Pak rejects India proposal on FMCT talks
Pakistan has rejected a proposal from India to join the talks on the Fissile Material Cut-off Treaty (FMCT) at the next session of the Conference on Disarmament (CD), officials here said.
Pakistan Taliban commanders 'at each other's throats'
Al Qaeda, the Afghan Taliban and Pakistani militants have held a series of meetings aimed at containing what could soon be open warfare between the two most powerful Pakistani Taliban leaders, militan
Pakistan to draw lines in US cooperation
Pakistan is reviewing future cooperation with the US as relations flounder between the shaky allies in the wake of a deadly NATO strike, senior military and government officials told AFP on Tuesday.
Imran Khan indicates political tie-up with Musharraf
The political scene in Pakistan appears to be hotting up, with the cricketer-turned-politician Imran Khan's Tehrik-e-Insaf party indicating that it is open to an alliance with former military ruler Pe
Pak clears import of 16 veggies from India
Pakistani authorities have cleared the import of 16 vegetables and raw jute from India through the Wagah land border in order to bring down prices in the domestic market and added 18 more items to the list of goods that can be imported from the neighbouring country.
Memogate row: Haqqani feared spy agencies may put pressure on him
Pakistan's ex-envoy to US Husain Haqqani took shelter in Prime Minister's House after returning home as he feared that the country's powerful spy agencies might force him into giving a statement on th
Pak panel summons Haqqani, Ijaz, Pasha over memo issue
A Pakistani Parliamentary panel probing the memo scandal has decided to summon former envoy to the US Husain Haqqani, businessman Mansoor Ijaz and ISI chief Lt Gen Shuja Ahmed Pasha to appear before i
‘No compromise on credibility’
Pakistan on Thursday said it will take steps to maintain the credibility of its nuclear deterrence following India’s decision to acquire a Russian nuclear attack submarine on a 10-year lease. “We are looking at these developments very closely. Rest assured, there will be no compromise in terms of maintaining the credibility of our deterrence,” foreign office spokesman Abdul Basit said during a weekly news briefing.
Pak: Need to ‘rewrite’ our terms with U.S.
Pakistan on Thursday said its relations with the US, marked by “many ups and downs” this year, had reached a point where it had become necessary to “rewrite” the bilateral terms of engagement in order to bring ties on an even keel.
No breakthrough in Indo-Pak talks
The sixth round of India-Pakistan expert-level talks on nuclear confidence-building measures (CBMs) ended on Tuesday without any major breakthrough, officials said.
“The talks were positive but there were no results. The positive thing is that they have agreed to continue talks,” an official at the foreign ministry told this newspaper.