ISLAMABAD, OCT 12 (DNA) –The Afghan govt has closed down its Consulate in Peshawar after a dispute about a market in Peshawar.

According to Foreign Office of Pakistan, the Afghan decision is unfortunate and it is hoped that the Afghan authorities will review their decision.

The Foreign Office further said “We reject insinuations contained in the statement issued by the Afghan Foreign Ministry regarding a market in Peshawar. It is deeply regrettable that a distorted and misleading account of the issue and related events has been presented”.

MULTAN, OCT 12 (DNA) – Pakistan Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi has stated that opposition parties are divided on Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam-Fazl’s (JUI-F) proposed “Azadi March” and sit-in in Islamabad by the end of this month.

Talking to media after performing ground-breaking of various uplift projects in NA-156 constituency in Shah Rukn-e-Alam area, Qureshi said Pakistan Muslim League-N (PML-N) President Shehbaz Sharif had opposed the march during party’s meeting in Lahore, saying that he (Shehbaz) was not in favour of a sit-in.

LAHORE (DNA News) – Amidst preparation for carrying out an anti-government agitation named as ‘Azadi March’ by the Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam-Fazl (JUI-F), Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) on Saturday is holding a special meeting of senior politicians for consultation to possibly join the march after being given ‘go-ahead’ by the party’s supremo, Nawaz Sharif – who has been imprisoned and facing trials in corruption cases.

by ANSAR M BHATTI

ISLAMABAD, OCT 12 (DNA) Ambassador of Spain Manuel Duran has said Spain and Pakistan are good friends adding bilateral relationship was on a positive trajectory.

He said Spain, Pakistan relations have witnessed marked improvement over the years adding Spain happens to be the 8^th largest trading partner of Pakistan.

Number of tourists both Spanish coming here and Pakistanis flying to Spain has increased manifold and the interest in everything between the two countries grows by the minute.

ISLAMABAD, OCT 12 (DNA) -Tourism is an excellent way to promote people to people contacts.

Tourism is generally about leisure and pleasure but it is true that it gives opportunity to people of various cultures to assimilate together and build appreciation for the cultural diversity.  It also brings entrepreneur, intellectuals, writers, students and professionals together and opens up windows of many opportunities to learn and benefit from.

No wonder, Indonesia takes pride of having top tourist destination of the world and it receives millions of foreign tourists annually from all corners of the world who get inspired and fascinated by the endless and exceptional beauty and diversity of the country.

However, it is also true that people in Pakistan by and large are unaware about the huge tourism opportunities in Indonesia and consequently very few Pakistanis visit Indonesia.

The Director General (SA & SAARC), Dr. Mohammad Faisal, summoned the Indian Deputy High Commissioner Mr. Gaurav Ahluwalia again today and condemned the unprovoked ceasefire violations by the Indian occupation forces along the Line of Control (LoC) in Sharda, Nezapir, Satwal and Bagsar Sectors on 10^th October 2019. Due to indiscriminate and unprovoked firing by Indian Army in Sharda Sector of LOC, one innocent child Faizan s/o Faiz Mir aged 10 years embraced shahadat and others sixteen innocent civilians, including six children and two ladies, sustained serious injuries. In addition to that, two got injured including a lady in Nezapir, three got injured including a child and a lady in Satwal Sector, and one got injured in Bagsar Sector.

ISLAMABAD, OCT 11 (DNA) – Spanish Ambassador Manuel Durán Giménez-Rico has said that Pakistan and Spain have been enjoying cordial relations and trade ties between the two countries are growing, but more efforts are needed to enhance bilateral trade volume in various sectors.

He said that Spain gives great importance to Pakistan for its trade ties, offering equal opportunity for this country to capture European trade markets.

The Spanish ambassador was talking to All Pakistan Business Forum President Syed Maaz Mahmood during a meeting held at the Embassy on Friday.

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