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Pakistan should not lag behind in developing economic ties with Iran

ISLAMABAD: Iranian President Hassan Rouhani’s visit to Islamabad in March this year was a significant development in the wake of the removal of international...

Pak among top apparel producers with huge job potential: WB

KARACHI: A World Bank report has said that top four apparel producers in South Asia - Bangladesh, India, Pakistan, and Sri Lanka - have...

Pakistan, China to join hands with Afghanistan to bring peace, stability

BEIJING/KABUL – Pakistan and China have reaffirmed to work closely with the Afghan government on Sunday in an effort to bring peace and stability...

F-16 aircraft purchase deal still on paper

ISLAMABAD (Staff Report) – Pakistani Foreign Office has said that proposed deal of purchase of eight F-16 aircraft from US is still under discussion...

F-16s right platform for Pakistan’s counterterrorism war: US

WASHINGTON: A day after Congress suspended US funding for the F-16s deal, the State Department acknowledged that Pakistan needs those aircraft for its antiterrorism...

Consolidation of democracy top US priority in Pakistan: Olson

WASHINGTON: The US administration has informed Congress that the consolidation of democratic institutions is one of its key initiatives in Pakistan. Ambassador Richard Olson...

Congress at odds with US govt over F-16s

WASHINGTON: The US Congress has decided not to subsidise the sale of eight F-16s Pakistan intends to buy from the United States until Islamabad...

Ex-envoys of Pakistan, India say talks the only way

NEW DELHI: Former high commissioners from India and Pakistan, in an unusual meeting here on Friday, called for both sides to remain engaged in...

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