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In order to overcome the sectarian violence, the government has decided to take all stakeholders on board and form a united body. Federal Interior Minister Rehman Malik while speaking to the media said that the government was going to create inter-faith council to create religious harmony in the country. He explained that the council will […]
Reiterating his old stance, Federal Interior Minister Rehman Malik has asked the Taliban to surrender arms otherwise ready for action, adding that they were operating on someone else’s instance from Afghanistan. While interviewing with Radio Pakistan, Malik said the government was committed to take campaign against militancy to its logical ending. Replying to a query […]
In what appeared to be a useless effort, Pakistan once again summoned a senior US diplomat to lodge a formal protest against continued drone strikes inside the country’s tribal areas. Foreign Office released official statement on Thursday saying that a senior US official was summoned to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to record Islamabad’s concerns […]
Rejecting any outside pressure, Chief on Army Staff (COAS) General Ashfaq Parvez Kayani on Friday categorically denied joint-operation in the North Waziristan Agency. Earlier, the US media reported that Pakistan was launching a joint operation in North Waziristan against militants. Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) released a press statement saying the military chief clarified Pakistan’s position […]
Urging the heads of states and governments to support Pakistan in appealing all the groups in Afghanistan to join the reconciliation and peace, President Asif Ali Zardari said termed peace vital for prosperity in the region. While addressing the fourth Islamic summit in Makkah, the president said Islamabad had been seriously affected the unrest in […]
Foreign Office spokesman Moazzam Ahmad Khan has said that Islamabad was concerned over the deteriorating situation in Syria and over the plight of Muslim community in Burma (Myanmar). While speaking to the media during a weekly briefing, he said that President Asif Ali Zardari had sent a letter to his Myanmar’s counterpart of the excesses […]
After a lot of talk and wait, the United States has finally released $1.1 billion to Pakistan of the Coalition Support Fund (CSF), the first installment of its kind since December 2010. The United States released the funds after Islamabad and Washington inked an agreement governing Ground Line of Communications (GLoC) for NATO forces battling […]
Richard Olson, who is nominated by President Barack Obama to replace with Cameron Munter, said that Islamabad has moved away from the old strategic thinking of finding strategic depth in Afghanistan. Giving his confirmation hearing to the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, Olson avoided usual criticism on Pakistan’s policy towards Afghanistan. He was of the opinion […]
Pakistan has inked an agreement with the United States on arrangements for NATO supplies, replacing the existing Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) in place since 2004. Earlier, Islamabad agreed to resume land route for allied forces battling in Afghanistan after closing them for seven months in protest at a botched US airstrike that killed 24 Pakistani […]
President Asif Ali Zardari is going to attend an extraordinary summit of Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) scheduled to be held in second week of August in Makkah, the city of Saudi Arabia. In order to discuss the current situation facing the Muslim world, Saudi King Abdullah bin Abdul Aziz invited leaders of Muslim countries […]
Ahead of intelligence summit between Washington and Islamabad, Pakistan’s ambassador to the United States Sherry Rehman has called for a halt to drone attacks in tribal belt. Speaking at the Aspen Security Forum, the Pakistani envoy said the drone strikes succeeded in damaging Al-Qaeda network but are also forming new terrorists in the region. She […]
Cameron Munter, the outgoing ambassador to the United States, asked Pakistan to stop blaming foreign interventions, saying it will not resolve multiple internal challenges the country is facing in the present scenario. In his farewell message to the Facebook community in Pakistan, he observed, “Pakistan must look to its own people and its own potential […]
