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ISLAMABAD: Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi has said Pakistan will host Africa conference in September and ambassadors of African countries will be invited for the moot, ARY News reported on Tuesday. Pakistan’s foreign minister was speaking at Pakistan-Africa Round-table Dialogue, to be hosted by the Institute of Strategic Studies Islamabad (ISSI) in collaboration with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to commemorate the Africa Day. Foreign Minister Qureshi said that there are vast opportunities of trade and investment in African countries. He called Prime Minister Imran Khan’s recent visit of United States “very successful”, adding, “We have succeed in getting our targets”. He said that Pakistan’s aid suspended by the US will be restored soon. He clarified that Pakistan is facilitator of the Afghan peace process and not a guarantor of it. Talking on the situation in Occupied Kashmir, Qureshi said that the situation in the territory going from bad to worse. He said India has

WASHINGTON: US President Donald Trump wants combat forces reduced in Afghanistan by the next US presidential election, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said on Monday, introducing a timeline to Washington’s plan for cutting troop numbers there. Trump’s South Asia strategy, unveiled in August 2017, called for an open-ended deployment of US forces with the goal of compelling the Taliban to negotiate peace with the Kabul government to end nearly 18 years of war. “That’s my directive from the president of the United States,” Pompeo told The Economic Club of Washington when asked whether he expects Trump to reduce troops in Afghanistan before the November 2020 election. “He’s been unambiguous: End the endless wars, draw down, reduce. It won’t just be us,” he said, referring to Trump’s directive. “We hope that overall the need for combat forces in the region is reduced.” The disclosure of a timeline will add to speculation that Trump is prepared to strike any deal with the Taliban insurge

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ISLAMABAD: Justice Sheikh Azmat Saeed on Tuesday sworn in as the acting Chief Justice of Pakistan (CJP), reported ARY News. Chief Justice of Pakistan Asif Saeed Khosa and the most senior judge of the apex court after him, Justice Gulzar Ahmad has left for Russia to represent Pakistan at the judicial conference. The oath-taking ceremony was held in Islamabad, which was attended by Judges ad senior lawyers. Justice Umar Ata Bandial administered the oath to him. Read more:  Justice Asif Saeed Khosa gives first verdict as CJP Chief Justice of Pakistan (CJP) took oath of his office on January 18, earlier this year and is due to retire on December 20 in the same year. After the retirement of CJP Khosa, Justice Gulzar Ahmad will take oath as the top judge of Pakistan and he will retire on February 1, 2022. The post Justice Sheikh Azmat Saeed takes oath as acting CJP appeared first on ARYNEWS . from ARYNEWS https://ift.tt/32ZzJHN

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ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Imran Khan on Tuesday expressed grief and sorrow over the loss of precious lives in the aircraft crash in Rawalpindi. He offered his condolences with the bereaved families and prayed for the recovery of those injured in the incident. At least eighteen people including five crew members embraced martyrdom and twelve civilians were injured after a Pakistan Army Aviation aircraft on a routine training flight crashed in Rawalpindi this morning. According to the ISPR, the aircraft crashed in built up area resulting into 12 fatal civilian casualties. The crew members martyred in the incident, including two pilots, were Lieutenant Colonel Saqib, Lieutenant Colonel Waseem, Naib Subedar Afzal, Havaldar Ibne Ameen and Havaldar Rehmat. Rescue teams of Pakistan Army and 1122 reached the site immediately and started the rescue operation. The fire that broke out after the crash has been extinguished and the injured have been shifted to hospitals in Rawalpindi. Read m

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan and China have decided to enter into an agreement to control misdeclaration at the country’s ports as the menace has been causing massive revenue losses and hurting foreign investment. The decision comes at a time when the government is taking measures to control corruption within the customs department systematically. “We have authorised Pakistan’s ambassador to China Naghmana Hashmi to sign the draft Memorandum of Understanding (MoU),” said the Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) Chairman Shabbar Zaidi on Monday. The draft for the MoU was prepared by China’s State Administration of Taxes to enable tax authorities from both Islamabad and Beijing to share data and learn from each other’s best practices. China has come a long way in controlling misdeclaration at ports. According to some estimates, at one stage, total misdeclaration at Chinese ports had reached $7-8 billion per annum however that number has decreased significantly over the years. Both Pakistani and Ch