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Pakistan extended the deadline for repatriation of Afghan refugees, which was set to expire on 30th June 2013. The decision was taken at the request of United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), a United Nations Agency working for the protection of refugees. Pakistan has been playing host to Afghan refugees since more than three […]
At least 28 people, including a member of provincial assembly, were killed while 25 others were injured in a suicide attack in a funeral near Mardan on Tuesday, police said. Deputy Inspector-General Mardan Jaffar Khan said the funeral prayers of a petrol station owner Haji Abdullah, was being offered, when the suicide attack took place […]
Pakistan on Tuesday angrily reacted to recent remarks by Afghan President Hamid Karzai, who had alleged that Pakistani security agencies are destabilizing Afghanistan. Karzai in an interview with gency for what he claimed “their efforts to weaken and make Afghanistan unstable using religious extremists as a tool”. The Pakistani Foreign Ministry rejected Karzai’s remarks in […]
Some members of Afghan High Peace Council will travel to Qatar to hold formal peace talks with the Taliban, Afghan President Hamid Karzai said on Tuesday. “Members of peace council will go to Qatar to initiate peace talks with the Taliban,” Karzai told a joint press conference with the visiting NATO Secretary General Anders […]
Afghan Taliban say that they have shot down a helicopter of ISAF forces in western Afghanistan, but officials say that the helicopter made an emergency landing, reports said Tuesday. The Taliban spokesman, Qari Mohammad Yousaf Ahmadi, said that the Taliban shot down the foreign forces’ helicopter during a clash in the Garani area in Balabolok […]
The National Assembly was told on Tuesday that a new policy is being evolved to stop the U.S. drone attacks in the country’s tribal regions. Advisor to Prime Minister on Foreign Affairs and National Security‚ Sartaj Aziz said the National Assembly the new government is working seriously to bring an end to drone attacks. The […]
Three people were killed and five others injured in a suicide attack in the Afghan capital Tuesday, police said. “Eyewitnesses say that the explosion took place in front of the building of the Human Rights Commission in Kabul city and the target of the attack was Haji Mohammad Mohaqeq, a member of Afghan parliament. It […]
A group of ten female Pakistani hockey players and two female coaches will leave for Washington this weekend to participate in the U.S. State Department’s Empowering Women and Girls through Sports Initiative program from June 17-27 which aims to increase the number of women and girls involved in sports. “These high school athletes […]
The Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa provincial government has proposed an increase of 15 percent in the salaries and pension of government employees. A balanced and tax-free budget of KPK for the fiscal year 2013-14 amounting to 344 billion rupees was presented in Provincial Assembly on Monday. The Provincial Senior Minister and Minister for Finance Sirajul Haq […]
Pakistan High Commissioner to Malaysia Mr. Shahid Masroor Gul Kiani has said the Malaysian companies are seriously looking to explore business and investment opportunities in Pakistan. “We have spent the last few weeks holding a series of talks with the Malaysian trade officials and the captains of various industries and the response to our offer […]
The US Secretary of State John Kerry has telephoned Pakistani Prime Minister, Nawaz Sharif, and ‘reassured that the US Administration remained steadfast in supporting the new democratic government in Pakistan’, the Foreign Ministry said Monday. Secretary Kerry provided an update on the recent developments and expressed appreciation for Pakistan’s positive role in advancing peace and […]
Interior Minister Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan told the National Assembly on Monday that despite dozens of check posts in Quetta, the security agencies could not succeed to check the movement of the armed men, who can strike wherever they want. “There are many check posts of police, paramilitary forces and security agencies. The intelligence […]
