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Pakistan rejects Marc Grossman’s request to visit the country Pakistan on Wednesday rejected United States’ special envoy Marc Grossman‘s request to visit the country, highlighting the increased tensions between the two countries since the November 26 Nato attacks. This was revealed by a senior official, however he did not elaborate on the reasons. "Ambassador Grossman asked […]
US sought permission from Pakistan for the January Drone strike in North Waziristan US officials while giving an interview to an American newspaper “The Washington Post” have admitted the CIA sought permission from Pakistan to carry out a drone strike against a terrorist hideout deep inside Waziristan, but the request was turned down by Islamabad […]
Pakistan’s foremost political and military leadership are set to decide on the future of the relationship between the South Asian nation and the United States of America. A set of rules is said to be prepared which will lay down the law for the relationship between the two countries, a relationship which has been under […]
Time to devise new terms of engagement with United States To revise ties with the United States, the Parliamentary Committee on National Security (PCNS) proposed a set of recommendations to parliament. As many as 35 recommendations have been finalized after numerous sittings by the parliamentary body. The body was asked to prepare a set of […]
Parliamentary Committee’s recommendations may too hot The government will have to take hard and bold decisions if it follows the recommendations of the Parliamentary Committee on National Security (PCNS) with regard to Pakistan’s relations with the U.S. and NATO in terms of war on terror. Reports say that the recommendations finalised by the committee would […]
Parliamentary Committee asks to public US, NATO accords The Parliamentary Committee on National Security (PCNS) has finalised its recommendations to fix the terms of relations with the U.S. and NATO in connection with the war on terror. On the other hand, the Foreign Office showed its unawareness about DG Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) Lt. Gen. Ahmed […]
Afghan Taliban seek support of Pakistani Taliban to counter US forces Pakistani and Afghan Taliban have reportedly sworn to concentrate on fighting against the US/NATO forces, battling in Afghanistan, which is a major move on the on war on terrorism front. A story published in a newspaper explained that Taliban inside the duo countries reached […]
Parliamentary Committee on National Security divided over terms of engagement with US Differences appeared to have emerged in the Parliamentary Committee on National Security (PCNS) as various political parties Tuesday looked divided over the country’s role and association with the US in terms of war on terrorism. “Jamat-e-Islamai (JI) and Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam (JUI-F) have recommended that Pakistan […]
US wants relations with Pakistan back on the right track The US State Department spokesperson, Victoria Nuland, on Tuesday said that following the passage of the defence authorisation act, the United States would now have to certify that cooperation is going well in order to release military funds. “It’s essentially a continuation of some of […]
Pakistani militants and Taliban join forces against NATO Pakistani militants pledged Sunday to cease their four-year insurgency against Pakistani security forces and join the Taliban’s war against NATO troops in Afghanistan. The agreement reunited four major Pakistan-based militant factions under the flag of Mullah Mohammed Omar, the Taliban chief, an announcement by the militants said. […]
NATO seeks normal relations with Pakistan Nato wants to get relations with Pakistan back on track “as quickly as possible” to reopen its key supply route for foreign troops fighting in Afghanistan, a coalition spokesman said Monday. Pakistan closed Nato supply route to Afghanistan in November, choking supply line for the 130,000-strong US-led force, following […]
There is no free lunch: Resumption of NATO oil supplies link with surcharge ‘There is no free lunch’ is a famous American adage that what it is facing today. Pakistani Defence Minister, Ahmed Mukhtar, clearly stated that the supply to NATO/ISAF forces will only be resumed if they pay the road surcharge as per the […]
