US announces a bounty of US $10M on Hafiz Saeed and US $2M on Abdul Rehman Makki United States of America offered handsome prize money of US$ 10m for arrest of Pakistan-based militant group’s founder, Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT), Hafiz Muhammad Saeed. The organisation is blamed for planning the 2008 Mumbai terror attacks in India but nothing […]
Pakistan called Thursday for open dialogue with the United States even before parliament wraps up a protracted debate on repairing an anti-terror alliance that nearly ruptured over a series of crises. “Pakistan attaches enormous value to its contacts with the US,” said foreign ministry spokesman Abdul Basit, just days after the highest-level contacts between the […]
Supreme Court of Pakistan extends memo commission term by six weeks The Supreme Court of Pakistan has extended the term of the memo commission by a period of six weeks. The decision was made by the Supreme Court of the country today. The bench which is overlooking the memo gate scandal consists of a total […]
Mar 29 2012 | Posted in
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Pakistani lawmakers have opened a debate on the terms of the nation’s re-engagement with the United States after ties were all but severed following deadly American air-strikes on Pakistani troops in November. “Pakistan wants to pursue good relations with every country, Pakistan also wants to pursue its own national interest,” foreign minister Hina Rabbani Khar […]
Pakistan’s parliamentary committee demands end to US drone attacks A committee of the parliament of Pakistan has recently made a demand to make the United States stop the drone attacks that take place within the Pakistani border. The committee was reviewing the relations between Pakistan as well as the US after which the demand was […]
Mar 20 2012 | Posted in
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The infamous memogate saga declines to die as everyday a new twist comes into the surface and makes it more notorious. Rejecting application of Hussain Haqqani, who offered to give his testimony via video link from London, the judicial commission directed him to appear in person as per the terms of his departure from the […]
IMF chief Christine Lagarde said Sunday measures taken to fight financial woes in Europe and the US were starting to pay off, in a cautiously upbeat assessment of the global economy. But Lagarde – in Beijing for a two-day trip to attend a high profile forum on China’s development and hold meetings with her economic […]
Mar 19 2012 | Posted in
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Mansoor Ijaz states he has been in favour of Pakistan using nuclear technology The key person of the memo gate scandal, Mansoor Ijaz has recently given the statement in which he said that he was not against Pakistan getting hold of the nuclear technology in order to strengthen the country’s defence. Not only that, he […]
Mar 16 2012 | Posted in
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Hussain Haqqani asks Supreme Court not to appoint forensic expert The former Pakistani ambassador to the United States has requested the Supreme Court of Pakistan recently not to appoint a forensic expert to investigate the memo gate scandal and let Mansoor Ijaz bear the cost of the expert as he was the one who brought […]
Mar 14 2012 | Posted in
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Gilani asserts his support for country The Prime Minister of Pakistan Yousuf Raza Gilani has recently given a statement in which he stated that he was the “strongest man at present” in the country. Having said that, the Prime Minister of Pakistan added that he did not plan to leave the country in the lurch […]
Mar 5 2012 | Posted in
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Syrian activists accused regime forces of carrying out execution-style killings and burning homes Friday as part of a scorched-earth campaign in a restive neighbourhood in the city of Homs, and the Red Cross said the regime blocked the group’s access to the area following a bloody, month long siege to dislodge rebel forces. The International […]
Mar 3 2012 | Posted in
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Zardari assures Iranian head of continued support The government of Pakistan ruled by the Pakistan People’s Party assured its counterpart in Iran that assistance will not be provided to the United States of America in case it decides to attack Iran. The reassurance was given to the Iranian leader President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad by the President […]
Feb 17 2012 | Posted in
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