Afghan President Hamid Karzai will arrive here on Wednesday on an important visit to Pakistan.
Diplomatic sources told he would be accompanied by new Foreign Minister Dr. Zalmay Rasul and other key cabinet members.
Afghan president is undertaking his tour to Pakistan immediately after the Army Chief Gen…
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LOS ANGELES (Agencies) – The top US diplomat in Pakistan has said that the US is gathering information with Pakistan and other governments to identify and locate people holding US passports who are receiving terrorist training then legally returning to commit violent acts.
The envoy said the Obama administration does…
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Britain and Sweden have asked the European Union to set up larger diplomatic offices in India, Pakistan, China, Indonesia and Brazil with a view to “deepen and broaden” relationship with these countries.
British Foreign Secretary David Miliband and his Swedish counterpart Carl Bildt have sent a joint letter to EU…
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A top U.S. diplomat in Pakistan said on Friday that the Obama administration does not know how many Americans might have disappeared overseas to train with al-Qaida or other terrorist groups, but the number is not thought to be large.
Speaking to the Pacific Council on International Policy in Los…
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The storm over Baroness Ashton of Upholland’s faltering start as Europe’s top diplomat intensified yesterday when she was sent a letter on how to do her job — from David Miliband, the man whom many favoured for the post.
Lady Ashton, who was plucked from relative obscurity to represent the…
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ISLAMABAD – Federal Minister for Information and Broadcasting Qamar Zaman Kaira has said that Constitutional Reforms Committee (CRC) will hopefully complete its task till upcoming March 23.
Talking to the media persons after the conclusion session of a workshop titled “Strategic Communications, Public and Culture Diplomacy” organised at Information Service…
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ISLAMABAD – The presence of Jundullah’s top man Abdol Malek Rigi in Afghanistan, a day prior to his arrest, is seen as part of covert meetings between US and Indian diplomats with Taliban and some unidentified leaders.
This newspaper, earlier, first published a story on January 30 last and a…
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ISLAMABAD – The visiting top US General David Petraeus, who also commands Bahrain-based US Central Command, discussed a number of issues with Pakistani political leadership when he met separately with President Asif Ali Zardari and Prime Minister Syed Yousuf Raza Gilani here on Monday.
Diplomatic as well as official sources…
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ISLAMABAD – The Upper House of the Parliament on Monday through a unanimously passed resolution asked the Government to make all legal and diplomatic efforts for the release of Dr Aafia Siddiqui from US detention.
“The House expresses its grave concern and sorrow over the continuous detention of Dr Aafia…
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The hit squad that killed a senior Hamas official in Dubai may have entered the country using diplomatic passports, officials in the Emirates said yesterday as they called on Britain and other European countries whose documents were forged to launch a full inquiry.
“There is still information that Dubai police…
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ISLAMABAD – Pakistan has conveyed its commitment to the US efforts seeking reintegration of Taliban in Afghanistan, TheNation reliably learnt on Friday.
Background discussions and interviews with diplomats and foreign affairs analysts suggest that Pakistan has conveyed to the US Special Envoy for Afghanistan and Pakistan Richard Holbrooke its desire…
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RAWALPINDI – Chief Justice Lahore High Court (LHC), Khawaja Muhammad Sharif, has remarked that backdoor diplomacy played a key role in resolving the issue of the judges’ appointment amicably.
Justice Khawaja Muhammad Sharif said this while addressing the Lahore High Court Bar Association (LHCBA) Rawalpindi after inaugurating Justice Iftikhar Muhammad…
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NEW DELHI (Agencies) – India has no intention of allowing terrorists to dictate the scope and schedule of diplomatic interaction with Pakistan and will not let Saturday’s bombing of a bakery in Pune derail the February 25 meeting of Indo-Pak Foreign Secretaries, The Hindu, The Times of India and CNN-IBN…
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ISLAMABAD – Top legal brains including diplomats have emphasised upon India and Pakistan to adopt more professional approach purely on legal basis to address the issues in addition to the ongoing diplomatic efforts.
They said this while addressing the participants of Legal Workshop on Mumbai Trial organised here at a…
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UNITED States has dismissed Pakistani perceptions that it was propping India, saying that New Delhi “did not need us for that purpose” and has advocated that the two neighbours resolve their differences bilaterally, reported Times of India on Monday.
“I would tell you that the United States clearly has not…
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NEW DELHI (AFP) – New Delhi’s preparations for the Commonwealth Games have forced a group of Pakistani diplomats to search for new homes after their residential enclave was earmarked for a new road project.
The state-owned Delhi Development Authority (DDA) said the houses of the four Pakistani envoys stood on…
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ISLAMABAD – Recent developments implying mega shift in the US, Afghan policy aiming at luring Taliban are termed by some diplomatic circles prior to the latest advancements as “carrot and stick” phenomenon, on account of some ironical flaws evident in this futile exercise.
While a highly questionable and reportedly planted…
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