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Natural Gas Pipeline Construction Underway in Turkmenistan
ISLAMABAD, PAKISTAN—Construction of a much-anticipated $10-billion pipeline transporting natural gas from Turkmenistan to Afghanistan, Pakistan and India began Sunday, 25 years after the inception...
Shawal almost cleared of terrorists, says ISPR
ISLAMABAD: Indicating that Zarb-i-Azb could be nearing completion, the military on Saturday said that it had cleared Shawal Valley of terrorists except for a...
Deadly bomb rips through Pakistan market
A bomb ripped through a congested market near the Afghanistan border on Sunday, killing at least 20 people and wounding 40 others, witnesses said....
Viewpoint: How Peshawar massacre changed Pakistan
The determining event that led to a dramatic change of policy by both the military and the civilian government was the 16 December 2014...
Process is substance
LEON Trotsky once declared: “Process is substance; the end is irrelevant.” In politics and statecraft, the outcome of negotiations is largely determined by the...
Comprehensive means talks on all issues: Aziz
ISLAMABAD: The Adviser to the PM on Foreign Affairs, Mr Sartaj Aziz, asserted in the National Assembly on Friday that bilateral talks with India...
Pakistan: 3,400 Militants, Nearly 500 Soldiers Die in Counterinsurgency Operation
ISLAMABAD—Pakistan's military said its counterinsurgency operation, Zarb-e-Azb, has killed 3,400 militants, adding that 488 soldiers were also lost in the campaign.
The army released...
A dialogue resumed
THE India-Pakistan dialogue has picked up steam. Meetings have been agreed with impressive precision. Fingers must be kept crossed as to whether both parties...
Afghan President Expects Results-oriented Talks With Taliban
ISLAMABAD—Afghan President Ashraf Ghani says "serious" reconciliation talks with pro-peace Taliban factions will begin very soon with the goal of reaching an agreement.
At...
Pakistan Tests Nuclear Missile
Pakistan fired a nuclear-capable missile Friday, just two days after hosting a regional peace conference with archrival India.
The military said the surface-to-surface ballistic...