ISLAMABAD: Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi leaves for the United Arab Emirates (UAE) today (Saturday).
This would be Qureshi’s first official visit to the Emirates in the backdrop of confirmation by the Emirati Ambassador to the US Yousef al-Otaiba, who said Pakistani and Indian officials had travelled to Dubai for backdoor negotiations.
Sources told The News that Qureshi was also expected to travel to Tehran and Turkey. Meanwhile, earlier when the Foreign Office spokesman Zahid Hafiz Chaudhry was asked at the weekly media briefing about Ambassador Otaiba’s statement, We wish to get their bilateral ties back to a healthy, functional relationship,” he responded positively.
Pictures: Prince Philip funeral - Queen mourns alone; William and Harry walk together
17 Apr, 2021 03:16 PM
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Prince Philip has passed away at the age of 99, after battling health problems for the last few years.
Prince Philip has passed away at the age of 99, after battling health problems for the last few years.
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The Queen sat and mourned alone, a tearful Prince Charles walked behind the coffin and Princes William and Harry were finally reunited during a sad and solemn farewell to Prince Philip at his funeral at Windsor Castle today.
Queen Elizabeth II bowed her head as she accompanied her husband s coffin on its final journey and their eldest son Prince Charles cried as he walked behind the casket into St George s Chapel.
The Country - Tunes edition
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Today on The Country, Jamie Mackay left Sam Lashes Casey in charge of the tunes, and was pleasantly surprised his mature taste in music.
On with the show:
Rowena Duncum:
Jamie and Lashes kicked off the show by catching up with Ro, who was in Queenstown after the Dairy Women s Network conference last night.
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Jeremy Rookes and Stu Loe:
Today s farmer panel pondered the Big Dry on the east coasts of both islands, the banning of the live cattle export trade and the respective rugby prowess of our panellists.
Don Fraser: