The writer is law student at Islamia College University, Peshawar It is stupendous on part of Sartaj Aziz to blame Hussain Haqqani for failure of Pakistan’s foreign policy czars to protect national interests or influence thinking in Washington. An individual, no matter how powerful or influential, cannot affect foreign policy of a country. Actually, the factors responsible for compromising our interests are some of our outdated policies and governance-related failure at home. Those policies and…
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The writer is law student at Islamia College University, Peshawar It is stupendous on part of Sartaj Aziz to blame Hussain Haqqani for failure of Pakistan’s foreign policy czars to protect national interests or influence thinking in Washington. An individual, no matter how powerful or influential, cannot affect foreign policy of a country. Actually, the factors responsible for compromising our interests are some of our outdated policies and governance-related failure at home. Those policies and…
JAMRUD: The political administration in Jamrud Tehsil of Khyber Agency on Monday gave a week’s deadline to the Afghan refugees without proper documentation to vacate their houses and leave the area, official sources said. They said that a crackdown would be launched against illegal Afghans on the expiry of the deadline. Officials of the political administration with the help of tribal elders in their respective areas made announcements through loudspeakers in mosques, asking the Afghan…
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan expects the current stalemate in its ties with Afghanistan to continue after recent efforts to repair the strained relationship received a lukewarm response from across the border, The Express Tribune has learnt from senior officials. The decision by the two countries on June 24 to set up a high-level ‘bilateral mechanism’ to discuss matters related to border management and security renewed hopes the two neighbours would overcome the strains in their ties. However,…
ISLAMABAD – Abbottabad Inquiry Commission head Justice (r) Javed Iqbal yesterday said making the AIC report public was good for Pakistan’s integrity. The Abbotabad Inquiry Commission report is still a secret as the leaked documents have told only the half truth, the head of the investigation team told The Nation in an exclusive interview. Justice (r) Javed Iqbal said the leaked report was based on the facts already known to the people. “Some of the…
ISLAMABAD – Pakistan and the United Kingdom (UK) yesterday explored ways and means to boosting and diversifying defence cooperation between the two countries. The Defence Cooperation Forum of the United Kingdom (UK) and Pakistan which held its 15th round in London on Monday also discussed regional security. According to spokesperson of the Ministry of Defence, Stephen Lovegrove, Permanent Under Secretary of State for Defence, led the UK side while Lt Gen (Retd) Muhammad Alam Khattak,…