By Tarique Siyal

  ISLAMABAD: Neil Buhne, United Nations Resident Coordinator in Pakistan has said that poverty is on the rise in Sindh province and the UN is trying to improve the lives of the people by extending them opportunities. He was addressing the closing ceremony of a booklet launching , based on inspiring stories from this project […]

ISLAMABAD: The Foreign Office said on Thursday that country’s civil and military leadership was on the same page and the Pakistani nation was proud of its armed forces. Speaking at the weekly briefing, Foreign Office Spokesperson Nafees Zakaria said that Pakistani armed forces rendered huge sacrifices for the country and nobody could create a rift […]

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan on Wednesday extended the deadline for voluntary repatriation of registered Afghan refugees until December 31 this year. The government has extended the deadline on the request of United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) Filippo Grandi. According to the sources, Grandi asked the government during his visit to Pakistan last week to extend […]

ISLAMABAD: Foreign Secretary Aizaz Chaudhry has said the Pakistani missions in Latin America and the African continent are facing a shortage of staff and fewer missions as well and the Foreign Office required more funds for opening new missions there. He was briefing the Senate panel on Foreign Affairs, which was held under the chair […]

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan is hosting more than three million Afghan refugees and some of them have become a security risk for the country because terrorists are using refugee camps as hideouts, according to Foreign Office Spokesman Nafees Zakaria. The spokesman told a weekly briefing here on Thursday that the international community and Afghan government should take […]

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan on Sunday told Afghanistan that management of the border between the two countries was crucial to combating terrorism, as non-state actors were trying to undo the border security measures being taken by the two sides. Pakistani and Afghan officials held talks on Monday on border management at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in […]

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan on Thursday said efforts were afoot to bridge the ‘communication gap’ with ‘misguided Afghans’ as it believed dialogue was the best way to reduce tensions with its neighbour. “Afghans are being misguided by those who do not want to see peace in their country as well as in the region,” Spokesman Nafees Zakaria […]

ISLAMABAD: Syeda Abida Hussain, Pakistan’s former ambassador to the United States of America has said that currently US-Pakistan relations are at an impasse with the US pressurising Pakistan and tilting towards India. Syeda Abida Hussain, who was Pakistan’s ambassador to the US from 1991-93 told Daily Times that Pak-US relations were deteriorating. She said that […]

ISLAMABAD: Experts termed Pak-US delegation meeting a timely interaction between the two countries saying Pakistan rightly pointed out to the US for strict border management on Pak-Afghan border, taking action against Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP). Pakistan also rightly expressed concerns over US open campaigning for India’s membership of Nuclear Suppliers Group (NSG). The US delegation comprised […]

ISLAMABAD: The National Assembly Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs on Friday expressed concern at the US support to the Indian bid to secure membership of the Nuclear Suppliers Group (NSG). At the committee meeting here on Friday with Sardar Awais Ahmad Khan Leghari in the chair, Dr Shireen Mazari of the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) briefed […]