Pakistan will strive to restore strategic dialogue with the United States during the forthcoming visit of Secretary of State John Kerry to Islamabad, the Foreign Ministry said Friday. The strategic dialogue between both the countries had been stopped after the U.S. fighter jets bombed a Pakistani post and killed 24 Pakistani soldiers in […]
Pakistan and China would sign several Memoranda of Understanding (MoUs) for cooperation in various fields during the forthcoming visit of Chinese Prime Minister Li Keqiang, the Foreign Ministry said Thursday. Foreign Office spokesman Aizaz Ahmad Chaudhary said at the weekly news briefing in Islamabad that details of these MoUs are being worked out. […]
Pakistan said Friday that concurrence of seven host governments has been received for the conduct of polling for overseas Pakistanis. Foreign Office spokesman Aizaz Ahmad Chaudhary said at the weekly news briefing in Islamabad that the Election Commission had short-listed nine countries where polling could be held. The spokesman said concurrence from Saudi […]
Pakistan Thursday expressed concern over what it called ‘continued presence of safe havens’ of Pakistani Taliban militants Afghanistan’s Kunar and Nooristan provinces and urged Afghan government to eliminate their safe heavens. The military says that the members of Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan have fled to Afghanistan and are now operating from their and routinely launch attacks […]
The Foreign Ministry said on Thursday that the European Union has approached the country to send observers for the coming parliamentary elections scheduled to be held on May 11. “We have received the EU request and their request is under process,” the Foreign Ministry said. The Foreign Ministry spokesman, Aizaz Ahmad Chaudhary, said […]