Posts tagged Pakistan
Obama snubs Pakistan during NATO address
May 22nd
In an unmistakable snub, President Barack Obama left Pakistan off a list of nations he thanked Monday for help getting war supplies into Afghanistan. The omission speaks to the prolonged slump in US relations with Pakistan that clouded a NATO summit where nations were eyeing the exits in Afghanistan. Obama readily acknowledged that the tensions raise questions about whether Pakistan will help or hurt the goal of a stable Afghanistan
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May 22nd
According to international media President Asif Ali Zardari put up a list of new demands for the restoration of NATO supply. During the meeting with US leadership a number of national and international issues, including US-Pakistan ties, were discussed in detail
(No Ratings Yet) Loading ...Pak curbs on supplies cant hamper NATO operations
May 22nd
Speaking on the condition of anonymity, the Afghan diplomat informed ONLINE, that NATO was being supplied all its required supplies through Central Asian States, which was slightly inconvenient in extreme winters.
(No Ratings Yet) Loading ...Pakistan State Oil seeks 320,000 T gasoil, gasoline
May 21st
SINGAPORE; Pakistan State Oil is seeking 320,000 tonnes of gasoil and gasoline for delivery over June to August, a tender document showed on Monday. The company is seeking two cargoes of 55,000 tonnes each of 0.5 percent sulphur gasoil for delivery over June 14-16 and June-July
(No Ratings Yet) Loading ...Pakistan considering venues for Australia series
May 21st
The PCB s director of international cricket, Intikhab Alam, said Monday that Malaysia, Zimbabwe and South Africa are the other contenders. Pakistan has to look for an alternative venue after Sri Lanka last week pulled out of hosting the series because it is organizing the Sri Lanka Premier League in August. "They (Sri Lanka) had their own problems so we have to look for alternative venue," Alam told The Associated Press.
(No Ratings Yet) Loading ...After Turkish Premier, PM Gilnai addresses joint session of Parliament
May 21st
Staff Report ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilni today addressed the joint session of the Parliament, after Turkish Premiere Recep Tayyip Erdogan, SAMAA reported on Monday. The Prime Minister said in his address that an immortal travel of friendship between Turkey and Pakistan continues and people of both friendly country enjoy exemplary warm relations
(No Ratings Yet) Loading ...Turkey’s Erdogan addresses Pakistani Parliament
May 21st
Staff Report ISLAMABAD: Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan said Pakistan’s parliament is taking strong measures to strengthen the democracy in the country. Addressing the joint sitting of the Parliament for the second time in three years today (Monday), Turkish Prime Minister Erdogan said he salutes the people and parliament of Pakistan on behalf of the Turkish people and the parliament.
(No Ratings Yet) Loading ...Missing persons case: SC warns to summon Baloch CM, governor
May 21st
Staff Report QUETTA: Voicing exasperation over lack of action on the part of security agencies, Supreme Court (SC) Monday said the issue of missing persons has gone beyond just suspending the government officials, SAMAA reports Monday.
(No Ratings Yet) Loading ...Pakistan role is vital in Afghan peace: NATO joint statement
May 21st
Staff Report CHICAGO: The joint declaration of the North Atlantic Alliance, adopted on the second day of Chicago Summit, holds the role of Pakistan for peace in Afghanistan as highly vital, SAMAA reports Monday. According to the declaration issued on second day even before its session, all participants of the NATO Summit meeting unanimously agreed upon 65 points including continuing the cooperation with all sides along with Pakistan.
(No Ratings Yet) Loading ...PM Erdogan to address Pakistan’s Parliament today
May 21st
Staff Report ISLAMABAD: Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan will address a joint sitting of the Parliament at 5PM today (Monday). Earlier yesterday, Federal Minister for Capital Administration and Development Nazar Muhammad Gondal, Senator Sughra Imam, Turkish Ambassador to Pakistan Mustafa Babur Hizlan and other senior officials received the guest at the Chaklala Air Base. The Red Zone of the federal capital has been sealed from yesterday night in accordance with the security plan
(No Ratings Yet) Loading ...Pakistan restores access to Twitter after brief blockade
May 21st
ISLAMABAD: The government of Pakistan restored access to Twitter after briefly blocking the microblog over “blasphemous” posts about a Facebook competition involving caricatures of the Prophet Mohammad (P.B.U.H). The website was blocked Sunday by the telecoms authority on the orders of the IT ministry amid accusations it refused to remove messages about the Facebook contest.
(No Ratings Yet) Loading ...Pakistan seeks permanent solution of missile strikes: Zardari
May 21st
Staff Report CHICAGO: President Asif Ali Zardari said Pakistan seeks permanent resolution of the US missile strikes inside the country’s borders, SAMAA reports Monday. Presidential spokesman Farhatullah Babar informed in his statement that President Zardari, in his meeting with US Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton, noted that Pakistan vehemently supports the resolution of peace issue in Afghanistan. But, the US missile strikes inside Pakistan’s territory are not only harming the sovereignty of Pakistan but also massive antagonistic public reaction is emerging as a result of killings of innocent people, Zardari impressed on the US top official.
(No Ratings Yet) Loading ...PR shed staff threaten to observe wheel-jam strike on May 29
May 21st
Protest of Pakistan Railways loco shed employees has entered 8th day. The workers observed 4-hour hunger strike and set up strike camp.
(No Ratings Yet) Loading ...Reopening Pakistani routes crucial for NATO exit plan
May 21st
With Pakistan so far unwilling to reopen supply routes to Afghanistan, NATO faces a potential logistical nightmare as it prepares for a costly withdrawal of military hardware over the next two years. In the run-up a NATO summit that opened Sunday, US and Pakistani officials had signaled growing optimism that a deal would be clinched on reopening the routes, which Islamabad had closed in November over a botched American air raid.
(No Ratings Yet) Loading ...PTI to protest against Zardari in Chicago: Qureshi
May 21st
Addressing during the labour convention at the Multan Arts Council, Pakistan Tehrik-e-Insaf (PTI) leader Shah Mahmood Qureshi said his party will protest against President Asif Ali Zardari wherever he go in Chicago.
(No Ratings Yet) Loading ...Pakistan urges ‘permanent solution’ on US drone strikes
May 21st
Pakistani President Asif Ali Zardari pressed the United States during a NATO meeting on Sunday to help find a "permanent solution" to US drone strikes that have fueled tensions between the two uneasy allies. "The president said that Pakistan wanted to find a permanent solution to the drone issue as it not only violated our sovereignty but also inflamed public sentiments due to innocent civilian casualties," presidential spokesman Farhatullah Babar said in a statement. The statement did not specify what such a solution might entail
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