As the Afghan endgame fast approaching, Pakistani Foreign Minister, Hina Rabbani Khar, and the U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, have held talks on , the post 2014 transition in Afghanistan, the Foreign Ministry said Tuesday. The United States, which has currently more than 60,000 troops in Afghanistan as part of nearly 150,000 NATO force, […]
Pakistan indicated that it might review a decision that has put its ties with not only United States (US) but another 42 countries in a spin, realizing that it cannot keep the NATO supplies blocked for long. A lot of development was observed on Monday in Islamabad including a high-level civil-military meeting at the Presidency […]
Prime Minister Syed Yousaf Raza Gilani rejected the impression that the incumbent was considering giving extension to the Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) director general (DG), Ahmed Shuja Pasha, in order to normalize civil-military relations. While speaking to the media after his return from World Economic Forum, he observed, “It’s disinformation that meetings with the military brass […]
Amid a tense standoff between Pakistan’s civilian-military leadership, Attorney General Maulvi Anwar ul Haq told the Supreme Court on Friday that the government had no intentions of sacking Chief of Army Staff General Ashfaq Parvez Kayani and Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) Director General Ahmed Shuja Pasha for their unconstitutional and illegal replies in the memogate case. […]
Chief of Army Staff (COAS) General Ashfaq Pervaiz Kiyani has asked President Asif Zardari to instruct Prime Minister to withdraw his statement to Chinese media about army and ISI chiefs, private TV channel reported on Saturday. Army Chief General Ashfaq Pervaiz Kiyani called on President on Saturday evening at Aiwan-e-Sadar before going to Prime Minister’s […]
Ebb of high-profile political drama A high-profile political drama has been concluded without any solid conclusion, giving a deep breath to masses. However, uncertainty will remain in terms of what will happen in future on political fronts. The chaos that gripped across the world indicates one thing that the writers of the ISPR press note, […]
Hussain Haqqani, Gen Kayani, ISI Director Pasha in for tough interviewing The Parliamentary Committee on National Security (PCNS) has decided to summon Pakistan’s former ambassador to the United States (US) Husain Haqqani in January to grill him about the inglorious memogate scandal. According to the media reports, Haqqani will face the parliamentary panel next month, […]
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