Pakistan Army-KSA Forces joint exercise concludes in Nowshera

RAWALPINDI: The media wing of military forces, Inter Services Public Relations (ISPR), on Friday said the joint exercise Al Samsaam-8 of Pakistan Army and Royal Saudi Land Forces concluded at the National Counter Terrorism Center, Pabbi, in Nowshera.

Lieutenant General Shaheen Mazher Mahmood, Commander Mangla Corps and Major General Abdullah Eid Al Otaibi of Royal Saudi Land Forces attended the ceremony.

Two-weeks-long joint exercise was part of a series of bilateral military exercises between Royal Saudi Land Forces and Pakistan Army. The joint exercise focused on counter-terrorism operations including cordon and search, combat patrolling and counter improvised explosive device drills, said the ISPR.

It said the exercise provided an opportunity to benchmark respective operational practices and share each other’s experiences.

H.E Nawaf Saeed Al Maliky, Ambassador of Kingdom of Saudi Arabia to Pakistan also attended the ceremony.

Majority Pakistanis evacuated from Ukraine

ISLAMABAD: The Embassy of Pakistan in Ukraine has safely evacuated nearly 98% of Pakistanis from the war-struck country.

The statement issued by the embassy maintained that only a few nearly 30 Pakistanis are left in Ukraine who are stuck in areas of intense attack.

Nearly 1,463 Pakistani have been safely evacuated, while efforts are being made to move out the stranded ones.

As per the Pakistani Envoy, Noel Khokhar, the evacuation process of the nationals has almost been completed from the war-hit Ukraine.

Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi said that the embassy was playing its role in the evacuation process.

Notably, the Pakistan embassy also helped stranded Indian students fleeing the Ukraine war in Lviv.

The foreign minister said, “They are kids in distress as a result of the war, and we did everything we could to help them on humanitarian grounds.”