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Punjab Chief Minister Maryam Nawaz on Tuesday inaugurated the Punjab Pavilion at the World Urban Forum in Baku, highlighting Punjab’s development and urban planning initiatives on an international platform.

Punjab Information Minister Azma Bokhari said the Punjab government’s pavilion for the “Apni Chhat Apna Ghar” housing project at Baku has emerged as a major attraction for international visitors and foreign delegates.

Islamabad and Baku are developing their ties under a trilateral framework involving Pakistan, Turkiye and Azerbaijan, President Ilham Aliyev said on Sunday. The Azeri president met with Punjab Chief Minister Maryam Nawaz in Baku, where CM Maryam arrived on a three-day visit on Saturday to represent Pakistan at the 13th UN World Urban Forum (WUF13). “President Ilham Aliyev also emphasised that Azerbaijan-Pakistan relations are currently developing within a trilateral framework involving Azerbaijan, Türkiye, and Pakistan,” read a statement issued by the Azeri president’s office on the meeting. During the meeting, the two sides “commended the development of fraternal relations and strategic partnership between Azerbaijan and Pakistan”. “They discussed cooperation in political, economic, diplomatic, defence, and other fields, while also highlighting the importance of interregional cooperation and the strong potential for further expanding trade ties,” the statement said. It was also highlighted during the meeting...

Punjab Chief Minister Maryam Nawaz, along with a delegation, met Azerbaijan President Ilham Aliyev in Baku to discuss bilateral relations and cooperation in trade and other sectors.

LAHORE - Punjab Chief Minister Maryam Nawaz Sharif arrived in Baku, the capital of Azerbaijan, along with a high-level delegation, where she was accorded a warm welcome at the airport.

LAHORE - Punjab Chief Minister Maryam Nawaz Sharif is set to depart for Baku on Saturday (today) for a three-day official visit to participate in the World Urban Forum, where she will present Punjab’s flagship affordable housing initiative on an international platform.

Prime Minister Muhammad Shehbaz Sharif on Friday arrived in Baku to attend the Victory Day ceremony of Azerbaijan at the invitation of President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev.

Baku, Islamabad - Chairman Senate Syed Yousuf Raza Gilani, arrived in Baku today to attend the International Parliamentary Conference dedicated to the 30th Anniversary of the adoption of the Constitution of the Republic of Azerbaijan.

A Syrian and an Israeli official are expected to meet in Baku later on Saturday on the sidelines of Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa’s visit to Azerbaijan, a diplomatic source in Damascus with knowledge of the issue said. “There will be a meeting between a Syrian official and an Israeli official on the sidelines of the visit being conducted by Sharaa in Baku,” said the source, who requested anonymity due to the sensitivity of the issue. Israel is a major arms supplier to Azerbaijan and has a significant diplomatic presence in the Caucasus nation, which neighbours its arch foe Iran. The diplomatic source stressed that Sharaa himself would not attend the Baku meeting, which would focus on “the recent Israeli military presence in Syria”. After the overthrow of longtime ruler Bashar al-Assad in December, Israel carried out hundreds of air strikes in Syria to prevent key military assets from falling into the hands of the interim administration headed by Sharaa. It also sent troops into the UN-patrolled buffer zone...

The Parliamentary Delegation of Pakistan led by Speaker of National Assembly Sardar Ayaz Sadiq Tuesday visited the “ASAN Service” Center in Baku.

ISLAMABAD - Prime Minister Muhammad Shehbaz Sharif will lead Pakistan delegation at the 17th Summit of Economic Cooperation Organization (ECO) which is being held in Baku, Republic of Azerbaijan, on July 3-4.

The Foreign Office (FO) said on Wednesday that Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif will attend the 17th summit of the Economic Cooperation Organisation (ECO) in Baku, Azerbaijan from July 3-4. In a statement today, the FO said the prime minister will “share Pakistan’s perspective on key regional and global challenges, reaffirm Pakistan’s commitment to the ECO Vision 2025, and advocate for enhanced intra-regional trade, transport connectivity, energy cooperation, and sustainable development”. He will also hold bilateral meetings with other ECO leaders on the sidelines of the summit to discuss matters of mutual interest, the statement added. The theme of the summit is ‘New ECO Vision for a Sustainable and Climate Resilient Future’. The 16th ECO summit was held from November 9, 2023, in Tashkent, Uzbekistan and attended by then-caretaker prime minister Anwarul Haq Kakar. According to a statement by ECO, the summit will convene ECO heads of states/governments, ministers, observers, special guests from non-ECO countries...

Prime Minister Muhammad Shehbaz Sharif will lead the Pakistan delegation at the 17th Summit of the Economic Cooperation Organization (ECO), which is being held in Baku, Republic of Azerbaijan, on July 3-4.

A second special flight operated by Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) has successfully brought back Pakistani nationals who were stranded in Iran, arriving safely in Lahore from Baku, Azerbaijan.