Reports of nuclear talks precede Army chief’s visit
WASHINGTON: Pakistan’s nuclear programme is once again the focus of discussions in the US capital as Army Chief Raheel Sharif prepares to visit Washington...
Pakistan invites India’s FM to moot on Afghanistan
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan has invited India’s foreign minister to a crucial regional conference on Afghanistan to be held in Islamabad next month.
The move comes...
Govt forms high-powered panel on FATA reforms
ISLAMABAD: Amid mounting pressure to bring the federally administered tribal areas (Fata) into the mainstream, Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif constituted a high-powered committee on...
China offers to ‘host’ Afghan peace talks
ISLAMABAD: China has offered to host a meeting between Afghan government officials and Taliban representatives should the two sides so desire, but refused to...
Afghan President Condemns Slayings of Minority Shiites
KABUL, Afghanistan — Afghanistan's President Ashraf Ghani on Monday condemned the gruesome slayings of seven members of an ethnic Shiite minority abducted in a...
Afghanistan: moving forward
Pakistan's adviser to the prime minister on foreign affairs stated recently that the time was not yet ripe for restarting the Afghan peace talks...
Pakistani jets garner interest at Dubai air show
DUBAI: Chief of the Air Staff, Pakistan Air Force (PAF) ,Air Chief Marshal Sohail Aman said on Sunday that Pakistan has achieved remarkable successes...
COAS to share ideas with US on Afghanistan
ISLAMABAD: Army chief Gen Raheel Sharif is expected to mainly focus on Afghanistan during his coming visit to the United States.
During his stay...
Dealing with banned groups
DEALING with militancy might be easy, but dealing with militant groups is not. At least this seems true in Pakistan. The country has achieved...
Complete IHK shutdown, demos greet Modi
SRINAGAR/MUZAFFARABAD: As Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced $12 billion worth of financial assistance for Held Kashmir more than a year after deadly floods...
