PA reiterates plan to sue firms trading with settlements January 26, 2021 at 11:00 am | Published in: Israel, Middle East, News, Palestine
Palestinians gather in Deir Ballut town of Salfit Governorate, to attend an event to plant olive saplings on the land where olive trees were uprooted by Jewish settlers, in West Bank on January 13, 2021 [Issam Rimawi - Anadolu Agency] January 26, 2021 at 11:00 am
Palestinian Prime Minister Mohammad Shtayyeh has condemned increasing escalation by Israeli Jewish settlers against Palestinians in the occupied West Bank, reiterating his government s decision to prosecute firms trading with settlers,
Al-Quds Al-Arabi reported yesterday.
Addressing his cabinet during the weekly meeting, Shtayyeh said that over the past few days there has been an increase in settlement expansion, the confiscation of Palestinian land, demolition of homes and uprooting of olive trees in many Palestinian villages and neighbourhoods.
A number of contentious issues are changing the Pakistani-Saudi Arabian relationship.
The rapidly evolving geopolitical developments in the Middle East are also transforming the historic and strategic Saudi-Pakistan relations. The Saudi-directed recognition of Israel by various Middle Eastern countries and Islamabad’s reluctance to follow suit is straining its ties with Riyadh to New Delhi’s advantage. Israel’s recognition by the Arab countries is potentially increasing India’s economic and political space in the Middle East and squeezing that of Pakistan.
Against these developments’ backdrop, Riyadh is signaling to Islamabad that there will be no more free lunches. In return for financial bailouts and employment opportunities, the kingdom expects Pakistan to take unequivocal pro-Saudi political positions. Despite massive layoffs and sluggish economic growth due to the Covid-19 pandemic, Pakistani blue-collar workers’ remittances from Saudi Arabia form, among others, th
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December 20, 2020
ISLAMABAD: Foreign Minister Makhdoom Shah Mahmood Qureshi concluded his two-day official visit to the United Arab Emirates (UAE), wherein he met the UAE leadership and discussed bilateral as well as regional matters. During the visit, the foreign minister called on Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President and Prime Minister of the UAE and ruler of Dubai and Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Foreign Minister of the UAE, said a Foreign Office press release Saturday.
Qureshi paid homage at the mausoleum of founder of the UAE (late) Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan and offered prayers at Sheikh Zayed Grand Mosque.
FM Qureshi concludes two-day official visit to UAE
December 19, 2020
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan: The Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi concluded his two-day official visit to the United Arab Emirates (UAE) on December 18, 2020.
During the visit, the foreign minister called on the Vice President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum and met his UAE Counterpart His Highness Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed Al Nahyan.
Shah Mahmood Qureshi paid homage at the tomb of the founder of the UAE His Highness (late) Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan and offered prayers at Sheikh Zayed Grand Mosque.