After a seven-month of blockage, a couple of NATO trucks carrying supplies for allied forces crossed into Afghanistan on Thursday. On Wednesday, Islamabad allowed western countries to use its land route to supply troops battling in Afghanistan after US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said sorry over the losses Pakistan army suffered in the NATO […]
Quashing rumors of a secret deal between Pakistan and the United States over resumption of NATO supply-line, Sherry Rehman termed it an important milestone in bilateral ties of the two allies. Pakistan’s ambassador to the United States (US) Sherry Rehman said this while speaking to the media a day after Islamabad resumed land route for […]
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Man caught smuggling heroin The Anti Narcotic Force arrested one person for attempting to smuggle a large amount of heroin. ANF officials deployed at Benazir International Airport said that Zulfiqar, a resident of Sargodha, was a passenger of Abu Dhabi flight and upon checking his luggage the ANF officials found 15 kilogram heroin. He was […]
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DCC approves reopening the Nato supplies The Defence Committee of the Cabinet (DCC) which met under the Chairmanship of Prime Minister Raja Pervez Ashraf yesterday at Prime Minister’s House decided to reopen the Ground Lines of Communication through Pakistani territory to and from Afghanistan to facilitate the transition and the subsequent transformation process in that […]
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In order to give protection to fellow collogues and avoid unwanted contempt proceedings, the federal cabinet on Wednesday gave approval to amendment bill pertaining to dual citizenships and contempt of court laws. The meeting of the cabinet held with Prime Minister Raja Pervez Ashraf in the chair, issuing orders that the dual nationality amendment bill […]
Country’s religious parties have reacted violently over the decision taken by Defence Committee of the Cabinet (DCC) to resume NATO supply line, saying that they will launch a movement against the decision. On Tuesday, Pakistan announced resumption of supply routes into Afghanistan after US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said sorry over the losses of […]
Hours after the announcement of resumption of NATO supplies, the Pakistani Taliban issued threat to attack NATO containers and kill its drivers if they attempted to reopen the supply-line. A media report quoting Ehsanullah Ehsan, the spokesperson of the Taliban, said, “We Will not allow any truck to pass and will attack it,” hours after […]
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Welcoming Pakistan’s announcement for resumption of the Ground Lines of Communication (GLOC) to Afghanistan, NATO Secretary General Andres Fogh Rasmussen said it will enhance cooperation among the allied countries. He observed, “The resumption of transit arrangements for ISAF supplies through Pakistan demonstrates strengthened cooperation between ISAF nations and our partner Pakistan”. Commending the participation of […]
Jul 4 2012 | Posted in
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Federal Information Minister Qamar Zaman Kaira has confirmed the resumption of NATO supply line which has been blocked since November 2011. Briefing the media late on Tuesday, he observed, “The meeting of Defence Committee of the Cabinet (DCC) has decided to reopen the NATO supplies”. Pakistan official announced the decision to restore the supply line […]
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NATO supply routes reopened The NATO supply routes to Afghanistan have been reopened after an apology came from Washington about the losses in lives that the military of Pakistan suffered last year due to NATO air strikes on two of its border posts. The moss of lives suffered by the Pakistani military was the death […]
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3 British soldiers die as Afghan policeman opens fire London: (Monday, July 02, 2012) Three NATO soldiers shot dead yesterday in Afghanistan as an Afghan policeman opened fire on them. According to the details, the deceased soldiers belonged to UK’s military contingent to the country. Sources claim that the soldiers came under gunfire near a […]
In what appeared to be a positive step to cope the threat of terrorism, Pakistan and the International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) have been agreed on cross-border cooperation. General John R Allen, Commander of the ISAF, held a meeting with Chief of Army Staff (COAS), General Ashfaq Parvez Kayani and discussed issues of bilateral cooperation. […]