WASHINGTON: Pakistan’s US and UN envoys have assured the international community that Islamabad would follow their lead, particularly that of the “ extended troika ”, in offering diplomatic recognition to a Taliban government in Afghanistan.In an interview to CBS News broadcast on Tuesday evening, Pakistan’s US Ambassador Asad Majeed Khan said how the Taliban conduct themselves now will also influence Pakistan’s decision.“ They want acceptance and recognition by the international community and w

WASHINGTON: National Security Adviser Moeed Yusuf has said that Pakistan has other options if US President Joe Biden continues to ignore the country’s leadership.... ” Mr Yusuf told The Financial Times in an interview.... “ We’ve been told every time that…[ the phone call] will happen, it’s technical reasons or whatever....

Join our Whatsapp channel HOW will the election of Donald Trump affect US-Pakistan relations?... It is not true that Pakistan had good relations with the US when Trump was president.... He wanted to get out of Afghanistan for which he sought former prime minister Imran Khan’s help in talking to the Taliban. Khan was rewarded with a visit to Washington and exceptional public praise from Trump....

Pakistan and India on Saturday exchanged the lists of their prisoners in each other's custody and nuclear sites as part of the various agreements in place between the two countries. According to a Foreign Office( FO) statement, Pakistan shared a list of 628 Indian prisoners with the Indian High Commission in Islamabad in accordance with the 2008 Agreement on Consular Access. About 51 prisoners on the list are civilians, while 577 are fishermen.... " The Indian government also simultaneously sha

US Senator Chris Van Hollen on Tuesday thanked Pakistan among other countries for helping evacuate American nationals and others stranded in Afghanistan following the Taliban takeover of the country.“ Even as the last US troops leave Afghanistan I'll continue to do everything in my power to bring home all Americans and provide asylum to our Afghan partners endangered by their support to the US…, ” Hollen, a Karachi-born Democrat from Maryland, said in a tweet.He continued: “ Also thankful to Qat

ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Imran Khan on Sunday said Pakistan had fared much better than other countries in the wake of unprecedented price hike brought about by Covid-19. The opposition, on the other hand, rejects this notion and is gearing up to give a tough time to the government on the issue.In a tweet, PM Khan said: “ An unprecedented rise in commodity prices internationally has adversely affected most countries in the world as a result of the Covid lockdowns.” However, he said, “ Pakistan M

THE 26th Conference of the Parties( COP26) to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change took place in Glasgow from Oct 31 to Nov 13, 2021.... Wealthy nations have already failed to meet their previous climate finance pledges which aimed to mobilise$ 100 billion annually by 2020 to enable developing nations to transition towards sustainable development.... Many developing nations have made their climate pledges contingent on receiving external support....

Join our Whatsapp channelOnce a rising economic power in South Asia, Pakistan now finds itself at the bottom of the regional ladder.... Fifty years ago, the average Pakistani had a higher income than his South Asian peers.... The roots of Pakistan’s economic troubles go back decades....

MEDIA comments after every act of terror — like the Peshawar mosque carnage — criticise the security agencies and their purported bonhomie with extremist groups, and blame the powerful body of ulema for its muted criticism of religiously motivated terrorists.... Exceptions include Taliban-ruled Afghanistan — where it will take time for things to settle — and the rump state of Somalia.... In Egypt, bomb attacks on Coptic churches and tourists have decreased....

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