US Secretary of State, John Kerry, met Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif in Islamabad on Thursday and both sides agreed to work together for peace and stability in Afghanistan and move forward Afghan reconciliation process. Both leaders held on- on-one meeting which was later on joined by the respective delegations, state radio reported. “Both the […]
The visiting U.S. Secretary of State, John Kerry, on Thursday opened talks in Islamabad on cooperation to effective fight terrorism, controversial drone strikes, enhance economic cooperation and to discuss their role in the elusive Afghan peace, officials said. Mr Kerry, who is the first senior American office to visit Pakistan since the new government has […]
Pakistan has emphatically conveyed to the United States its concerns on drone attacks and raised the issue of drone attacks at different world forums including the United Nations Human Rights Council, the Foreign Ministry said on Thursday. “We will continue to raise this issue with the US officials at all the appropriate forums. The […]
The US State Department has recently issued a statement saying that the US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton is planning to return to office next week. “Some of the senior staff who spoke to her about half an hour ago say that she’s sounding terrific, upbeat, raring to go. She’s looking forward to getting […]
Jan 4 2013 | Posted in
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Thousands of people took on the roads across the country to denounce an anti-Islam film, demanding the expulsion of US diplomats and cut off in ties between Pakistan and the United States. ‘Innocence of Muslims’, the anti-Islam movie has extreme blasphemy against Prophet Muhammad (PBUH) that sparked fury across the Muslim world. In order to […]
Richard Miniter, a famous America journalist, claimed that a colonel of the Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) assisted the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) track down Al-Qaeda chief Osama Bin Laden. In what appeared to be another shocking claim, the book claimed that Chief of Army Staff General Ashfaq Pervez Kayani may have been informed about the May […]
Aug 23 2012 | Posted in
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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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The Foreign Minister of Pakistan Hina Rabbani Khar has voiced her opinion about having a cooperative relationship with the US. The Foreign Minister expressed herself while she was in Tokyo for the Tokyo Conference in Afghanistan. The Foreign Minister of Pakistan was in a meeting with the US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton. This was […]
Jul 9 2012 | Posted in
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Iran, an ally to Damascus, is looking to use its ‘good relations’ with Turkey and Syria to defuse tensions in the region Iranian authorities feel that it is important to resolve a “very sensitive” issue following the shooting down of a Turkish jet by Syrian forces a few days back. The incident has become a […]
Jun 29 2012 | Posted in
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A convoy of thirty armoured vehicles left the Turkish coastal city of Iskenderun in the province of Hatay and headed towards the Syrian border. These vehicles will be deployed along the border According to an official news agency based in Anatolia, several armoured vehicles are en route to military facilities in Sanliurfa near the Syrian […]
Jun 28 2012 | Posted in
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In quite an odd move, the Foreign Office expressed its lack of knowledge that Pakistan has been used as safe hideaway by Al-Qaeda and its ally outfits. In reply to the allegations leveled by US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, who said she believed Al-Qaeda leader Ayman Al-Zawahiri is somewhere in Pakistan, the Foreign Office […]
In quick response of Sunday’s Kabul attacks, US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said that the United States will continue to press Pakistan to launch an operation against the Haqqani network, as signs emerged it might be behind the assaults. According to a statement issued by the State Department on Monday, Hillary Clinton spoke to […]