FGN28: PAK-SHARIF-PUTIN-LD LETTERS
Islamabad: Pakistan's new Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif and Russian President Vladimir Putin have quietly exchanged letters to strengthen bilateral relations, a media report said on Sunday, amidst allegations by Imran Khan that his maiden visit to Moscow, much against Washington's wishes, led to his ouster.
FGN15: LANKA-IMF-TALKS
Washington: The International Monetary Fund has assured support to debt-ridden Sri Lanka in its efforts to mitigate the current economic crisis and termed the initial discussions with the delegation led by the country's Finance Minister Ali Sabry as "fruitful".
FGN36: LANKA-PROTEST
Colombo: Student demonstrators surrounded the Sri Lankan Prime Minister's Residence here on Sunday, as the anti-government Galle Face protests reached its 16th day and the clamour for the President and Prime Minister to resign grew louder.
FGN33: VIRUS-LD CHINA
Beijing: China's capital Beijing has gone on high alert as the situation turned “grim” following the emergence of clusters of COVID-19, while the country's financial hub Shanghai reported 39 more deaths due to the virus, the highest in a day so far during the current outbreak since last month.
FGN37: PAK-MINISTER-ALVI
Islamabad: Pakistan’s Interior Minister Rana Sanaullah on Saturday tore into Arif Alvi for showing reluctance in administering oaths to cabinet members and not falling in line with the new dispensation, saying the president should unshackle himself from ex-prime minister Imran Khan’s "slavery".
FGN21: PAK-NO-FLY
Islamabad: Pakistan's new government has removed names of several high-profile personalities, including Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif, from the no-fly list, it emerged on Sunday.
FGN12: PAK-BILAWAL
Islamabad/London: PPP Chairman Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari will take oath as Pakistan's foreign minister in a day or two, a senior party leader has said, ending speculation that all allies of the government led by Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif are not on the same page.
FGN29: UK-SHAKESPEARE-BIRTHDAY
London: After a long COVID lockdown-induced gap, the birthday celebrations for William Shakespeare returned to his hometown of Stratford-Upon-Avon this weekend, when the town in the West Midlands of England marks the great English playwright’s 458th birth anniversary.
FGN25: JAPAN-4THLD BOAT
Tokyo: Rescuers said that 10 people who were retrieved Sunday from the frigid sea and the rocky coast of a northern Japanese national park had died, a day after a tour boat with 26 aboard apparently sank in rough waters, triggering questions why it was allowed to sail.