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23 Jun

Shehbaz to virtually attend SCO India meeting

Islamabad, June 23, Pakistan Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif will virtually attend the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) meeting chaired by India on July 4. "We have received the official invitation from Indian Prime Minister for our Prime Minister for the virtual meeting of Heads of State of Shanghai Cooperation Organisation that is due to take place on July 4," The News quoted a spokeswoman at the Foreign Office as saying at a briefing. "Pakistan will be represented at the summit. We will be making an announcement regarding our participation in coming days," she added. Earlier this month, the Centre said that it…

26 May

Travel to India proved productive for Pakistan: Bilawal (Ld)

Islamabad, May 26 (IANS) Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari, who became the first Pakistani Foreign Minister to travel to India since 2011 for a Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) meeting earlier this month, said the trip "proved productive and positive" for Islamabad. In a briefing to a Senate panel on Thursday, the Minister said: "As far as the Kashmir issue, bilateral issues between Pakistan and India and the responsibilities of multilateralism are concerned, my conclusion after the trip is that it is productive and positive decision to participate in the event," reports Dawn news. Bilawal had attended the SCO Council of Foreign Ministers meeting on…

26 Apr

SCO Defence Ministers Meeting: Rajnath likely to hold talks with Chinese counterpart

New Delhi, April 25 (IANS) India, as the Chair of Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) in 2023, will host the SCO Defence Ministers' Meeting here on April 28, the Defence Ministry said on Tuesday. Defence Minister Rajnath Singh is expected to hold bilateral talks with his Chinese counterpart Gen Li Shangfu. Before the SCO meet, the 18th round of India-China Corps Commander level talks held on Sunday, but it failed to make headway on the contentious issue of the Depsang Plains and de-escalation along the Line of Actual Control (LAC) in eastern Ladakh. The repeated attempts by China's People's Liberation Army (PLA)…

24 Feb

Russian cargo craft arrives at space station

Washington: The unpiloted Russian Progress 66 cargo ship docked at the Pirs Docking Compartment of the International Space Station on Friday, NASA said. "Today's arrival of the Progress 66 cargo craft, just 24 hours after the capture of the Space X Dragon, makes four spaceships at the International Space Station," the US space agency said. The SpaceX Dragon cargo spacecraft docked to the space station on Thursday. SpaceX Dragon cargo craft earlier aborted its first docking attempt with the space station on Wednesday as it received an incorrect navigational update. The Russian Progress 66, carrying almost three tonnes of food, fuel…