ISLAMABAD: There are nearly 2,400 Pakistanis being held in different jails of Saudi Arabia, Pakistan’s lower house of parliament was informed on Friday. Adviser to Prime Minister on Foreign Affairs Sartaj Aziz put the exact number of Pakistan prisoners in different Saudi jails at 2,393. It is not clear though how long these Pakistanis have been in detention there. The prime minister’s top aide gave out the figures in response to a query by JUI-F…
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ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) once again raised the issue of Pakistan’s “ambiguous” role in the Saudi-led 34-nation military alliance in the National Assembly on Friday. On two separate points of order, PTI leaders accused the government of running the country’s diplomacy in a highly personalised way and in sheer disregard of the concerns expressed by parliament. The party’s chief whip, Dr Shireen Mazari, said the government continued to beat about the bush regarding its…
ISLAMABAD: Iranian Ambassador Mehdi Honardoost on Friday expressed confidence in the leadership of Pakistan, saying Islamabad was wise enough to understand the ‘other side’ of the 34-nation military alliance. Speaking at the National Press Club, the Iranian ambassador took the inter-government military alliance of 34 Muslim states lightly and said some of the coalition partners were even extending support to terrorist militias in the Middle East’s war theatre. However, he said the government of Pakistan…
KABUL: The leader of the Afghan Taliban called on followers on Friday to end divisions and rally behind him in the battle against the Kabul government. In a message distributed to media, Mullah Akhtar Mansoor claimed the Taliban were winning the war and were “in a better state than at any other time”. The Taliban were toppled in the 2001 US invasion of Afghanistan. The insurgency has escalated since the end in 2014 of the…