Tag: Confrontation

Trump: news media wants confrontation, even war, with Russia

WASHINGTON: President Donald Trump accused the news media Thursday of trying to provoke a confrontation with Russia that could lead to war, as he...

Chinese foreign policy favours communication over confrontation, moot holds

Expert says China wants equality and puts development first ISLAMABAD: Institute of Strategic Studies Islamabad (ISSI) Chairman Ambassador Khalid Mahmood Tuesday said that in...

COAS lauds UAE’s economic growth

DUBAI: Chief of Army Staff (COAS) General Qamar Javed Bajwa on Saturday met United Arab Emirates (UAE) Vice President and Prime Minister Sheikh Mohammed...

Nisar says confrontation with judiciary not in favour of Nawaz

TAXILA: Former interior minister and Pakistan Muslim League Nawaz (PML-N) leader Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan said on Thursday that he always stood by his...

Imran has introduced politics of chaos and confrontation: Rana Tanveer

Says Imran Khan will score a century of U-turns by next elections Says Bilawal has no talent for politics Federal Minister for Defence Production...

Avoid confrontation, negotiate a solution: Altaf

With the political temperature rising in Islamabad, Muttahida Quami Movement (MQM) chief Altaf Hussain on Tuesday appealed to Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif, Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf...

Confrontation among institutions not in interest of country, says Mushahid

Pakistan Muslim League-Q (PML-Q) Secretary General Mushahid Hussain Syed said on Tuesday that PML-Q never supported confrontation among institutions as it is not in...

PM says PPP to continue politics of reconciliation

Prime Minister Raja Pervez Ashraf on Sunday said the Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) believed in politics of reconciliation and not confrontation, adding anarchy would...

Punjab govt’s ‘long march’ will amount to treason, warns Gilani

Prime Minister Yousaf Raza Gilani on Tuesday said no province could launch a long march against the federal government because it was unconstitutional and...

Winds of confrontation may blow again: Asma

Former President Supreme Court Bar Association (SCBA) Asma Jahangir on Thursday said that the atmosphere of confrontation will arise again, if courts change the...

The shot’s been fired

Can the bullet be deflected? After tumultuous and prolonged priming of the trigger, the apex court has finally pulled it. On Friday, the Honourable Prime...

A grand alliance?

A united opposition can pull its weight The decisions taken at a meeting of the opposition leaders on Friday would increase pressure on the government...

Mala fide

The one liability has become a mountain of crises The drift of things ever since the PPP-led government took over had always pointed in one...

Govt intends to use Parliament for confrontation: Nisar

Opposition leader in National Assembly, Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan said on Thursday that the Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) coalition government wanted to use parliament...

West edges closer to confrontation with Iran

Iran’s showdown with the West slid closer to dangerous confrontation on Tuesday as international alarm over a new uranium enrichment plant and Tehran’s death...

State within a state

With escape routes blocked, how comes the end? The prime minister’s outbursts of December 22 have dashed any prospects that may still have lingered with...

Thrown into a tailspin

Why make a bad situation worse? Either he kept contradicting himself or his claims were being constantly refuted. Mansoor Ijaz must have been happy to...