ISLAMABAD : 20 Aug 2026 – President Asif Ali Zardari has appreciated Ambassador of Kazakhstan Yerzhan Kistafin’s contribution to strengthening Pakistan-Kazakhstan relations during his five-year tenure in Pakistan. Receiving the Ambassador for a farewell call at Aiwan-e-Sadr, the President said bilateral relations had witnessed significant progress during his tenure, culminating in the historic…
ISLAMABAD : 20 Aug 2026 – Malaysia’s Interior Minister Saifuddin Nasution bin Ismail has arrived in Pakistan for a two-day official visit at the invitation of Federal Interior Minister Mohsin Naqvi. Minister of State for Interior Talal Chaudhry received the Malaysian minister at Islamabad Airport, accompanied by the Islamabad Chief Commissioner and Inspector General of […]
Islamabad, 20 August 2026: Foreign Minister of the Syrian Arab Republic, H.E. Asaad Hassan al-Shaibani, accompanied by a high-level delegation, visited the Ministry of Commerce and held a meeting with Federal Minister for Commerce Jam Kamal Khan. Jam Kamal Khan warmly received the Syrian Foreign Minister and his delegation and extended cordial greetings on […]
Middle East Monitoring Desk Islamabad Deputy Prime Minister/Foreign Minister Senator Mohammad Ishaq Dar held wide-ranging delegation-level talks with Syrian Foreign Minister H.E. Mr. Asaad Hassan al-Shaibani, welcoming his visit to Pakistan. The two sides reaffirmed the longstanding brotherly ties between Pakistan and Syria and agreed to further strengthen bilateral cooperation across areas of…
Islamabad, 20 August 2026 — H.E. Syed Muhammad Nehal Hashmi, Governor of Sindh Province, today visited the Rwanda High Commission in Islamabad, where he was received by H.E. Fatou Harerimana, High Commissioner of the Republic of Rwanda to the Islamic Republic of Pakistan. The visit was undertaken on a reciprocal basis following H.E. Fatou […]
Islamabad, 19 August 2027: The Embassy of the Republic of Indonesia in Islamabad hosted hundreds of Indonesian nationals living in Pakistan to commemorate the 81st Independence of Indonesia at the Embassy’s premises. They were enthusiastic about wearing various traditional Indonesian clothes, including batik and woven cloth. Held at the Embassy’s Garuda lawn, the 81st […]
PM Shehbaz Sharif Meets Google Delegation to Discuss Digital Transformation; Inaugurates Google First Office in Pakistan to Boost Tech, Youth Upskilling ISLAMABAD : A 9-member delegation of Google, led by Mr. Wilson White, Vice President for Government Affairs and Public Policy, called on Prime Minister Muhammad Shehbaz Sharif in Islamabad today. H.E. Ms. Natalie […]
Izmi Herlani There are moments in aviation history when rank becomes irrelevant, age loses meaning and one de-cision outweighs an entire lifetime. For Pakistan Air Force, that moment came on 20 August, 1971, not in a grand aerial battle, nor amid the thunder of a large strike package, but inside the narrow cockpit of a […]
ISLAMABAD, August 18, 2026: MicroCerts, Pakistan’s national digital skills certification platform and a subsidiary of AXI Systems (SOE), inked a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Pakistan-China Institute (PCI), a non-governmental, non-partisan think tank dedicated to strengthening Pakistan-China people-to-people ties, with a focus on youth, women, education, diplomacy, defense, energy,…
تحریر: ابنِ محمود یہ لمحہ میرے لیے پرانے دور کی طرف لوٹنے کے ان نایاب اور جدید لمحات میں سے ایک تھا جب گزشتہ دنوں گاڑی چلاتے ہوئے، میرا سمارٹ فون جو بالعموم لامحدود اسٹریمنگ پلے لسٹس اور پوڈکاسٹس کا ایک ناقابلِ تسخیر ذریعہ ہوتا ہے اچانک انٹرنیٹ کنیکٹیویٹی سے محروم ہو گیا اور میں […]
By Ibn e Mahmood It was one of those rare, modern moments of forced analog retreat. Driving down the street the other day, my smartphone, usually an infallible conduit of endless streaming playlists and podcasts, suffered a sudden, stubborn loss of internet connectivity. Deprived of my usual digital white noise, I reached for a dial […]
Pakistan China Monitoring Desk Islamabad The Chinese experts have emphasized on transition to CPEC 02 with greater focus on green modernisation, high-value industrial integration, technological innovation and productivity. They have highlighted the need of educational exchanges, youth development, countering misinformation, and expanding cooperation in space and other emerging fields. The…
ISLAMABAD : Monitoring Desk – The United States of America has finally made her entry to the most sensitive region in the South Asia and in the neighborhood of China. The US Ambassador to India , Sergio Gor visited Srinagar marking the first standalone trip by a U.S. envoy to the region since the abrogation […]
