Yes, Pakistan has a separate foreign policy. A country's ability to recruit new partners is restricted and undermined by a reliant foreign strategy. A weak state's foreign policy inevitably serves the needs of others. If the country's domestic problems persist, its reliant foreign strategy will also keep it weak, making it an unattractive partner and investment destination. However, a robust Pakistan will be better equipped to pursue "an autonomous foreign policy," engage the world more, and increase its overall strength.

ISLAMABAD: The nation celebrated the 146th birthday anniversary of the founder of Pakistan, Quaid-e-Azam Muhammad Ali Jinnah, on December 25 (Sunday) across the country showing great zeal and enthusiasm. Special events were arranged to highlight and promote the vision and messages of Quaid-e-Azam Muhammad Ali Jinnah, particularly with regard to rule of law, the supremacy of the constitution, and the upholding of democracy. A special ceremony was arranged by the Pakistan Academy of Letters on December 22 (Thursday) to mark the 146th birth anniversary of Quaid-i-Azam Muhammad Ali Jinnah. Muhammad Ali Jinnah was a lawyer and politician who served as leader of the All-India Muslim League from 1913 until Pakistan’s independence on August 14, 1947, and then as Pakistan’s first governor-general until his death on September 11, 1948. The new generation should make Quaid-e-Azam their role model and follow his principles.

ISLAMABAD, DEC 25 (DNA) — President Dr Arif Alvi urged the nation to reiterate its commitment to cherish and uphold the vision of Quaid-e-Azam Muhammad Ali Jinnah for Pakistan and mobilise resources to tackle the grave issues to move on the path of political stability and economic prosperity. “Let us reiterate our pledge to give equal rights to all citizens in pursuance of Quaid’s advice: You are free; you are free to go to your temples. You are free to go to your mosques or to any other places of worship in this State of Pakistan. It is a crime against humanity that our women are shut up within the four walls of the houses as prisoners. There is no sanction anywhere for the deplorable condition in which our women have to live.

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ISLAMABAD – President Dr Arif Alvi, and Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on the occasion of Quaid-e-Azam Muhammad Ali Jinnah’s 146th birth anniversary, urged the nation to follow the guiding principles of Father of Nation. The top civil leaders shared separate messages in connection with the birth anniversary of Quaid-e-Azam. In his message, Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif said the best way to pay tribute to Quaid-e-Azam is to make Pakistan an Islamic welfare state. Quaid-e-Azam DayPakistanis are celebrating 146th birth anniversary of the Father of the Nation, Muhammad Ali Jinnah, with traditional zeal and fervour today. The government has made elaborate security arrangements for Christmas and the birth anniversary of the Father of the Nation, Muhammad Ali Jinnah.

ISLAMABAD: The nation is celebrating the 146th birthday of the founder of Pakistan, Quaid-e-Azam Muhammad Ali Jinnah today across the country with pledges to uphold his guiding principles of unity, faith, and discipline. The national flag will be hoisted on major government buildings throughout the country on the birth anniversary of the Quaid-e-Azam. The day dawned with special prayers for the security, progress and prosperity of the country. In his message for the day, PM Shehbaz Sharif said that the founder of Pakistan Quaid-e-Azam was against the idea of a majority usurping the rights of minorities on the basis of numerical superiority. PM Shehbaz emphasised that the Pakistani nation today needed to follow Quaid's principles.

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Share:SUKKUR - Chief Executive Officer (CEO), of the Protection of Human Rights Organization (PHRO), Samreen Lakho on Friday said that the founder of Pakistan Quaid-e-Azam Muhammad Ali Jinnah’s vision of Pakistan was an impregnable welfare state where people could live with love, fraternity and harmony. Speaking in an event in connection with the birth anniversary of Quid-e- Azam Muhammad Ali Jinnah, she appealed for national unity to achieve ideals and principles upheld by the Quaid-e- Azam, defeat the demons of extremism and militancy that seek to strike at the foundational principles of Pakistan. She said that December 25th is also a day to reiterate our resolve to defeat the dark forces that seek to undermine the nation’s founding principles. She further said that Pakistan was created for the welfare of the masses and let us make it a welfare-driven state in which every individual is allowed opportunities for the blossoming of their creative potential. She also congratulated the Christian community on celebrating Christmas and said that all religions teach peace and harmony.

