BAKU, JAN 14 – An opening ceremony of the Independent Media Center “Seçki – 2020” of the Central Election Commission (CEC) set up for the parliamentary elections to be held on February 9 has today been held at Hilton Baku Hotel.Chairman of Central Election Commission Mazahir Panahov, CEC members attended the event, which was widely covered by the media.CEC chairman Mazahir Panahov familiarized himself with the conditions created at the Independent Media Center and gave his recommendations for giving local and international media free and easy access to information and providing better services to other participants of the election process.
Murad Saeed meets EU Ambassador Androulla Kaminara
ISLAMABAD, JAN 14 (DNA) – Federal Minister for Communications held a meeting with European Union Ambassador, Androulla Kaminara and the Swedish Ambassador in his office in the Ministry of Communications, Pak Secretariat Islamabad on 13th January, 2020.The Swedish Ambassador extended her governments’ invitation to the Minister for attending the upcoming UN Ministerial Conference on Road Safety to be held in Geneva on 20th February, 2020.
German State Minister for Foreign Affairs meets Senator Shahzad Waseem
ISLAMABAD, JAN 13 (DNA) – Senator Shahzad Waseem met with German State Minister for Foreign Affairs Niels Annen in Islamabad on Monday.During the meeting, Senator Dr. Shahzad Waseem and Niels Annen exchanged views on various issues including worsening situation in Kashmir, CAA & other extremist acts of Modi regime.Evolving security situation in the region also came under discussion during the meeting.=DNA
FM leaves for Saudi Arabia after concluding Iran visit
ISLAMABAD, Jan 13 : Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi Monday left here for Saudi Arabia on second leg of his two-nation tour after deciding a day-long official visit to Iran.At Tehran’s Mehrabad International Airport, the foreign minister was seen off by Iran’s Assistant Minister West Asia Muhammad Mousavi, Pakistan embassy’s representative Fawad Shabbir and senior officials.In Riyadh, Foreign Minister Qureshi will meet his Saudi counterpart Prince Faisal Bin Farhan Al Saud and discuss regional developments.
President Ilham Aliyev received Chairman of Board of “ACWA Power” and Chief Executive Officer of “Masdar”
BAKU, JAN 13 – President of the Republic of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev has received the Chairman of the Board of “ACWA Power” of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, Mohammad Abunayyan, and the Chief Executive Officer of “Masdar” of the United Arab Emirates, Mohamed Jameel Al Ramahi.Welcoming the guests, President Ilham Aliyev said: Welcome to Azerbaijan! I am very glad to see you. I would like to extend my congratulations to you on a very important Executive Agreement signed today with “ACWA Power” and “Masdar”, the leading companies in the energy sector, especially in the alternative energy sector.
CDS Rawat: Sycophancy Pays
Ehtasham Amir
“India’s military policy has drastically changed under the leadership of General Bipin Rawat, Narendra Modi and his national security adviser Ajit Doval”, this is how observes Vivashwan Singh, an Indian political activist. His anguish over the politicization of ‘apolitical’ Indian army is visible. India’s DailyO.com news portal, headlined on February 2018 “the fall from grace has been unabated for Indian army.”
Pakistani handicrafts displayed at the Chinese embassy
ISLAMABAD, JAN 12 (DNA): Ambassador China Yao Jing has said relations between China and Pakistan are excellent adding these relations are getting stronger with the each passing day.The Chinese ambassador made these remarks while speaking on the occasion of opening of Pakistan Crafts Exhibition held at the Chinese embassy. Pakistan Handicrafts Association arranged the exhibition in collaboration with the Chinese embassy. Federal Minister for Parliamentary Affairs Azam Swati was the chief guest. Fahad Barlas and Khurshid Barlas and other prominent business people also participated in the exhibition.
I will follow the footsteps of Sultan Qaboos, says His Majesty Haitham
His Majesty Sultan Haitham addressed the members of the Council of Oman on Saturday.MUSCAT: JAN 12 – His Majesty Sultan Haitham bin Tariq Al Said has promised to follow the footsteps of late His Majesty Sultan Qaboos bin Said.His Majesty Sultan Haitham was addressing the Council of Oman on Saturday.
CDA, Survey of Pakistan sign MoU to digitalize land record
ISLAMABAD, JAN 12 (DNA) – In line with the vision of Prime Minister of Pakistan to digitalize the Land Record Management the Capital Development Authority (CDA) and the Survey of Pakistan (SoP) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to cooperating in Surveying and Mapping Jobs planned by CDA for the development of Capital Territory.
Ankara, Baku to jointly fight against illegal visits to occupied Azerbaijani territories
Ankara and Baku will jointly fight against illegal visits and illegal economic activity in the Azerbaijani territories occupied by Armenia, a diplomatic source in Turkey told.Along with this, warning information will be regularly disseminated in the Turkish media, according to the report.“As part of the joint fight against illegal visits to the occupied Azerbaijani territories and illegal economic activity in this territory, regular information exchange will be carried out between the relevant agencies of Azerbaijan and Turkey,” the source said.
