As India and Pakistan look to break the logjam in ties, the two countries will hold a dialogue between the Indian Coast Guard and Pakistan Maritime Security Agency (PMSA) this month. Official sources said a Coast Guard team will visit Pakistan from July 12 to July 14 to attend an international conference on maritime issues in Karachi and also engage […]

In a sign of increased offensive operation by the security forces, the army has killed nearly 72 militants this year in Jammu and Kashmir as compared to about 38 last year. Defence officials said the spurt in their elimination has alarmed various militant groups, and the recent attacks by them is a “result” of that.

The US Special Representative for Afghanistan and Pakistan, Richard Olson, met with top Pakistani diplomat in Islamabad on Saturday and “discussed the regional security situation and efforts for peace and stability in Afghanistan,” officials said.

Pakistan Prime Minister, Nawaz Sharif, on Tuesday strongly condemned the terrorist attacks in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia which killed at least four security men. The suicide bomber who caused a blast near Prophet Mohammed’s mosque in the Saudi city of Medina on Monday killed 4 police officers and seriously injured four others, the Saudi Al Arabiya TV reported. The […]

Up to two dozen Taliban militants including 11 would-be suicide bombers were killed as a suicide vest went off accidentally in the southern Zabul province with Qalat as its capital 340 km south of Kabul on Monday, deputy to provincial police chief Ghulam Jilani Farahi said. “A group of Taliban militants were playing with a suicide jacket in their hideout […]

Eight militants had been killed across Afghanistan since early Monday, the country’s Defense Ministry said on Tuesday. “Afghan army personnel eliminated five armed militants during military operations in Nimroz and Uruzgan provinces. And three militants become the victim of their own bombs as their Improvised Explosive Devices (IEDs) went off prematurely in Helmand and Nangarhar provinces over the past 24 […]

The United Nations has thanked Pakistan for extending by further six months the stay of registered Afghan refugees residing in the country. The United Nations spokesman, Stephane Dujarric said this at a regular briefing in New York, Radio Pakistan reported on Friday. On Wednesday Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif granted extension in the stay of POR card holders Afghan refugees for […]

Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif on Thursday backed call by Turkish President Teyyep Erdogan for international efforts to fight against terrorism after deadliest suicide bombings at the Istanbul airport killed dozens. Sharif telephones Turkish President Teyyep Erdogan and reiterated his condemnation of the suicide blasts at Ataturk Airport in Istanbul, the PM office said.

Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif has extended Afghan refugees’ stay in the country for six months, the PM office said on Wednesday. The period of the Proof of Registration (PoR) cards that allow Afghan refugees to stay in Pakistan was scheduled to be expired on June 30. Afghan Ambassador in Islamabad Omar Zakhilwal and spokesperson for the UN refugee agency […]

Afghan President Ashraf Ghani agreed Friday to meet with Pakistani President Mamnoon Hussain in Tashkent. The meeting was confirmed by the deputy spokesman to the president of Afghanistan, Shah Hussain Murtazawi. The two presidents were to meet after the Shanghai Cooperation Organization summit in Tashkent.