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Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi speaks to the media in Multan on Wednesday. Photo courtesy PID
Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi on Wednesday said that Pakistan is concerned about the recent violence in Palestine, adding that Muslims countries needed to unite in order to raise awareness about the issue.
Speaking to the media in Multan about Prime Minister Imran Khan s recent visit to Saudi Arabia, he said: The premier met with the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation s secretary general and contended that there was a need to unite the Muslim Ummah on the issue using this platform. We can raise our voices individually [but] the issue will be noted when all 57 OIC members voice their support. A lone Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, Turkey, Malaysia and Indonesia can t do anything, he said.
Chairman of the High Council for National Reconciliation Abdullah Abdullah walks with Army Chief Gen Qamar Javed Bajwa and DG ISI Lt Gen Faiz Hameed, in Kabul, Afghanistan, May 10, 2021. Reuters
Afghanistan s President Ashraf Ghani meets with Army Chief Gen Qamar Javed Bajwa, in Kabul, Afghanistan May 10, 2021. Presidential Palace/Handout via Reuters
Army Chief Gen Qamar Javed Bajwa offered Pakistan s support for the Afghanistan peace process in a meeting with President Ashraf Ghani in Kabul on Monday amid growing violence as the United States withdraws its troops.
The army chief was accompanied on the day-long official visit to the Afghan capital by Director General of Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) Lt Gen Faiz Hameed.
Islamabad: The National Command and Operation Centre (NCOC) in a meeting has expressed concerns over violations of lockdown across the country by people caught apparently in an Eid shopping spree and issued directions to the federal and the provincial governments to enforce lockdown strictly and take action against the violators.
The decision was taken during a meeting of the NCOC jointly chaired by Minister for Planning, Development & Special Initiative Asad Umar and Lt Gen Hamooduz Zaman Khan and attended by all the chief secretaries of the respective administrative units.
The meeting reviewed in detail the mobility control measures being implemented across the country from May 8 to 16.
RIYADH/ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Imran Khan and Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman signed on Saturday an agreement to establish the Saudi-Pakistan Supreme Coordination Council.Both countries also signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) on illicit trafficking in narcotic drugs, psychotropic substances, and chemical precursors, state news agency
SPA reported.
“Another MoU for financing eligible projects in the fields of energy, infrastructure, transportation, water, and communications between the Saudi Fund for Development (SFD) and the Islamic Republic of Pakistan was signed as well,”
Al-Arabiya TV reported separately.
The two leaders likewise witnessed the signing of two agreements: Increasing cooperation in the field of people sentenced to penalties depriving freedom, and increasing cooperation in the field of combating crime.