Haqqani Network operates from Afghanistan: FO on July 7, 2017ISLAMABAD: Foreign Office Spokesperson Nafees Zakariya on Thursday said that there was no organised presence of any terror outfit, including Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP), Jamaatul Ahrar, Daesh and Al Qaeda on Pakistani soil. He also reiterated that the Haqqani Network operated from Afghanistan, not Pakistan. At his weekly news briefing, the spokesperson said the allegations about […]
Pakistan not bound to implement US decision on Salahuddin: Sartaj on July 4, 2017ISLAMABAD: Advisor to Prime Minister on Foreign Affairs Sartaj Aziz on Monday said Pakistan was not bound to implement decision of the United States (US) regarding designating Syed Salahuddin, senior leader of Hizb-ul-Mujahideen, a global terrorist. In a briefing given to 20-member delegation of ‘Kashmir Journalist Forum at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs on the […]
Drone strikes counterproductive, against sovereignty: Pakistan on June 22, 2017ISLAMABAD: Pakistan on Thursday said the drone strikes were intolerable and against the sovereignty of the country. During his weekly media briefing, Foreign Office Spokesperson Nafees Zakaria said that Pakistan’s policy pertaining to drone strikes had always been clear. The statement came days after a Pakistan Air Force JF-17 Thunder jet shot down an Iranian […]
Motorway Police should be upgraded to meet CPEC needs: senators on June 21, 2017ISLAMABAD: A legislative body of Parliament on Monday recommended that the Motorway Police should be properly equipped to meet the requirements of the China Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC). “CPEC is a game-changer for Pakistan. It will bring prosperity to the country after its full implementation,” lawmakers said during a meeting of the National Assembly’s Standing […]
Lawmakers call for equipping NH∓ to meet CPEC needs on June 20, 2017ISLAMABAD: The Lower House on Monday recommended that the government should properly equip the National Highway and Motorway Police (NH&MP) to meet the requirements of the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC). Members of the National Assembly Standing Committee on Communications called the CPEC a game-changer that would bring prosperity to the country after its fully implementation. […]
Institutions cannot impede JIT investigation, Dar tells NA on June 15, 2017ISLAMABAD: Finance Minister Ishaq Dar on Wednesday categorically said in the National Assembly that state institutions were not creating any hurdle in the proceedings of the Joint Investigation Team (JIT) constituted to probe Panamagate case. Addressing the NA, the minister said the institutions were providing all the required material to the JIT. He said the […]
Govt indecision on Gulf crisis tops the agenda on June 13, 2017ISLAMABAD: Lawmakers belonging to the opposition parties in National Assembly on Tuesday demanded a joint session of parliament for discussion on diplomatic crises in the Gulf region, which resulted in Arab countries severing ties with Qatar. The opposition also demanded Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif to come and brief the parliament over Gulf crises. The demand […]
Opp slams govt over Dasti, Sheikh Rasheeds humiliation on June 12, 2017ISLAMABAD: Opposition lawmakers in the National Assembly on Monday criticised the government for its “rough handling” of opposition parliamentarians, especially Jamshid Dasti and Sheikh Rasheed Ahmed. “One day Sheikh Rasheed was knowingly humiliated and the other day another MNA Jamshid Dasti was implicated in false cases. The government has not learnt from past experiences,” opposition […]
Ruckus in NA as opp blasts govt over Sh Rashid episode on June 9, 2017ISLAMABAD: Ruckus broke out in National Assembly on Friday after opposition parties blasted government for issuing entry pass to a man who brawled with Awami Muslim League (AML) chief Sheikh Rasheed outside the parliament a day earlier. Abid Sher Ali and Mian Manan of the PML-N became furious after opposition leader Khurshid Shah showed pictures […]
Pakistan urges restraint in Gulf diplomatic crisis on June 9, 2017ISLAMABAD: The National Assembly Thursday passed a unanimous resolution expressing deep concern over what is being called the biggest diplomatic crisis to hit the Persian Gulf since the 1991 US-led war against Iraq. The resolution moved by Aftab Khan Sherpao of Qaumi Watan Party called upon all countries to show restraint in diplomatic tussle between […]