Islamabad and Kabul have agreed to restore dilly-dallied talks on the regional peace process, saying Afghan’s efforts to negotiate with the Taliban needs Pakistan’s help to be successful. Pakistani Prime Minister Raja Pervez Ashraf on Thursday pledged to help arrange meetings between Afghan and Taliban representatives to find the way for bringing peace in the […]
A suicide bomber struck the National Security building in Damascus Wednesday during a meeting of Cabinet ministers and senior security officials, state-run media said. The blast came as the capital has seen four straight days of clashes pitting government troops against rebels, who are trying to bring down the regime by force. The fighting is […]
Jul 18 2012 | Posted in
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US President Barack Obama has named Richard G. Oslan to be the ambassador to Pakistan, assigning task them to shape highly sensitive relationships after withdrawal of allied forces from Afghanistan. Oslan, who had served US ambassador to the United Arab Emirates (UAE), is named envoy to Pakistan after incumbent Cameron Munter tendered his resignation from […]
Condemning the government’s decision to resume NATO supply-line into Afghanistan, thousands of charged activists marched towards the Afghan border. Jamaat-e-Islami (JI), a leading right-winger party and active member of the Difa-e-Pakistan Counsel (DPC) organized the march, demanding blockage of supply line into Afghanistan. JI chief Syed Munawwarul Hasan while addressing the rally said that the […]
Jul 17 2012 | Posted in
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In what appeared to be an awkward disconnect between civil and military authorities on Monday, the two expressed difference of opinion over the scheduled visit of Chief of Army Staff General Ashfaq Pervez Kayani to the United States. The bilateral ties between Islamabad and Washing are just beginning to thaw after the former resumed NATO […]
Proving the proverbial Nero-fiddles-while-Rome-burns situation, Chief Minister Balochistan Nawab Aslam Raisani said that the situation in the province was not as bad as was portrayed by the media. The province is sliding into chaos while the chief minister is criticizing the media for portraying bad image of the region and projecting negative role. He remarked, […]
Jul 17 2012 | Posted in
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Ruling out any external role in the Kashmir dispute, US President Barrack Obama welcomed bilateral dialogues between Islamabad and New Delhi. Speaking to an Indian journalist, the American President urged the two neighboring states to work together to find a solution to a dispute that had already caused three wars between them. Asking the international […]
UN leader Ban Ki-moon on Friday demanded that the UN Security Council act on the Syria conflict, warning that any failure would be giving “a license for further massacres”. Ban joined with UN-Arab League envoy Kofi Annan to express outrage at the mass killings in the Syrian village of Treimsa and to make an “urgent […]
Jul 14 2012 | Posted in
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Unidentified gunmen stormed into a private hostel of policemen in Lahore where they were sleeping, killing at least nine cops and injuring another nine. In fresh wave of militancy in Punjab, it was second attack in three days on security personnel that raises fears in the provincial metropolis. Lahore has been largely peaceful over the […]
Cameron Munter, the outgoing US ambassador has said that the Obama administration led by was keenly interested in continual of democracy in Pakistan. While speaking to the state TV channel, the American envoy said both Washington and Islamabad wanted to work together and build people-to-people contacts. He desired that more tourists from the United States […]
US Senators have urged Obama administration to release funds to Pakistan that have been held up for months after Islamabad resumed land routes for NATO forces battling in Afghanistan. The situation has become much comfortable after US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton had given expression of apology to Islamabad over the Salala check-post attack that […]
Jul 11 2012 | Posted in
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Pakistan’s ambassador to the United States Sherry Rehman has said that Islamabad wasn’t given any go-ahead to the US for launching drone strikes on its territory after the expression of apology uttered by Secretary of State Hillary Clinton over the killing of 24 Pakistani troops. During an interview with CNN, the Pakistani envoy termed the […]