ISLAMABAD: President Dr Arif Alvi has emphasized the need for guiding and facilitating youth of the country, particularly from Gilgit Baltistan and Azad Jammu & Kashmir, to benefit from the Prime Minister’s Youth Entrepreneurship Scheme (YES). In order to empower the youth financially, he said that Prime Minister’s Kamyab Jawan Programme offered tremendous economic opportunities and the youth were required …

ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Imran Khan will be paying a two-day official visit to Tajikistan on the invitation of President Emomali Rahmon of Tajikistan on 16-17 September 2021. The Prime Minister will be accompanied by a high-level Ministerial delegation. This will be the third visit of the Prime Minister to Central Asia, underlining Pakistan’s enhanced engagement with the region. The Prime …

ISLAMABAD: Former Interior Minister and Chairman Institute of Research and Reforms (IRR) Senator A. Rehman Malik has expressed that after the takeover of Afghanistan by the Taliban, there will be an attempt to enhance the demand for Sharia laws in Pakistan therefore government must keep a counter-strategy to deal with the situation. He said that takeover by the Afghan Taliban …

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Foreign Affairs Spokesperson Asim Iftikhar said during weekly Press Briefing to media at Foreign Office here on Friday that Pakistan have noted the latest announcement about formation of interim political set-up in Kabul, which would address the requirement of a governance structure to meet the urgent needs of the people of Afghanistan. We hope that the new political …

ISLAMABAD: Foreign Minister Makhdoom Shah Mahmood Qureshi had a telephone conversation with the EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs & Security Policy/Vice President of the European Commission, Mr. Josep Borrell, on Sunday. The Foreign Minister shared Pakistan’s perspective on the evolving situation in Afghanistan. The Foreign Minister stressed that a peaceful and stable Afghanistan was of critical importance for Pakistan …