KARACHI: President Dr Arif Alvi on Saturday urged the Korangi Association of Trade and Industry (KATI) to enhance women’s participation in the business sector and labour force as they could play an integral part in society. He called for taking practical and time-bound steps to increase women’s inclusion in the productive workforce and creating a safe, conducive, and women-friendly environment at the workplace. The president expressed these views during his visit to the Korangi Association of Trade and Industry (KATI), President Secretariat Press Wing said in a press release. While referring to the economic success of emerging economy of Vietnam with intellectual resources in the IT sector, the president said that the intellectual and human resource development of a nation must equally be focused on in addition to developing its natural resources. The president urged the business community to follow the path of the founder of Pakistan by pursuing the unity, faith and discipline to become successful in every walk of life and hoped that the business community would continue to strengthen economy of the country.

Karachi has one of the highest numbers of drug consumers in the world, and the Old Golimar area is the hub of this illicit trade. In connivance with government officials, the drug market in Old Golimar does a flourishing ‘trade’. Recently, the drug dealers took out their modern weapons when the area residents held a protest demonstration to draw the attention of the government towards the activities of the drug mafia in the area. Ironically, when the law-enforcement personnel reached the spot, they used force against the protesters instead of the drug traffickers. OLD GOLIMAR RESIDENTSKARACHI

For this purpose, authorities at the Islamabad International Airport have worked out a schedule for the arrival of smog-diverted flights and their safe landing. The officials further said that the diverted flights are apart from the scheduled flights, adding that four flights have already departed from Islamabad airport under the diverted flights' operation with 607 passengers and 29-member crew on board. Similarly, three diverted flights carrying 650 passengers also landed at the Islamabad airport. In view of the circumstances, the civil aviation authority has formed a task force to handle the complaints of passengers of delayed, cancelled or diverted flights. He added the task force will also communicate with the traffic police to ensure that there was no rush in the airport’s parking.

ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif called on the nation to take guidance from the life of Quaid e Azam Muhammad Ali Jinnah and follow his principles to ensure the progress and prosperity of Pakistan. The founder of Pakistan Quaid-e-Azam valiantly fought the constitutional and political fight for the rights of Muslims of Indian subcontinent, as a result, today all Muslims were living independently in Pakistan, he added. The prime minister pointed that because of the rising religious animosity and the thinking of extremist Hindutva, India as a state had failed to protect rights of the minorities. The prime minister said Pakistan was going through a difficult phase at present and the need to follow the principles of Quaid which had become more necessary to follow than ever. “Let us today on the anniversary of Quaid make the pledge that we will take guidance from the life of Quaid and follow his principles to ensure progress and prosperity of Pakistan,” he concluded.

The Chief Executive Officer of the Ravi Urban Development Authority, Imran Amin, visited the river training site on Friday and reviewed the ongoing construction work at the embankments, meandering the River Ravi. The river training began earlier this year in the first developmental phase of RUDA, which has its own master plan. In the light of RUDA’s master plan, work has already started, albeit with different orientations of planning and execution. Earlier, the CEO also visited the upcoming flagship residential project, Chaharbagh, where he was briefed by Brig (Retd.) Waheed, executive director of RUDA, about the developmental work completed so far.

The 2022 FIFA World Cup drew to a close on Sunday with a spectacular Argentinian victory over France’s Les Bleus in the final. Now that the 2022 run is over, the fans are welcoming Messi's win or Mbappe's loss one way or another. Amidst the chaos, Pakistani Twitter hit gold when a user wondered if the country could ever host a World Cup. you reckon Pakistan could host a World Cup — talha (@dafucboi) December 22, 2022And boy, did we come up with ideas! There were beautiful stadiums, a seemingly infinite supply of volunteers, flawless security, free and efficient transport as well as accommodation that more than rose to the challenge of hosting the World Cup.