ISLAMABAD: As Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif and Army Chief General Raheel Sharif embark on visits to Saudi Arabia and Iran on Monday, people at home and abroad will be waiting eagerly for the outcome of the initiative taken by the Pakistani leadership to bring the two rivals to the negotiating table. “Prime Minister Muhammad Nawaz Sharif will lead a high-level delegation to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and the Islamic Republic of Iran on Jan…
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ISLAMABAD: Fear of sectarian polarisation and proxy war between Saudi Arabia and Iran in Pakistan compelled Islamabad to mount a diplomatic push to mediate between the two key Muslim countries, officials said on Sunday. Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif will leave for Saudi Arabia and Iran today (Monday) to try and defuse tensions between the two regional countries. Leading a high-powered delegation – including his foreign policy adviser Sartaj Aziz and army chief General Raheel Sharif,…
Local officials in Greshk district of southern Helmand province on Sunday raised deep concerns over the increase in insecurity in the area which is a key area through which the expected Turkmenistan–Afghanistan–Pakistan–India (TAPI) Gas Pipeline project will traverse. According to economic experts, the strategic importance of TAPI will be huge once completed. They say the project can become a game changer in regional geo-political and economical cooperation. Members of Helmand provincial council have meanwhile said…
GILGIT: Graffiti welcoming Islamic State (IS) was seen in at least two places in Gilgit, stirring panic among locals and law-enforcement agencies. “At least two walls were painted with slogans welcoming IS in Gilgit,” a resident said on Sunday, a day after the graffiti was found spray-painted in Amphari area of Gilgit. “Nobody knows who did this; people saw it in the morning and reported to the police,” said the local. The wall-chalking was removed…