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China-Pakistan hold third round of consultation on South Asian affairs
ISLAMABAD
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China-Pakistan held third round of consultation on South
Asian affairs on Thursday in Beijing
Leading the Chinese side at the meeting China s
Assistant Foreign Minister Nong Rong said that China supports Pakistan in playing a bigger role in international and regional affairs
From Pakistan, Director General, Ministry of Foreign Affairs Ilyas Mehmood Nizami had come to China to hold the consultation says a statement issued here
Nong Rong said that China is ready to work with Pakistan to consolidate and deepen China-Pakistan allweather strategic cooperative partnership, and accelerate the building of a closer China-Pakistan community with a shared future in the new era, according to Chinese ministry of foreign affairs
Nong Rong said that the China-Pakistan friendship is higher than mountains, deeper than oceans and sweeter than honey
The friendly relations between the two countries have shown strong momentum of development with close high-level exchanges between the two sides and constantly strengthening cooperation in various fields
No matter how the international landscape may change, China will, as always, firmly support Pakistan in safeguarding national independence sovereignty and territorial integrity support Pakistan in maintaining unity and stability and realizing prosperity and revitalization and support Pakistan in playing a bigger role in international and regional affairs, he added
Nong Rong extended his wishes for a complete success of the third China-Pakistan consultation on South Asian affairs
Ilyas Mehmood Nizami spoke highly of PakistanChina relations highly praised China s development achievements and sincerely thanked China for providing Pakistan with long-term valuable support and assistance in its national development Pakistan hopes to strengthen high-level exchanges and pair-up consultations with China, continue to firmly support each other maintain close cooperation on South Asian affairs jointly respond to challenges and safeguard the common interests of both sides he added
Zulfii slams PDM govt for illegally detaining his brother
ISLAMABAD S ta f f R e p o R t
PTI leader Sayed Zulfi Bukhari has accused the outgoing PDM government of illegally detaining his brother Khawar Bukhari in a fake FIR Khawar Bukhari was recently released on bail after spending two months in jail, but was arrested again”, he claimed in a statement on Thursday
Zulfi Bukhari said that his brother had nothing to do with politics and that his one son was a special child He added that there were reports that the government was planning to detain Khawar Bukhari under the Maintenance of Public Order (MPO) today as well
Zulfi Bukhari said that Pakistan was currently ruled by a mafia instead of the constitution and law He accused the government and police of setting a bad example of fascism and said that they knew which officers were involved in the illegal detention of his brother Z u l f i B u k h a r i a l s o s a i d t h a t P T I
C h a i r m a n I m r a n K h a n ’s e n t i r e l e g a l t e a m w a s b e i n g s u m m o n e d a n d h a r a s s e d b y t h e F e d e r a l I n v e s t i g a t i o n A g e n c y ( F I A ) H e s a i d t h a t e v e n t h e m o s t s e n i o r l a w y e r K h w a j a H a r r i s , h a d b e e n s u m m o n e d a n d t h a t e a r l i e r l a w y e r N a e e m P a n j u t h a a h a d b e e n d e t a i n e d f o r e i g h t h o u r s
Zulfi Bukhari said that these tactics were being used to ensure that there was no one left from the legal fraternity to represent Imran Khan He said that the government s actions were politically motivated and that they were an attempt to silence the opposition The government has not yet commented on the allegations made by Zulfi Bukhari
(retired) Muhammad Amir Hayat has been appointed Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) Chief Executive Officer (CEO) on Thursday According to PIA spokesperson the appointment of Muhammad Amir Hayat has been made for a year Earlier, the retired Air Vice Marshal was working as acting CEO of PIA The position of the CEO has been lying vacant after Air Marshal Arshad Malik completed his three-year tenure on April 25 Arshad Malik was appointed in October 2018 The appointment was made after the federal government approved the appointment of the chief executive officer (CEO) of the national flag carrier Pakistan International Airlines, last week The federal cabinet approved the summary through circulation Sources told ARY News that Hashim Raza and Mazhar Uddin were also being considered for the PIA s top slot
Cop mar t yred in attack on polio team in Bannu
LAKKI MARWAT S ta f f R e p o R t
A policeman accompanying the polio vaccination team was martyred when unidentified miscreants targeted him in Miryan area of the Bannu district According to police the lower head constable (LHC) Kamran Khan was on the security duty with polio workers in Akhundkhel area when he came under the attack Kamran received serious bullet wounds and was rushed to a hospital where he was declared dead, said police Later, the martyred cop was laid to rest at a graveyard in his ancestral Lalozai Surani village On August 1 two cops were martyred as unknown gunmen attacked a polio vaccination team in Quetta s suburban area The volunteers two women in the polio vaccination teams remained unhurt said police Taking notice of the unfortunate incident, Balochistan Chief Minister Abdul Quddus Bizenjo condemned the attack and expressed grief over the martyrdom of the policemen
KP caretaker cabinet: 20 ministers tender resignations
PESHAWAR S ta f f R e p o R t
Twenty ministers of the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) caretaker cabinet have tendered their resignations following the directives of the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP The ministers mostly from PDM parties have sent their resignations to the caretaker chief minister (CM) following the ECP s directives after they were found involved in running their own election campaign despite being appointed as caretaker ministers The ministers, who stepped down from their positions included Masood Shah, Abdul Haleem Qasuriya, Irshad Qaiser, Muhammad Ali Shah Hidayatullah Salma
Begum Riaz Anwar Pir Haroon Shah Sheraz
Akram Malik Meher Elahi Hamid Shah Bakht
Nawaz Haji Ghufran Fazal Elahi Taj
Muhammad, Himayatullah, Zafar Mahmood and Rehmat Salam Khattak
