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Top American military commanders want to move beyond Salala A day after Prime Minister Yousaf Raza Gilani met US President Barack Obama on the margins of a nuclear security summit in Seoul, top American military commanders flew in to meet Army Chief General Ashfaq Parvez Kayani on Wednesday. The meeting between Kayani and the American commanders – Centcom […]
Man accused of Xinjiang attack sentenced to death by China A man accused of plotting a deadly knife and hatchet attack last month in China’s restive Xinjiang region has been sentenced to death, judicial authorities said. The man’s name – Abudukeremu Mamuti in Chinese – suggested he was from the mainly Muslim Uighur minority that populates […]
Thousands of people from right-wing, religious and banned organisations demonstrated in Islamabad on Tuesday, calling on Pakistan not to reopen its Afghan border to NATO and US supplies. Hafiz Saeed, the head of banned charity Jamaat-ud-Dawa seen as a front for the Lashkar-e-Taiba terror group blamed for the 2008 Mumbai attacks addressed the heavily guarded […]
Gilani, Obama vow to safeguard anti-terror alliance The Prime Minister of Pakistan Yusuf Raza Gilani and the President of United States of America Barack Obama on Tuesday vowed to rescue the troubled anti-terror alliance between the two countries, which has reached its all-time low over the past 10 months of recriminations and mistrust. The two […]
US is looking for improved relationship with Pakistan – Ben Rhodes US Deputy National Security Adviser, Ben Rhodes has expressed that the US wants to stabilize the relations with Pakistan as it has been a major player in the on-going war on terror. Pakistan and the US have not shared friendly relations since last couple […]
Pakistan seeks to use Nuclear Technology to meet energy needs Prime Minister Syed Yusuf Raza Gilani on Monday urged the international community to give Pakistan access to nuclear technology for peaceful uses on a non-discriminatory basis. Speaking at the dinner on the first day of the two-day second Seoul Security Summit here, the prime minister […]
Relatives of 17 people shot dead in a rampage by a US soldier in southern Afghanistan have been paid tens of thousands of dollars in compensation, a tribal chief and government officials said Sunday. The money — provided by the US military — was handed over at a private ceremony at the Kandahar provincial governor’s […]
US, Pakistan and Afghanistan all set to revive trilateral forum The United States of America, Pakistan and Afghanistan are set to revive trilateral talks after a nearly seven-month deadlock, Afghan diplomats and foreign ministry officials said on Friday. Officials from the three countries last met in Islamabad in September last year, few days before the […]
US soldier formally charged for murdering Afghan civilians The US soldier implicated in the deaths of 17 civilians in a village in southern Afghanistan, was formally charged Friday with the “premeditated murders”, US forces said in a statement released in Kabul. Staff Sergeant Robert Bales, of the 2nd Battalion, 3rd Infantry, was also accused of […]
The top commander of US and NATO forces in Afghanistan has once again reiterated old mantra that the Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) continues to support the Taliban and the Haqqani network. In reply to a question asked by Senator John McCain about any change in the ISI’s relationship with the Haqqani network and the Taliban he […]
Pakistan added in the list of countries who might be subjected to US sanctions for purchasing oil from Iran A US State Department official said on Wednesday that 12 countries that buy Iranian oil could be subject to US sanctions unless they significantly cut purchases. The list includes China, India and Pakistan. The department released […]
It is quite a welcoming gesture that Parliament will decide new terms of engagement with the United States in light of the recommendations prepared by Parliamentary Committee on National Security (PCNS). Since last four decades, a military dominated establishment used to formulate foreign policy exclusively. Without taking political leaderships and foreign office into confidence, the […]
