Thaw in Pakistan-India tensions is 'tactical': Experts
April 17, 2021
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By: Aamir Latif
United Arab Emirates-brokered backdoor diplomacy has brought a thaw in otherwise mounting tensions between nuclear-armed Pakistan and India, but it is...
Pakistan premier warns of greater COVID-19 restrictions
April 5, 2021
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By: Aamir Latif
Pakistan reported over 5,000 new coronavirus cases on Sunday, prompting the prime minister to issue a warning of greater nationwide restrictions if pe...
Pakistan says no change in stance on Kashmir
April 1, 2021
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By: Aamir Latif
Pakistan on Wednesday said there is no change in its stance on the longstanding Kashmir dispute, despite recent positive developments with arch-rival...
Pakistan, Qatar hold joint naval drill
March 30, 2021
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By: Aamir Latif
Pakistan and Qatar have held a joint naval drill in the Arabian Gulf.
Three ships of Qatar Emir Naval Forces – Huwar, Damash, and Kaan –...
Pakistan: Ruling party wins majority in Senate
March 4, 2021
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By: Aamir Latif
Pakistan's ruling party on Wednesday won the highest number of seats in the Senate polls, becoming the single-majority party in a hung upper house.
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Imran Khan’s Sri Lanka visit may foster strategic partners...
February 26, 2021
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By: Aamir Latif
Pakistan's Prime Minister Imran Khan (L) meets his Sri Lankan counterpart Mahinda Rajapaksa (R) in Colombo, Sri Lanka on February 24, 2021 on the se...
Pakistan, Sri Lanka discuss 'broad-based' partnership
February 25, 2021
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By: Aamir Latif
The Pakistani and Sri Lankan leaderships have discussed ways to enhance their "broad-based" partnership, including peace, trade, and connectivity.
Pa...
Multinational military drill 'to give Pakistan diplomatic...
February 11, 2021
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By: Aamir Latif
Hosted by Pakistan, a week-long multination naval exercise is set to begin in the Arabian Sea from Thursday, a move that could set the tone for its en...
Pakistan wants India held ‘accountable’ for 2019 airstrike
January 19, 2021
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By: Aamir Latif
Pakistan on Sunday urged the world community to hold longtime rival India "accountable" for an airstrike by its air force on a northwestern Pakistani...
Daesh/ISIS flourishing in Afghanistan: Pakistani army
January 13, 2021
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By: Aamir Latif
The Pakistan army on Monday alleged that the terrorist organization Daesh/ISIS is using the Afghan territories to operate against Pakistan with India'...
Afghan peace talks may suffer from Trump's departure
Already shaken by a fresh flare-up of violence, the fragile Afghan peace process may face “problems” following the departure of US Preside...
Pakistan in talks with China, Russia to get vaccines
December 8, 2020
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By: Aamir Latif
Pakistani health authorities are negotiating with China and Russia, among others, to procure coronavirus vaccines, an official said on Monday.
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Is Saudi Arabia pressing Pakistan to recognize Israel?
November 25, 2020
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By: Aamir Latif
The Pakistani prime minister made headlines last week when he revealed that Islamabad has been under pressure from some "friendly" nations to recogniz...
Pakistan’s PTI poised to form gov’t in Gilgit-Baltistan
November 16, 2020
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By: Aamir Latif
The Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) party of Prime Minister Imran Khan and its allies are set to form a new government for the next five years in the...
Pakistan for stand against 'Islamophobia, neo-Nazism'
November 11, 2020
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By: Aamir Latif
Pakistan on Tuesday urged member states of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) to collectively oppose the rising wave of Islamophobia and neo-...
Pakistan tent peggers in solidarity with Azerbaijan
November 2, 2020
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By: Aamir Latif
Horses painted in colors of Turkish and Azerbaijani flags, to express solidarity with Ankara and Baku, paraded at the culmination of an internationa...
Taliban attitude, commitments reflect willingness to chang...
October 21, 2020
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By: Aamir Latif
While the world is awaiting progress in the intra-Afghan talks with bated breath, an expert says the current phase in war-torn Afghanistan is a kind o...
Pakistan's centuries-old boat village faces dual threat
September 25, 2020
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By: Aamir Latif
Under the broiling midday sun, 15-year-old Mohammad Afzal Mallah rows a small wooden boat carrying three people to his village, which floats on the li...
Pakistan's role in intra-Afghan talks 'crucial': Experts
September 16, 2020
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By: Aamir Latif
Pakistan has played a behind-the-scenes but crucial role in courting the Afghan Taliban for long-awaited intra-Afghan peace talks, aiming at political...
Rohingya Muslims in Pakistan decry global silence
August 24, 2020
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By: Aamir Latif
As the world prepares to observe the third anniversary of a brutal military crackdown against Myanmar's Rohingya Muslims, hundreds of them living in P...
Pakistan's checkered journey from using thorns to nuclear...
August 14, 2020
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By: Aamir Latif
As Pakistan celebrates 74th Independence Day on Aug. 14, experts believe that the country carries a mixed bag of successes and failures.
The nation c...
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