The writer is Resident Editor, The Nation in Islamabad ISLAMABAD – Sartaj Aziz, the advisor to the prime minister on foreign affairs, had an improbable task at hand when he met a select group of editors and talk show hosts at the ministry of foreign affairs Monday afternoon. The criticism about the alleged failures and dysfunction in the country’s foreign policy and subsequent diplomatic isolation had reached a crescendo in recent weeks. The absence of…
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ISLAMABAD: Adviser to the Prime Minister on Foreign Affairs Sartaj Aziz on Monday said that the government used to consult the security establishment on foreign policy. He made it clear in unequivocal terms that Pakistan would accept no dictation from India on Kashmir.He categorically dispelled an impression of Pakistan’s international isolation, saying it was pursuing an active foreign policy for promoting and protecting its national interests in the changing geo-strategic situation in the region. Flanked…
ISLAMABAD: Foreign Affairs Adviser Sartaj Aziz is not very hopeful about normalisation of ties with India and progress in the Afghan reconciliation process — the two issues that have a strong bearing on the country’s overall external relations. “Prospects of the [Afghan] peace process are not good. It would all now depend on the ground situation in Afghanistan,” Mr Aziz said at a foreign policy briefing session held for journalists on Monday. He believed that…
KARACHI: A Hindu reporter was forced to drink water from a separate glass at his workplace since his colleagues found out that he belongs to the scheduled caste. Sahib Khan Oad works as a senior reporter with government news agency, Associated Press of Pakistan (APP), where he has been barred from drinking water in the same glass and sharing utensils with other Muslim staff. Oad hails from Dadu district and has completed his Master’s from…
PESHAWAR: As the prices of local medicines increase in the provincial capital, people are left with the only option of purchasing smuggled Indian unregistered medicines. These medicines are banned in the country and people travel all the way to tribal areas to purchase them since that is where the smuggled drugs arrive. The medicines that come in from India are not only cost-friendly but are also considered to be more effective than the ones produced…