Minister for Law and Order Sagala Ratnayaka has accepted an invitation from Pakistan's Minister for Interior Affairs Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan to visit Pakistan to further cement relations between the two countries, the Daily Times reported.
The Meeting between the Pakistan and Sri Lankan ministers ranged over a number of areas of bilateral cooperation as well as narcotics control. The Sri Lankan minister conveyed the desire of his government to strengthen relations with Pakistan. He also briefed Nisar about his country’s efforts to control drugs.
The two ministers met on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly’s Special Session on the World’s Drug Problem. Nisar is currently in New York as leader of 7-member delegation to represent Pakistan at the UN and spoke on Pakistan’s efforts to curb the illicit narcotics trade.
Pakistan’s Permanent Representative to UN Ambassador Maleeha Lodhi, Anti-Narcotics Division Secretary Ijaz Ali Shah and Anti-Narcotics Force Director General Major General Nasir Dilawar Shah also attended the meeting from Pakistan side.
The Constitutional Council has approved four nominees, proposed by the President, to fill vacancies in the Court of Appeal.
The Election Commission has announced the plan for leave for both public and private sector employees for the upcoming presidential election on September 21, 2024, without loss of salary or personal leave.
The Ceylon Petroleum Corporation (CPC) will reduce fuel prices with effect from midnight today.
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