‘Pakistan wants peace in Afghanistan’ on December 8, 2018Maj Gen Asif Ghafoor, Director General of Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR), briefing the foreign media about the security situation in Pakistan said Pakistan’s security situation had largely improved due to “successful clearance operations”, adding that the country was now heading towards stability. “Matters related to Pak-Afghan border and situation along Line of Control (LoC) were […]
Yemen’s Houthis, Saudi-led coalition reach prisoner exchange deal on December 5, 2018Abdul Qader al-Murtaza, chairman of the Houthi-run Committee for Prisoners’ Affairs, confirmed the news to Turkey’s Anadolu news agency on Monday. “The UN special envoy to Yemen, Martin Griffiths, communicated to us that coalition forces and the Yemeni [self-proclaimed] government have also signed the prisoner exchange agreement that was signed in November by the Houthis,” […]
G20 summit: Hate grows towards Saudi Prince over Khashoggi murder, Yemen war on December 2, 2018This year, all eyes will be on a range of issues, including a high-stakes meeting between the United States President Donald Trump and his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping and the potential signing of the U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA). The Saudi regime Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman’s appearance at the summit is expected to cause some protests […]
Iran, Pakistan to kick off discussions on stalled gas pipeline project on November 20, 2018Pakistan’s minister for petroleum Ghulam Sarwar Khan has reportedly written to his Iranian counterpart seeking resumption of talks on the gas pipeline, also known as ‘peace pipeline’, which experts believe can prove instrumental in address Pakistan’s power crisis. According to sources, an Iranian delegation is expected visit Islamabad by the end of this month or […]
Pakistan PM’s Saudi affair likely to backfire on November 20, 2018During Sharif’s tenure as Prime Minister, while Pakistan’s ‘love affair’ with Riyadh blossomed, relations with Tehran plummeted. When the ambitious gas pipeline project was shelved by the Sharif government in 2015 under the Saudi pressure, some experts couldn’t resist the temptation of reading obituary of Iran-Pakistan friendship. It seemed game over. But the political transition […]