ISLAMABAD: The opposition has rejected the stance of Adviser to Prime Minister on Foreign Affairs Sartaj Aziz who told the National Assembly (NA) on Monday that Pakistan would continue to play a positive role as an important member of the OIC, and friends of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and Iran will bridge the divide and improve the relationship between the two countries. “After the visit of the kingdom’s foreign minister to Pakistan on Thursday,…
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ISLAMABAD: The government has offered an in-camera briefing to parliament on a potentially explosive diplomatic conflict in the Gulf region as opposition lawmakers exhorted the Nawaz Sharif administration to play its role to deescalate tensions between Saudi Arabia and Iran. The opposition lawmakers criticised the government for its ‘vague and ambiguous policy’ on the crisis triggered by Saudi Arabia’s execution of a leading Shia cleric, Sheikh Nimr al Nimr, over terrorism charges earlier this week.…
A loud blast rocked capital Kabul late on Monday evening leaving at least one civilian dead and over 20 others wounded. The attack was carried out by a suicide bomber after detonating a mini-truck packed with potent explosives near the entrance gate of one of the hotels located near the airport. The two hotels located side by side provides accommodation to international organizations and expats working in Kabul and is located in the main road…
The Afghan national security forces have eliminated all four terrorists and ended siege of a building near the Indian consulate after almost 25 hours of resistance. The provincial government media office said the operation was jointly conducted by the special forces of the Afghan National Police and Afghan National Army under the supervision of acting governor Gen. Ata Mohammad Noor. Noor earlier said clearing operations near the Indian consulate is carefully being conducted in a…
Qari Saifuddin Sadat, chief of the High Peace Council (HPC) for northern Samangan province has been gunned down close to his residence in the provincial capital Aibak. The report has been confirmed by police and governor’s office. Police Chief General Mohammad Baqir said Sadat was returning home after offering prayers at mosque when unknown gunmen opened fire at him. Sadat received serious injuries in the attack and later succumbed to his injuries at the hospital.…
The former acting director of Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) has said the Taliban group has made major geopolitical gains in Afghanistan last year. Michael Morell has also predicted that Afghanistan will re-emerge as a pivotal foreign policy during the current year amid rampant insurgency by the Taliban group. “I think one big challenge is going to be the reemergence of Afghanistan as an issue,” Morell told CBS’s ‘Face of the Nation’ program on Sunday. He…
Hizb-e-Islami Afghanistan (HIA) which is one of the largest groups fighting the government has announced support to the peace process but says talks should take place inside Afghanistan. “Hizb-e-Islami favours Afghan-led and Afghan-owned talks as we have always argued that war is no solution to the problem,” said Ghairat Baheer who heads the political commission of Hizb-e-Islamic under the leadership of Gulbuddin Hekmatyar. In an interview with Pakistan’s The Express Tribune newspaper, Baheer has warned…