US optimistic about revival of Afghan reconciliation process
ISLAMABAD: The United States expressed optimism on Tuesday about the revival of the suspended Afghan reconciliation process, but said that the resumption of dialogue...
Pakistan making efforts for Afghan talks: Sartaj Aziz
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan is making efforts to resume Afghanistan-Taliban talks that were sabotaged following the revelation of the death of Mullah Omar’ in July, Advisor...
Raheel discusses Afghan peace process with US officials
ISLAMABAD: Army Chief Gen Raheel Sharif discussed on Monday the stalled Afghan reconciliation process with senior US officials.
The issue was deliberated upon during...
Govt decides to tighten noose around terror financers
ISLAMABAD: Expressing dissatisfaction over the current mechanism to control terror funding, Interior Minister Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan on Monday said a new comprehensive system...
LoC violations : India continues firing despite recent promises of peace
ISLAMABAD: The Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) reported that the Indian border security forces had again violated the Line of Control (LoC) ceasefire on Monday,...
Afghan mercury
THE adviser to the Prime Minister on Foreign Affairs and National Security, Sartaj Aziz, visited Kabul on Sept 4 to relieve tension and revive...
9/11: LESSONS FOR PAKISTAN
A GENERAL belief prevails that 9/1l was a tragic event that took place fourteen years ago. A dominant account suggests that the US has...
PM wants the entire country de-weaponised
ISLAMABAD: Admitting slow progress in some key areas of the National Action Plan (NAP) against terrorism, Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif has ordered swift legislation...
Waziristan, Khyber Agency safer after Zarb-e-Azb: US
WASHINGTON: Jonathan Carpenter, Special Representative of the US for Afghanistan and Pakistan, while appreciating Pakistan’s war against terrorism, has said that because of the...
Indo-Pak talks: Making dialogue worthwhile
There have been rare moments when the dialogue process has appeared to move in the right direction. A number of confidence- and security-building measures...
