Senior Pakistani and United States diplomats on Monday discussed progress on President Donald Trump’s Afghan strategy amid tensions over travel restrictions by both countries on diplomats, the US Embassy said. US Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary for South and Central Asian Affairs Alice Wells met Foreign Secretary Tehmina Janjua in Islamabad in her second visit to Pakistan in less than a […]

The Supreme Court on April 18 dismissed a review petition filed by three imprisoned Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) terrorists and upheld their 14-year sentence, reports The Express Tribune. Justice Asif Saeed Khosa while hearing the arguments remarked that there is irrefutable evidence connecting the convicts to TTP and that he does not see any technicalities in this case. The judge further […]

More Pakistanis died in what were dubbed, by law enforcers, as encounter killings than in gun violence or suicide attacks in 2017, reveals the annual report of the Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP), Daily Times reported on April 17. The 29th annual report – dedicated to the memory of veteran human rights activist Asma Jahangir – was launched at […]

The United States (US) on Tuesday decided to impose new restrictions on Pakistani diplomats in the US ‘to limit their movement’. The US have prepared a code of conduct according to which the Pakistani diplomats would not be allowed to move outside the designated 45-kilometre radius from the embassy.

Pakistan faces growing hostility in the US capital, yet there are lawmakers who suggest continuing a relationship with Pakistan to encourage it to cooperate with the United States in the war against terrorism. Congressman Brad Sherman, who met Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi in Washington earlier this month, says that as a member of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, he […]

Acting State Department South and Central Asia Assistant Secretary Alice Wells arrived in Islamabad on Wednesday to discuss matters pertaining to terrorism and bilateral ties. Alice Wells will meet with US Embassy staff and multiple Pakistani officials. She is also expected to visit Karachi later. ‘In Islamabad, she [Wells] will meet with US Embassy staff and several senior Pakistani government […]

President of Sri Lanka Maithripala Sirisena left for home on Saturday vowing to work with Pakistan for regional peace and development. Concluding his three-day visit to Pakistan, the Sri Lankan president was seen off by President Mamnoon Hussain at the Nur Khan Airbase, Radio Pakistan reported. Before leaving, the two sides discussed the entire gamut of bilateral relations and also […]

The government of Pakistan strongly condemned the deadly car bomb attack near a stadium in Lashkargah city, the provincial capital of Helmand province. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Pakistan says “Pakistan strongly condemns the heinous suicide car bomb attack outside a stadium in Helmand Province as people were leaving the stadium after watching a wrestling match yesterday. We are […]

Pakistan’s High Commissioner to India Sohail Mahmood has said that both India and Pakistan must give their next generations a future of hope and opportunities. “Since independence in 1947, Pakistan and India have completed 70 years as free nations. At the time of independence, our founding fathers had envisioned an amicable relationship between the two countries. The relations, however, evolved […]

Pakistan Foreign Minister Khawaja Muhammad Asif has said that he would ask the United States President Donald Trump administration to shun its “militaristic approach” in resolving the Afghanistan issue and that the “talks with the Taliban will bring peace to the war-torn country.” Asif also said that Pakistan would reproach the U.S. for its new Afghanistan policy at the United […]