan Saturday once again reminded the world community that an extremist ideology Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) had taken over India, a nuclear-armed country of over a billion people.

On his twitter account, the prime minister posted that RSS was an ideology based on racial superiority, hatred of Muslims & all minorities.

“Whenever this genie has come out of the bottle, it has always led to bloodshed,” he added.

Shisper Glacier (Pakistan), Jan 10 (AFP/PTI) The villagers of Hassanabad live in constant fear. Above them the vast Shisper glacier dominates the landscape: A river of jagged black ice moving towards them at as much as four metres per day.

Climate change is causing most glaciers worldwide to shrink, but due to a meteorological anomaly this is one of a few in the Karakoram mountain range in northern Pakistan that are surging.

ISLAMABAD, Jan 10 (APP): President Dr Arif Alvi on Friday said India’s racist Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) ideology had started getting a worldwide comparison with American Ku Klux Klan’s (KKK) white supremacist hatred and Hitler’s fascism.

“The real message about RSS, being similar to KKK and to Hitler’s fascist goals, is being recognized as such throughout the world,” the president in a tweet.

President Alvi recalled that disenfranchisement, based on racism in the history, led to genocide, firstly of Jews in Europe and then of Rohingyas in Myanmar.