LONDON: Former president General (retired) Pervez Musharraf has claimed he had to let Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif go as Saudi Arabia’s King Abdullah had advised him to. Talking to a private television channel, Musharraf said that when he visited Saudi Arabia in 2000, King Abdullah advised him that a blood once spilled was never going to wash away. “He gave me this advice. It was a good advice. And I had never wanted to spill…
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Pakistan’s continued use of front companies and other deceptive methods to obtain dual-use goods for its nuclear programme means it cannot “expect to be welcomed” into the Nuclear Suppliers Group (NSG), a new report by experts at King’s College of London has said. The report contends that the scale of Islamabad’s procurement of sensitive material from Beijing is “so substantial that it must be concluded that the Chinese state is either complicit in supplying Pakistan’s…
ISLAMABAD: The Senate Standing Committee on Water and Power on Monday decided to form a subcommittee to review and suggest changes in the Indus Waters Treaty of 1960. The committee, in its meeting presided by Senator Ghaus Muhammad Khan, discussed the treaty against the backdrop of statements by the Indian leadership regarding its unilateral revocation, its repercussions and Pakistan’s stance and preparedness in such a situation. Senator Sherry Rahman, who had tabled an adjournment motion…
The frequency of incidents of casualties on the across the line of control (LOC) as a result of cross border firing and shelling has increased to a point where it is almost a daily occurrence. As a result the information released after each ceasefire violation has also become generic where most of the time the firing is termed ‘unprovoked’ and is replied to in kind by either Pakistan or India depending on where it originated…
Beijing promises to stand by Islamabad in any eventuality: by SHAFQAT ALI in The Nation, Nov 7, 2016
ISLAMABAD – China believes the ongoing Pakistan-India skirmishes along the Line of Control (LoC) and the Working Boundary had the potential to disturb the regional peace, senior officials here said citing recent communications with Beijing. China is the only powerful country that has stood with Pakistan during the unrelenting tension with India as other influential nations chose to issue only “diplomatic statements”. Pakistan also received realistic support from Russia after Moscow started to take Islamabad…
Islamabad: The government on Monday announced details about the committee constituted to launch an inquiry into the Dawn’s story and asked it to submit the report within 30 days, it has been learnt. Justice (retd) Aamir Raza Khan will be the chairman of the committee, which has representatives of the security agencies ISI, MI and IB, read a notification issued by the interior ministry — a copy of which is available with Dawn. Secretary Establishment…
ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif’s decision to appoint Justice (r) Aamir Raza Khan as chairman of the inquiry committee to probe the matter of newsgate has sparked yet another controversy, as the latter is said to be a close ‘friend’ of the Sharif family. According to details, the government on Monday announced details about the committee constituted to launch an inquiry into the newsgate and asked it to submit a report within 30 days. Other…
LAHORE: The Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) has condemned a smear campaign on the conventional electronic and social media against noted author and analyst Dr. Ayesha Siddiqa as disgraceful spectacle, which is at odds with the values of a democratic and tolerant society. In a statement on Monday, the commission said the character assassination that Dr. Siqqiqa had endured at the hands of the media, especially social media, since her recent participation in a…