The Global News Desk 115

July 14 - (The Global News Desk 115) — Turkish state media announced that Field Marshal Asim Munir arrived in Turkey on Monday for a two-day official visit.  It is anticipated that he will engage with Turkish military and political officials while there. Conversations with influential people in these sectors are also scheduled. According to PTV, which cited security sources, Field Marshal Munir received a warm reception upon his arrival. Before this visit, General Metin Tokel, who leads the Turkish Land Forces, met Field Marshal Munir in Pakistan a few weeks earlier. Both sides discussed the importance of regional security and discussed ways to improve bilateral defense cooperation, according to the Inter-Services Public Relations. General Tokel also met the air force and naval leaders of Pakistan on the same tour. This month, Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif made a trip to Turkiye, concentrating on enhancing trade and economic connections between the two nations.

A blaze annihilated a Turkish hotel and killed at least 76 people. At 03:27 a.m local time, during the School holiday season, the 12-story, wooden-clad Grand Kartal Hotel in Bolu City caught fire as 234 visitors slept. However the cause of the fire is unknown, Bolu Governor Aydin said initial investigations identified the fire began in the hotel's restaurant area on the fourth floor and spread to almost every part of the hotel. According to Aydin, it took more than an hour for fire brigades to arrive at the scene due to the distance between the hotel in Kartalkaya and the center of Bolu and the cold weather .  Emergency services deployed 267 workers to the location.  Pakistani President Asif Ali Zardari, Prime Minister Shahbaz Sharif, and Bilawal Bhutto Zardari all conveyed their deep sorrow at the loss of precious lives.