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Conflicting Reports on Taliban Leader’s Status Highlight Fraying Unity
KABUL, Afghanistan — A day after reports began surfacing that the Taliban’s supreme leader may have been wounded or killed in a dispute, a...
Pakistan sends back plane with 30 ‘illegal deportees’ from Greece
ISLAMABAD: Pakistani authorities on Thursday sent back an airplane with deported migrants from Greece after the Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) found 30 passengers on...
Rising import of military equipment may disturb balance of power: president
ISLAMABAD: President Mamnoon Hussain said on Wednesday that an aggressive military doctrine in the region had led to increased import of high-tech military equipment,...
Sushma Swaraj likely to visit Islamabad next week
ISLAMABAD: India’s Foreign Minister Sushma Swaraj is expected to visit Islamabad for attending the Heart of Asia ministerial meeting next week.
The ministerial meeting...
US urges India, Pakistan to resume talks
WASHINGTON: The United States urged India and Pakistan on Wednesday to resume formal talks.
Responding to a query, a US State Department official told...
Pakistan now a safe place to invest, says minister
WASHINGTON: Minister for Water and Power Khawaja Muhammad Asif told an energy conference in the US on Wednesday that Pakistan was now a safe...
Trade route with Tajikistan urged
ISLAMABAD: The Ministry of Commerce on Wednesday urged the Gilgit-Baltistan (GB) government to build a road to explore Tajikistan’s markets for Pakistani goods and...
A new window of opportunity?
THE Paris summit on climate change has let in a ray of hope for change in the regional political climate too. Prime Minister Nawaz...
Pakistan executes four militants over massacre of 134 children
Four militants involved in the massacre of 134 schoolchildren in Pakistan last year have been executed, weeks before the anniversary of one of country’s...
‘Pakistan exporting defence products to friendly countries’
ISLAMABAD - President Mamnoon Hussain has said there is need to enhance defence production capabilities for economic stability of the country.
He was addressing...