Severing diplomatic ties not in national interest: FM Hina

LAHORE: Foreign Minister, Hina Rabbani Khar said that breaking off diplomatic ties with other countries was not in

Written on December 18, 2011 | Posted in IPL, News, UN, aid, ban, lahore

US passed bills aiming at sanctions on Iran including energy and banking sectors and Pakistan aid

Iran's Minister of Petroleum and President of the Conference Rostam Ghasemi listens to journalists prior to the start of the meeting of the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries, …

Written on December 15, 2011 | Posted in Iran, UN, export, unlmitie

Turkey won”t be springboard for attack on Syria: diplomat

ANKARA: Turkey said Wednesday it would not let its territory be used to launch attacks against other countries aft

Written on December 7, 2011 | Posted in International, News, UN, US, aid

Afghan President Hamid Karzai says Afghanistan’s future overshadowed by US and Pakistan

According to AP, it reported, Afghan President Hamid Karzai announced Monday at an international conference that Afghanistan will need the financial support of other countries for at least until …

Written on December 6, 2011 | Posted in International, UN, afghan, afghanistan, cia, unlmitie

Pakistan, China complete military exercise

ISLAMABAD, Pakistan, Nov. 25 (UPI) — A just-completed two-week joint military exercise between Pakistan and China is not intended to pressure other countries, Pakistan's top military official …

Written on November 25, 2011 | Posted in Pakistan, UN, US, ad, china, cia, islam, islamabad, military, unlmitie

UK-Pakistan ties 'never stronger'

Home Secretary Theresa May says the UK and Pakistan share a “powerful interest” in fighting extremism and terrorism. She said the ties between the countries “feel stronger than …

Written on November 24, 2011 | Posted in Pakistan, Terrorism, UK, UN, aid, unlmitie

US Senator says ‘this was necessary’

WASHINGTON: Senate Foreign Relations Committee Chairman John Kerry on Wednesday pledged to strengthen United States’ relationship with Pakistan, hours after a Pakistani court set Raymond Davis free when families of victims forgave the CIA contractor in a compensation arrangement for late January killings. “This was a very important and necessary step for both of our countries to be able to maintain our relationship and remain focused on progress on bedrock national interests,” the senator said in a statement. A court in Lahore first charged Davis for killing two Pakistanis on January 27 and then aquitted him when the family of victims said they had no objection to his release after the compensation arrangement. Kerry said he was deeply grateful for the Pakistani decision. “As I said last month in my visits to Lahore and Islamabad, we deeply regret the loss of life that led to this difficulty in our relationship and the demonstrations on Pakistan’s streets, but neither country could afford for this tragedy to derail our vital relationship. “We look forward to working with Pakistan to strengthen our relationship and confront our common challenges,” added the senator, who visited Pakistan in the days following the shooting in a bid to calm rising tensions.

Written on March 16, 2011 | Posted in 2011, ISI, Pakistan, Politics, UN, US, War, ad, aid, cia, import, islam, islamabad, lahore, nato

Imran Khan sees World Cup as most open yet

KARACHI: Pakistan’’s former World Cup-winning captain Imran Khan has said this year’’s tournament is the most open he has seen. Imran, who skippered Pakistan to victory in 1992, said the opening matches in the Feb 19-April 2 tournament being held in India, Sri Lanka and Bangladesh had highlighted the fact that no team stood head and shoulders above the rest of the field. “This is perhaps the most wide open World Cup I have seen and after the results of the India and England match and the way Ireland upset England I don”t think there are any clear favourites,” he said on Friday. Ireland pulled off one of the biggest shocks in the 36-year history of the event by beating England by three wickets on Wednesday in Bangalore after being set 328 to win. England and co-hosts India tied on Sunday. “The pitches in all three countries will support the batsmen more as the month progresses and it is very hot and humid at this time of the year. So you need to have maximum wicket-taking bowlers in your side to do well,” he said. PURE PACE He pointed out that India’’s bowling was exposed in their game against England. “Teams which don”t have variety and pure pace in their bowling and prefer to rely more on batting all-rounders are already facing problems,” he added. The former cricketer-turned politician felt that Ireland were capable of causing more upsets in Group B before the quarter-finals. Kevin O”Brien scored the fastest ever World Cup century in 50 balls. “The century by Kevin O”Brien was one of the best one-day innings I have seen in my life. The Irish are a fighting unit and I don”t think you can rule them out of contention by any stretch of the imagination,” Imran said. “Teams which have the mental strength to chase down 300 plus totals have to be respected.” He said Pakistan’’s shoddy performance against Canada on Thursday which they only won by 46 runs was a wake-up call for the players but still backed his compatriots to make the quarter-finals. “To me the real contests will start from the knockout stage. I think the International Cricket Council (ICC) need to rethink the format for future World Cups.” Imran said the ICC needed to help associate members build up domestic structures in their countries rather than just providing them opportunities to play in international competition. “Unless these minnows don”t have proper domestic cricket they can”t come up,” he said. The ICC said before the tournament started that it would reduce the number of teams playing from 14 to 10 for the next edition in Australia and New Zealand in 2015. (Reuters)

Written on March 4, 2011 | Posted in 2011, Canada, Cricket, Domestic cricket, International, Ireland, Pakistan, Sports, UN, US, World Cup, ad, aid, australia, ban, bangladesh, batting, bowling, call, captain, cia, england, icc, imran khan, india, karachi, new zealand, pta, results, teams, tests

Pakistan arrests US contractor

Islamabad authorities have arrested a US government security contractor amid a worsening spy agency row between the countries, with Pakistani intelligence calling on the Americans to “come …

Written on February 25, 2011 | Posted in America, American, Pakistan, UN, US, ad, call, islam, islamabad, unlmitie, uth

2,570 foreigners enjoying diplomatic immunity, NA told

ISLAMABAD: As many as 2,570 foreigners currently working in foreign missions of 78 countries in Pakistan, are enjoying diplomatic immunity, Minister of State (MoS) for Foreign Affairs Hina Rabbani Khar Friday told the National Assembly. The MoS informed the House in a written reply to a question of Sajid Ahmed that a total 1919 foreigners are diplomats while 651 are non diplomats. Giving detail of the countries and diplomats she said that 851 US nationals are working in Pakistan. Out of them 554 are diplomats while 297 are non diplomats. Similarly, 170 UK nationals are enjoying diplomatic immunity these include 167 diplomats and three others. It was informed that out of total 168 Saudi nationals 134 are diplomats. 117 Indian nationals including 26 diplomats are also enjoying the immunity in Pakistan. The Minister further said that 56 Germans including 54 diplomats, 60 Afghans including 57 diplomats, 61 Italians including 34 diplomats, 28 Turks including 25 diplomats, 64 Iranians including 55 diplomats, 98 Russians, 87 Chineses and 60 French are also enjoying complete diplomatic immunity. It was also informed that 31 US nationals are working in US Consulate in Lahore and enjoying immunity. Similarly, 52 and 58 US nationals are working in US consulates located in Karachi and Peshawar respectively and enjoying diplomatic immunity.

Written on February 25, 2011 | Posted in 2011, IPL, Iran, News, Pakistan, UK, UN, US, War, ad, afghan, aid, ban, fair, india, islam, islamabad, karachi, lahore

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