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India terms Nawaz Sharif-Manmohan meeting successful

  India Sunday described as useful the meeting between Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif and Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly session in New York.   Briefing media after the meeting‚ Indian National Security Advisor Shiv Shankar Menon said that both the sides want to resolve the issues between […]

Nawaz Sharif, Manmohan Singh face to face in first summit

Meeting between Prime Minister Muhammad Nawaz Sharif and his Indian counterpart Manmohan Singh on the sidelines of UN General Assembly is underway in New York.   At arrival in the hall‚ the two Prime Ministers warmly shook hands before the meeting and introduced their delegations to each other.   It will be the first Prime […]

Pakistani, Indian PM sets to discuss peace talks revival

Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif and his Indian counterpart, Manmohan Singh, are set to meet in New York Sunday evening to discuss ways to revive the stalled composite dialogue process.  Pakistan is hopeful of useful results however India does not expect any breakthrough. Nawaz Sharif says arms race should be stopped and it is upto the […]

China assures Karzai of cooperative strategic partnership

Chinese President Xi Jinping has assured visiting Afghan counterpart Hamid Karzai of China’s support for the peaceful reconstruction process in Afghanistan.   “The Chinese side firmly sticks to the Afghanistan-friendly policy, and stands ready to deepen the strategic and cooperative partnership with the Afghan side to benefit the people of the two countries and make […]

U.S. says will help Pakistan overcome energy’s shortage

U.S. Ambassador to Pakistan Richard Olson visited the Jamshoro Thermal Power Station (JTPS), which was recently upgraded with $19.3 million in U.S. assistance. The Jamshoro plant will now provide an additional 270 megawatts of power to the national grid, enough to provide electricity to nearly 4.3 million more Pakistanis. The visit of U.S. Ambassador Olson, […]

President Obama to meet PM Nawaz Sharif on October 23

U.S. President Barrack Obama will meet Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif at the White House on October 23, the Foreign Ministry said Thursday.   The US Secretary of State John Kerry called on the Prime Minister in New York on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly and extended the invitation.   This high level […]

Spanish forces leave Afghanistan after eight-year military mission

Spanish troops have left Afghanistan’s western Badghis Province as part of the NATO withdrawal plan. A total of 1,500 Spanish forces have been deployed in this province since 2005. The Spanish Defence Ministry says in a press release that the Spanish forces have carried out mission in Afghanistan for eight years and now they are […]

Pakistan, Indian PMs meeting to reduce tension: Foreign Office

Prime Minister, Nawaz Sharif, has said he looked forward to meeting his Indian counterpart Manmohan Singh to resume peace efforts between the two countries. He said this in a brief comment following Indian Prime Minister’s statement in which he stated that he would meet the Pakistani leader on the sidelines of UN General Assembly session […]

Twin militant attacks in Indian-held Kashmir kills 10 security men, two others

Suspected militants dressed in army fatigues Thursday killed Indian occupation troops and policemen in a police station and an Army cantonment in occupied Jammu and Kashmir, Indian media has reported. Over a dozen are injured and more casualties are feared, NDTV reported. The police said four heavily armed terrorists first attacked a police station in […]

Afghan raids kill nearly 50 militants

Afghan officials claim nearly 50 militants have been killed in police operations in different Afghan provinces in the last 24 hours. “Afghan National Police (ANP) conducted several cleanup operations with the cooperation of army, intelligence agency and the NATO-led coalition forces, killing 49 armed Taliban, wounding eight and arresting 11 other armed militants,” the ministry […]

Pakistan to release Afghan Taliban leader Mullah Baradar

Pakistan has announced that senior Afghan Taliban leader Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar will be released on Saturday. Baradar, number two in the Taliban hierarchy, was arrested in the Pakistani port city of Karachi in February 2010.   Afghan President Hamid Karzai had demanded Baradar’s release during his visit to Pakistan late last month. “In order to […]

U.S., Pakistani scientists defending wheat from dreaded UG 99 disease

The United States government-funded Wheat Productivity Enhancement Project (WPEP) is working with Pakistani and international scientists to introduce, evaluate, and release new high-yielding, disease resistant wheat varieties. This work is following the successful testing and release of a highly productive variety that survives even the most destructive wheat disease.     The U.S. Department of […]

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