ISLAMABAD: Russian Presidential Envoy on Afghanistan Zamir Kabulov met with Pakistan’s Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi in Islamabad, on Tuesday, and discussed the matter relating to the ongoing efforts to end a long war in Afghanistan.
Kabulov lauded Pakistan’s role and efforts for Afghan peace and reconciliation, Pakistan’s foreign office said in a statement after the meeting.
According to the statement, the Russian envoy said, “Pakistan’s role for the peace process is very important.”
Foreign Minister Qureshi assured Ambassador Kabulov that “Pakistan will continue to play its role for peace in Afghanistan.”
The Russian envoy also held delegation level talks with Pakistan’s Foreign Secretary Tehmina Janjua at the Foreign office.
Last week, US special representative for Afghan reconciliation Zalmay Khalilzad and representatives of Afghan Taliban held a marathon round of talks in Qatar that lasted for six day.
Ambassador Khalilzad later noted on Twitter that “we made significant progress on vital issues,” during the talks in Doha.
Russian envoy lauds Pakistan’s role for peace efforts in Afghanistan
Russian envoy lauds Pakistan’s role for peace efforts in Afghanistan
- Pakistan will continue to play its role for peace in Afghanistan, FM Qureshi
- Islamabad’s role for the peace process is very important, Russian envoy
Pakistan expresses solidarity with Canada as school shooting claims 9 lives
- At least 9 dead, 27 wounded in shooting incident at secondary school, residence in British Columbia on Tuesday
- Officials say the shooter was found dead with an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound after the incident
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Wednesday expressed solidarity with Canada as a high school shooting incident in a British Columbia town left at least nine dead, more than 20 others injured.
Six people were found at the Tumbler Ridge Secondary School while a seventh died on the way to the hospital, the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) said in a statement on Tuesday. Two other people were found dead at a home that police believe is connected to the shooting at the school. A total of 27 people were wounded in the attack.
In an initial emergency alert, police described the suspect as a “female in a dress with brown hair,” with officials saying she was found dead with an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound.
“Saddened by the tragic shooting in Tumbler Ridge, British Columbia,” Sharif wrote on social media platform X.
He conveyed his condolences to the families of the victims, wishing a swift recovery to those injured in the attack.
“Pakistan stands in solidarity with the people and Government of Canada in this difficult time,” he added.
Canadian police have not yet released any information about the age of the shooter or the victims.
Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney said he was “devastated” by the violence, announcing he had suspended plans to travel to the Munich Security Conference on Wednesday.
While mass shootings are rare in Canada, last April, a vehicle attack that targeted a Filipino cultural festival in Vancouver killed 11 people.
British Columbia Premier David Eby called the latest violence “unimaginable.”
Nina Krieger, British Columbia’s minister of public safety, described it as one of the “worst mass shootings” in Canada’s history.
