Pakistan nuclear capability for self-defence: Aizaz
NEW YORK: Foreign Secretary Aizaz Ahmad Chaudhry has said that Pakistan had been obliged to develop its nuclear capability for self-defence and deterrence.
He...
A new nuclear normal?
The report’s argument is that Pakistan should declare sufficiency as it has achieved the requirements for deterrence purposes
As the global nuclear order grapples...
Integrating FATA
I am quite excited about the proposed amendment to the Constitution’s Articles 1, 246 and 247 to bring Fata into the mainstream. The proposed...
PM urges India to pledge not to use force under any circumstances
NEW YORK: Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif urged India on Wednesday to pledge with Pakistan not to use force or the threat of force under...
COAS for cordial relations with India but not at cost of honour
LONDON: Chief of Army Staff (COAS) General Raheel Sharif has stressed that Pakistan wants cordial relations with India but ruled out any bargain which...
Pakistan says Taliban occupation of Kunduz unacceptable
UNITED NATIONS: Pakistan has rejected the Taliban takeover of the northern Afghan city of Kunduz, declaring that the occupation of any part of Afghanistan...
The Kunduz debacle
Nothing was done to stem the Taliban tide. President Ashraf Ghani's policy has been clearly flawed and he has simply failed to fix it...
Chinese company to build LNG, gas pipeline projects in Pakistan
ISLAMABAD: A Chinese firm will be awarded the contract to build $2.5 billion Gwadar liquefied natural gas (LNG) and the Iran-Pakistan gas pipeline in...
Pakistan sincerely wants peace in Afghanistan: Aizaz Chaudhry
NEW YORK: Foreign Secretary Aizaz Chaudhry has said that Pakistan is concerned over situation in Afghanistan and it sincerely wants peace there.
Briefing the...
Lessons learnt in Pak-Afghan region being used to curb IS: Obama
UNITED NATIONS: US President Barack Obama told a UN counter-terrorism conference on Tuesday that the United States was using the lessons it had learnt...
