India not positive towards Pakistans peace policy: FO on December 30, 2016 ISLAMABAD: Foreign Office Spokesman Nafees Zakaria on Thursday said Pakistan has adopted a policy of peace towards its neighbours, but India is not positively responding. He expressed these views during a weekly media briefing at the Foreign Affairs Ministry. Zakaria said Pakistan wanted to enhance cooperation and regional connectivity, but India is violating human […]
India repeatedly refused offers by Pakistan for holding peace talks on December 29, 2016ISLAMABAD: Experts believe that India wasted the whole year of 2016 and did not respond to Pakistan’s offers for dialogue on all outstanding issues including Jammu and Kashmir. Daily Times contacted the experts of regional affairs to know their stance on Indo-Pak relations during 2016. In this regard, Aziz Ahmed Khan, who remained Pakistan’s High […]
FIR against army officials is sealed on December 26, 2016ISLAMABAD: National Highways and Motorway Police (NH&MP) Inspector General Shaukat Hayat on Monday said FIR lodged against army officials is sealed. He was briefing the National Assembly’s Standing Committee on Communication, which met at Parliament House on Monday. MNA Hamidul Haq asked the details of a scuffle between army officials and motorway police, which took […]
Dr Stefanie Burri finds Pakistan interesting and beautiful on December 25, 2016ISLAMABAD: Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC) Head Dr Stefanie Burri on Sunday said the agency is annually spending more than $2 million for the betterment of Pakistanis. She expressed these views during an interview with Daily Times. Dr Burri said SDC is providing humanitarian assistance in Pakistan since 1966. The SDC has concentrated […]
MFN status extended to 14 WTO countries since 2006, Senate told on December 24, 2016ISLAMABAD: Since 2006, Pakistan has extended most favourite nation (MFN) status to 14 members of the World Trade Organisation (WTO) except India and Israel, Commerce Minister Khurram Dastgir told the upper house of parliament on Friday. In reply to a question, the minister said that the purpose of granting the MFN status to WTO members […]
India trying to change demography of Kashmir: Pakistan on December 23, 2016ISLAMABAD: Foreign Office spokesman Nafees Zakaria on Thursday said India is issuing residence certificates to outsiders in Indian-held Kashmir (IHK) for changing demography, which is a sheer violation of the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) resolutions. In a weekly media briefing, he said the settlement of outsiders in IHK is taking place with fast pace […]
Dossier on Kulbhushan activities in Pakistan at final stages: Aziz on December 22, 2016ISLAMABAD: Adviser to Prime Minister on Foreign Affairs Sartaj Aziz has said that the preparation of a dossier on involvement of RAW’s agent Kulbhushan Yadav in sabotage activities in Pakistan is at its final stages and would soon be submitted at major international forums. He was briefing the Senate Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs on […]
Fatemis failed visit to the US on December 17, 2016ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s Former ambassador to United States Abida Hussain on Saturday said Special Assistant to the Prime Minister on Foreign Affairs Tariq Fatemi’s recent visit ended in a fiasco. Talking to Daily Times, she regretted that Fatemi failed to hold a single meeting with any senior official of the upcoming Trump administration. Abida, who remained […]
Fatemis failed visit to the US on December 17, 2016 ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s former ambassador to United States Abida Hussain on Saturday said Special Assistant to the Prime Minister on Foreign Affairs Tariq Fatemi’s recent visit ended in a fiasco. Talking to Daily Times, she regretted that Fatemi failed to hold a single meeting with any senior official of the upcoming Trump administration. Abida, who […]
Danish Embassy musical night enthralls audience on December 17, 2016ISLAMABAD: A marvellous yet shivering evening of December haunted the minds of drowsily blinking eyes dazzling on delight-lit faces of adolescents slumped on chairs well-knit to each other, in the auditorium of the Pakistan National Council of the Arts (PNCA), the apex body for art and artists in the country, in a somewhat serene looking […]