Following are the top foreign stories at 2040 hours

    
     FGN25: BANGLA-INDIA-BORDER-KILLINGS-MOMEN
     Dhaka: Bangladesh Foreign Minister A K Abdul Momen on Saturday described the killings on the Indo-Bangla border as “unfortunate” as India's border forces continue to use lethal arms despite assurance from the top level that they would use non-lethal weapons in frontier management.
    
     FGN23: PAK-JUDICIARY-BAR-INTERFERENCE
     Islamabad: Pakistan's judiciary and the Supreme Court Bar Association on Saturday locked horns over allegations of interference in judicial matters by the country's security institutions, with the Chief Justice of Lahore High Court vehemently saying that the judiciary in the country never takes dictation from other institutions.
    
     FGN22: PAK-CHINA-PORT-CONTAINERS
     Islamabad: Pakistan on Saturday said the containers seized by Indian authorities at Gujarat's Mundra Port on a Shanghai-bound cargo ship were "empty" but were earlier used for the transportation of fuel from China to Karachi for K-2 and K-3 nuclear power plants.
    
     FGN18: CHINA-XI-BRI
     Beijing: The global environment for building projects under China’s BRI is becoming increasingly complex, President Xi Jinping has said, encouraging officials to seize the strategic opportunities and actively respond to challenges facing his multi-billion-dollar pet initiative, which is set to face competition from the US’ B3W plan.
    
     FGN17: PAK-KARTARPUR-SIDHU
     Lahore: Punjab Congress chief Navjot Singh Sidhu on Saturday visited the revered Gurdwara Darbar Sahib in Pakistan and offered prayers and stressed on "opening of a new friendship chapter" and trade between the two countries, days after India reopened the visa-free Kartarpur corridor for Sikh pilgrims. PTI
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