JUI-F’s leader Mufti Kifayatullah arrested in Islamabad over provocative speech against state institutions.
Erdogan vows to clear Syrian border area of Kurdish fighters if Russia fails to act
President Erdogan, on Saturday, said that Turkey will clear northeast Syria of Kurdish YPG militia if Russia does not fulfill its obligations under an accord that helped end a Turkish offensive in the region.
According to the deal signed by Turkish President Erdogan and Russian President Putin Russian military police and Syrian border guards are meant to clear the YPG fighters from within 30 km (19 miles) of the border over a period of six days ending on Tuesday.
Erdogan said in a statement that “If this area is not cleared from terrorists at the end of the 150 hours, then we will handle the situation by ourselves and will do all the cleansing work,”
Turkey considers YPG as a terrorist organization linked with Kurdish Insurgent and Turkey Launched Syrian Offensive against them after US pulled out it’s troops from the area.
President Alvi met Iranian counterpart in Baku
On the sidelines of 18th Non-Aligned Movement Summit in Baku on Friday, President Arif Alvi met Iranian President Hassan Rouhani.
President Alvi said that Pakistan considers Iran as an important country as both countries share more than 900 km border. He said that both the countries need to fully utilize the trade potential to further enhance bilateral economic relations.
“A strong people-to-people contact has further strengthened the bond of friendship between the two countries”
President Arif Alvi said while meeting Iranian President Hassan Rouhani
President Arif Alvi told Iranian president about the continuous lockdown and grave human rights violations in Indian occupied Jammu and Kashmir and also thanked the Iranian leadership for its continued commitment and support towards oppressed people of occupied Kashmir.
Nitasha Kaul’s expert testimony on Kashmir in US Congressional Hearing
Nitasha kaul exposed RSS during her expert testimony in US Congrssional hearing about Kashmir. She also highlighted the Human Rights violation of Indian Govt in Kashmir.
Naval Chief visits Pakistan Maritime Security Agency and Navy installations
Naval Chief Admiral Zafar Mahmood Abbasi visited Pakistan Maritime Security Agency and Navy installations in Karachi on Friday.
The Naval Chief also visited the newly constructed training center for officers and personnel and reviewed the operational readiness of Pakistan Navy Fleets.
He appreciated the role and operational readiness of the Navy and the Maritime Security Agency. The Naval Chief was briefed about the role and responsibilities of maritime security agency.
Ceasefire Violation: Foreign Office of Pakistan summoned Indian Envoy
Pakistan Foreign office summoned Indian Deputy High Commissioner Gaurav Ahluwalia to lodge a strong protest over recent unprovoked ceasefire violations along LOC by Indian forces in Shahkot and Khuiratta Sectors
Because of indiscriminate and unprovoked firing by Indian Army, three innocent civilians, Ilm Din, s/o Zulfiqar, Gul Zarin, s/o Ilm Din and Sultan, s/o Gul Zarin, residents of village Lala, Tehsil Athmaqam, District Neelum, embraced shahadat, while one child, Iqra d/o Muhammad Aftab, age 4 years, resident of village Jugulpur, Tehsil & District Khuiratta, sustained serious injuries.
Indian Forces have been deliberately targeting the civilian population across LOC with artillery fire, heavy-caliber mortars, and automatic weapons
Director General (SA & SAARC) urged the Indian side to respect the 2003 Ceasefire arrangement; investigate these and other incidents of ceasefire violations; instruct the Indian forces to respect the ceasefire, in letter and spirit and maintain peace on the LoC and the Working Boundary.
Sahiwal Incident: PM Imran Khan directed Punjab Govt to file appeal against verdict
Dr. Firdous Ashiq Awan, Special Assistant to Prime Minister (SAPM) on Information and Broadcasting, on friday tweeted that PM Imran Khan has directed the Punjab government to file an appeal on Anti-Terrorism Court (ATC) verdict regarding Sahiwal encounter case.
Special assistant said that the Prime Minister has also ordered the provincial government to investigate the weaknesses and flaws of prosecution in leading the case.
She further said that The government of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) is committed to ensure justice to the children, who lost their parents in this shooting mishap. Entire nation had watched the video of Counter Terrorism Department (CTD) officers opening fire at the passengers.
Nawaz Sharif’s platelet count has reached 22,000, Yasmin Rashid
Health Minister Punjab Yasmin Rashid informed media about health of Former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif on friday and said that his platelet count has reached 22,000 in fresh medical test reports.
The minister said, while talkoing to press conference, that Nawaz Sharif is suffering from blood pressure and heart disease. However, proper treatment is being given to him at Services Hospital.
She also expressed her best wishes for Nawaz Sharif and said that the government will accept the decision of court on the bail plea of Nawaz Sharif in National Accountability Bureau (NAB) references against him.
Pakistani Rupee up by 15 paisa against US Dollar in open market
During business on thursday, Pakistani rupee gained its strength by 15 paisa and hit Rs156.10 against the US dollar in the open market.
In the interbank market, the greenback fell 2 paisa to close at 155.88.
Price of Euro appreciated by Rs0.15 and was traded at Rs173.51 against the last closing of Rs173.36. UAE Dirham and Saudi Riyal remained stable at Rs42.44 and Rs41.56 respectively.
Japanese Yen remained stable and was traded at Rs1.43 whereas the increase of Rs0.51 was witnessed in the exchange rate of British Pound which was traded at Rs201.01 as compared to last closing of Rs200.50
Pakistan Stock exchange witnessed an upward trend
Pakistan Stock Exchange (PSX), on Thursday, witnessed an upward trend with the benchmark KSE-100 index gaining 322 points and hitting 33,762 points.
Stock Exchange also witnessed an upward and bullish trend on wednesday with KSE index gaining 240.73 points (0.73%) and closing at 33439.69 points.
A total of 116,944,630 shares were traded compared to the trade of 83,612,250 shares during the previous day, whereas the value of shares traded during the day stood at Rs3.590 billion compared to Rs3.188 billion during last trading day.