Pakistan

ISLAMABAD, Aug. 20 (Xinhua) -- At least 13 people were killed and several others injured in several rain-related incidents of roof collapse in Pakistan's southern Sindh province during the last 24 hours, local media reported on Saturday.

Five people, including three children, were killed in a suburban village in Khairpur district of the province after the roof of their house crashed due to incessant rains, local media reported.

18 August 2022; MEMO: Pakistan's Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif expressed optimism today that the country's trade with Turkiye will increase after the signing of the Preferential Trade Agreement last week.

Speaking to a delegation of Turkish businesspeople at the Prime Minister's House in Islamabad, Sharif said the two nations have friendly relations and that both sides are eager to enhance cooperation in the fields of trade, investment, energy and communication.

ISLAMABAD, Aug 16 (APP): Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman of Saudi Arabia on Tuesday led the annual ceremonial washing of the Holy Kaaba, on behalf of the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Salman.

Accompanied by Minister of Sports Prince Abdulaziz bin Turki, Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, who is also deputy premier and defense minister, was received by Sheikh Abdulrahman Al-Sudais, head of the General Presidency for the Affairs of the Two Holy Mosques, the Saudi Press Agency reported.

ISLAMABAD, Aug. 16 (Xinhua) -- Eight people were killed and 32 others were injured when a passenger coaster turned turtle in Pakistan's south Sindh province on Tuesday, local reports said.

The incident happened when the vehicle's driver lost control over it while negotiating a sharp turn shortly before reaching the toll plaza in the Sukkur district of the province, the reports said.

The van fell into a ditch after going out of the driver's control, which resulted in fatalities and serious injuries to the passengers.

ISLAMABAD, Aug. 13 (Xinhua) -- Pakistan's Ministry of Foreign Affairs on Saturday strongly condemned the recent terrorist incident in Saudi Arabia's port city of Jeddah, which wounded several people including a Pakistani national.

In a statement, it added, "We pray for the speediest recovery of those injured."

A man wanted by Saudi state security detonated an explosive belt, killing himself and wounding a Pakistani citizen and three security officials in Jeddah, the Saudi Presidency of the State Security said Friday.

ISLAMABAD, Aug 12 (APP): The United States government on Friday has announced a new $1 million grant in support of Pakistan’s ability to address natural disasters, such as the ongoing flooding.

Funded by the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), this humanitarian assistance will build the resilience of agricultural communities and would support Pakistan’s disaster management authorities in Sindh, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, and Gilgit-Baltistan provinces to better respond to future disasters, said a news release.

ISLAMABAD, Aug 13 (APP): Pakistan Friday called upon the international community to build pressure on India for implementation of the United Nations Security Council resolutions for granting Kashmiris the right to self-determination.

Speaking at a weekly press conference, he said, “Pressure needs to be built upon India in order to have the Security Council resolutions implemented which provided for the right to self- determination of the Kashmiri people.”

ISLAMABAD, Aug 10 (Reuters) - More than 70 economists and experts, including Nobel Laureate Joseph Stiglitz, called for Washington and other nations to release Afghanistan's central bank assets in a letter sent to U.S. President Joe Biden on Wednesday.

The letter said foreign capitals needed to return the roughly $9 billion in Afghan central bank assets to Da Afghanistan Bank (DAB) to allow the economy to function, despite criticism of behaviour by the ruling Taliban towards women and minorities.

ISLAMABAD, Aug 7 (APP): Trucks carrying digital advertising to highlight the gross human rights abuses committed against Kashmiri people by the Indian army in the Indian Illegally Occupied Jammu and Kashmir (IIOJK), rolled on the main boulevards, shopping malls and city intersections across Washington DC, United States.  

The World Kashmir Awareness Forum (WKAF), used these digital advertising trucks in connection with the observance of ‘Youm-e-Istehsal’ to highlight Indian illegal and unilateral steps of August 5, 2019, over IIOJK.

ISLAMABAD, Aug. 6 (Xinhua) -- Pakistani Prime Minister Shahbaz Sharif on Saturday set up a relief fund for flood-affected people, the Prime Minister's Office said.

Sharif passionately appealed to the people, especially philanthropists, to generously help flood-hit people with their donations, the office said in a statement.