MULTAN: Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Hussain Qureshi Sunday said Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi’s statement that some countries changed their position on just one phone call was not.
Pakistan set to elevate Gilgit Baltistan to provincial status
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Pakistan is only granting provisional provincial status to Gilgit-Baltistan
ISLAMABAD (APP) – Pakistan is set to elevate Gilgit Baltistan to provincial status and with this single move it will be able to meet at least seven decades old demand of people of Gilgit-Baltistan to merge with main land constitutionally, secure vital geo-strategic route of China Pakistan Economic Corridor and protect tourism, economic water and energy interests with construction of Bunji and Diamer-Bhasha dams.
However, few quarters have raised objections to the move on varying narratives which need to be addressed. All stakeholders including key political parties have agreed to the proposal of grant of provisional provincial status to the Gilgit Baltistan. Decision will meet long term aspirations of people and will help address local concerns and issues of representation.
Govt to go all-out against different cartels, mafias: PM
Prime Minister Imran Khan has emphatically stated that the government will go all-out against different cartels and mafias to provide immediate relief to the common man.
He was responding to people’s live telephone calls on PTV on Sunday. The program was also broadcast live on Radio Pakistan’s National Hookup while PBC Social Media live-streamed it from all its platforms.
The Prime Minister said unfortunately, the previous governments protected these mafias; however, the present government is going to decisively act against them to rid the people of the elite capture.
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April 5, 2021
MULTAN: Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Hussain Qureshi Sunday said Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi’s statement that some countries changed their position on just one phone call was not directed at Pakistan.
Addressing a press conference here, he said Pakistan always tried to normalise relations with India and had firm belief that all issues could be resolved through dialogue, reported a private TV channel.
He said Pakistan and India could not afford a war, as both were nuclear powers. “Pakistan has a clear stance on trade with India. It’s now India’s turn to make the environment conducive to dialogue.” He expressed concerns over the ongoing situation in Indian Illegally Occupied Jammu and Kashmir (IIOJ&K) and said the people of Kashmir and different political parties had already rejected the Indian government’s decision of 5th August 2019.