People have the best say in Pakistan-China relationship: President of CPAFFC

BEIJING, President of Chinese People’s Association for Friendship with Foreign Countries (CPAFFC), Lin Songtian on Wednesday said that friendship, which derives from close contact between the people, holds the key to sound state-to-state relations. Pakistan and China as all-weather strategic partners of cooperation, ”Ba Tie […]

President for promoting arts education to project soft image of Pakistan

ISLAMABAD, President Dr Arif Alvi Tuesday called for promoting arts education to effectively project the soft image of Pakistan. He said that the government attached utmost significance to the education sector and was taking steps for the socio-economic progress of the country by focusing on […]

Govt. accords top priority to development of Balochistan: President

KARACHI, President Dr Arif Alvi Monday said Balochistan had been ignored in the past but the present government accorded utmost importance to its development by undertaking a number of projects for the social and economic prosperity of the province. He was talking to Governor Balochistan […]

President for expediting EVM production with high-tech security features

ISLAMABAD, President Dr. Arif Alvi on Thursday asked the Ministry of Science of Technology and other concerned organizations to expedite the process of developing Electronic Voting Machines (EVMs) with advanced security features to ensure transparency in electoral process. He underscored the need for introducing e-voting […]

President, PM vow not to let terrorism resurface in country

ISLAMABAD, : President Dr Arif Alvi and Prime Minister Imran Khan on Thursday strongly condemning the terrorist attack in Quetta vowed not to let such cowardly incidents disturb the peace of country. President Dr Alvi said “enemies of the nation” wanted to create in the […]

Pakistan highly values ties with Saudi Arabia: President

ISLAMABAD, : President Dr Arif Alvi on Thursday said Pakistan highly valued its ties with Saudi Arabia and wanted to further strengthen bilateral relations in diverse fields. Talking to Pakistan’s ambassador-designate to Saudi Arabia Lt Gen (retd) Bilal Akbar here at the Aiwan-e-Sadr, the president […]

Pakistan proud custodian of Buddhist holy relics: President

ISLAMABAD, : President Dr Arif Alvi on Wednesday said Pakistan was home to the Gandhara Buddhist heritage and was a proud custodian of some of the most sacred relics of Buddha. Talking to a delegation of Sri Lankan Buddhist monks who called on him here […]

Kosovo’s parliament elects Vjosa Osmani as president

Kosovo’s parliament elected Vjosa Osmani as the country’s new president on Sunday. Osmani received 71 votes from the lawmakers at the third round of voting in the Assembly of Kosovo. While 82 deputies participated in the vote in the 120-member parliament, 11 votes were declared […]