The deliveries were a part of a five-year contract between the commodity trading company Gunvor and Pakistan LNG Ltd., the country’s second-largest state-owned petroleum company. Both parties had agreed upon a five-year contract at an 11.6 percent Brent slope, and the contract was due to end in June this year.

Out of the total disbursement of Rs 1,387.86 million, around Rs677.70 million have been spent on the aviation sector projects during an eight-month period (July-February) of the current fiscal year, according to official data available with APP.

President Erdogan called on the delegations to "put an end to this tragedy," saying both Russia and Ukraine both have "legitimate concerns" ahead of the meeting at the Dolmabahce Palace.

The per liter price of petrol in Pakistan stands at $0.8, whereas the other regional countries offer it at no less than $0.9 per liter. The per liter cost of petrol in Sri Lanka is $0.99, followed by Bangladesh where it stands at $1.03. The highest per liter cost of petrol in the region is offered by India, which sells it at around $1.5 per liter.

Prime Minister Naftali Bennett's trip to India has been postponed and will be rescheduled.

Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi left for China on Monday on a three-day visit, on the invitation of State Councilor and Foreign Minister of China Wang Yi, to attend the third meeting of the Foreign Ministers of Neighbouring Countries of Afghanistan.

U.S President Joe Biden on Monday said his remark that Russian President Vladimir Putin should not remain in power reflected his own moral outrage at Russia's invasion of Ukraine, not a U.S. policy shift.

The Indian government is working on a proposal to allow up to five nationalized Indian banks to be engaged in the rupee-ruble trade mechanism, and discussions between the central bank governor, the finance minister, and the banks on the matter have already been held.

Maria Zakharova, the spokesperson of the Russian foreign ministry, retorted to the criticism by French President Macron. In her Facebook page post, she said, “We were taught by the French presidents and the French Foreign Ministry that any caricatures are normal. Even as monsters as in Charlie Ebdo."

FM Qureshi said the emergence of new conflicts did not mean that the world can afford to forget old ones, adding that the wounds of 40 years of war and bloodshed in Afghanistan would take a long time to heal.

All five senior players were part of the team that won the three-match Test series 1-0 last week, on Australia's first tour of Pakistan in 24 years.

China's Foreign Minister Wang Yi arrived in Kabul Thursday on his first trip to Afghanistan since the Taliban seized power, meeting Deputy Prime Minister Abdul Ghani Baradar and Foreign Minister Amir Khan Muttaqi.