KARACHI, Pakistan (AA) – Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi and his Pakistani counterpart Jalil Abbas Jilani met in Tibet on Thursday to discuss multi-billion dollars China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC). The two top diplomats met on the sidelines of the Third Trans-Himalaya Forum for International Cooperation in Tibet Autonomous Region. Emph...
ISLAMABAD (AA) – Afghanistan protested again on Thursday against Pakistan’s decision to deport undocumented immigrants from the country, with Taliban acting Defense Minister Mawlavi Mohammad Yaqoob Mujahid calling Islamabad’s decision to set a Nov. 1 deadline “cruel and barbarism.” “International refugee adv...
KARACHI, Pakistan (AA) – Pakistan said on Wednesday that two of its citizens were killed in firing by an Afghan border guard at a southwestern crossing. The Pakistan Army said in a statement that an Afghan sentry opened “unprovoked” and “indiscriminate” fire on pedestrians going from Pakistan to Afghanistan at the...
KARACHI, Pakistan (AA) – A Pakistani court has ordered an open hearing of a case that accuses the jailed ex-Prime Minister Imran Khan of exposing state secrets, a court document said. The chief justice of Islamabad High Court (IHC) turned down a plea by the country’s key investigation agency seeking an in-camera trial of the [&hell...
ISLAMABAD (AA) – The Afghan Taliban on Wednesday rejected Pakistan’s plan to expel “foreigners” from the country, asking Islamabad to reconsider its decision. The Taliban interim administration spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid also rejected the allegations that Afghans are involved in terror activities in Pakistan. “The behavior ...
KARACHI, Pakistan (AA) – The UN on Tuesday opposed a deadline set by Pakistan to evict over 1 million “illegal immigrants,” saying “the return must be voluntary and without any pressure.” “Any refugee return must be voluntary and without any pressure to ensure protection for those seeking safety,” Qaisar Kha...
KARACHI, Pakistan (AA) – Pakistan’s key investigation agency has told a court that an open trial of the country’s jailed former Prime Minister Imran Khan in a case that accuses him of exposing state secrets could pose a “risk of deteriorating relations with other countries.” The Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) submitted its repl...
ISLAMABAD (AA) – Pakistan caretaker Interior Minister Sarfraz Ahmed Bugti accused the Indian intelligence agency Research and Analysis Wing (RAW) on Saturday of being behind terror attacks in Pakistan. Bugti condemned Friday’s bombing of an Islamic religious gathering and said nearly 55 people were killed. “We know each and e...
Karachi, Pakistan – – AFP The cow had been slaughtered and bags of rice purchased but young bride Wahida’s nuptials were cut short when her groom was arrested on their wedding day, one of hundreds caught in a recent crackdown on Afghans living in Pakistan. The 20-year-old now lives with her in-laws at the Afghan […]
-ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (AA) – Pakistan is in “constant” touch with the US administration seeking a tacit green light to the long-stalled Pakistan-Iran gas pipeline project. However “there are remote chances of a favorable response” from Washington, a Foreign Ministry official said. “In the given geopolitical s...
