Message of Congratulations on the occasion of the 81st Anniversary of the National Day of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan
Islamabad
Your Excellency,
On behalf of the Government and people of the Lao People’s Democratic Republic as well as on my own behalf, I have a great honour to convey my warmest congratulations and best wishes to Your Excellencyand through Your Excellency to the Government and the friendly people of Pakistan on the occasion of the 81
st Anniversary of the National Day of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan.
I am confident that the friendly relations and good cooperation between the Lao People’s Democratic Republic and the Islamic Republic of Pakistan will be further developed in the years to come for mutual benefits of the peoples of our two countries as well as for peace, stability and cooperation for development in the region and the world at large.
Islamabad High Court refers case of Pakistanis convicted in SL to Interior Ministry Daily News (via HT Media Ltd.)
The Islamabad High Court (IHC) has referred to the interior ministry the case of 41 Pakistani prisoners who were convicted of drug trafficking in Sri Lanka but were brought back under an agreement signed with Colombo to serve jail terms in their home country.
The inmates were brought back by a chartered flight of Pakistan International Airlines in November last year.
This was the first case of repatriation over the past seven years under the bilateral Prisoner Transfer Agreement (PTA) signed by Pakistan and Sri Lanka in 2004. According to the agreement, transfers are allowed in cases where sentences exceed six months.
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ISLAMABAD: Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi talking to his Russian counterpart Sergey Lavrov after receiving him at the airbase on Tuesday. White Star
ISLAMABAD: Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov arrived here on Tuesday on a two-day official visit to Pakistan to hold wide-ranging talks with his Pakistani counterpart, with issue of Afghanistan high on the agenda.
He was received at the Chaklala airbase by Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi. This is the first visit of a Russian foreign minister to Pakistan since 2012.
The Russian foreign minister will hold delegation-level talks with Foreign Minister Qureshi on Wednesday (today).
During the talks the entire gamut of Pakistan-Russia relations will be reviewed and ways discussed to further broaden and deepen bilateral cooperation in diverse fields. The two foreign ministers will also exchange views on regional and international issues.
Afghanistan to top agenda in talks with Russian FM
Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov arrived here on Tuesday on a two-day official visit to Pakistan to hold wide-ranging talks with his Pakistani counterpart, with issue of Afghanistan high on the agenda.
He was received at the Chaklala airbase by Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi. This is the first visit of a Russian foreign minister to Pakistan since 2012.
H.E. Sergey Lavrov, the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation arrives in Islamabad for his official visit. Foreign Minister @SMQureshiPTI received his Russian counterpart.
The Russian foreign minister will hold delegation-level talks with Foreign Minister Qureshi on Wednesday (today).