Chief of Defence Forces (CDF) and Chief of the Army Staff Field Marshal Syed Asim Munir has stated that no one can rationalise violence and terrorism under any pretext during a visit to Quetta in the aftermath of recent terrorist attacks in Balochistan, the military’s media wing said on Wednesday. The remarks came after a […]
As the first kites of the season prepare to take flight, the Punjab government has given Basant an official cultural stamp with the release of its new anthem, ‘Phir Aai Basant’. The song marks the formal recognition of the centuries-old kite-flying festival as a cultural tradition of the province under the leadership of Punjab Chief […]
Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif defended Pakistan’s decision to not play its match against India in the T20 World Cup as one taken after great deliberation and said the country should fully stand by Bangladesh in the matter. Pakistan came close to withdrawing from the tournament in solidarity with Bangladesh, who pulled out after refusing to […]
Chinese President Xi Jinping and Russian President Vladimir Putin hailed their ties during a video call on Wednesday held in the run-up to the fourth anniversary of Moscow’s war in Ukraine. In a Russian state TV broadcast of the talks, Putin said Moscow-Beijing relations were an important stabilising factor at a time of growing global turmoil, and praised […]