Tag: Foreign
Aasia Bibi free to make foreign visits: FO
ISLAMABAD: The Foreign Office on Wednesday maintained that Aasia Bibi has the right to travel anywhere after the Supreme Court’s verdict absolved her of...
Govt to keep check on social media through FIA
-- State minister says 54 foreign intelligence agencies are actively working to destabilize Pakistan
ISLAMABAD: Minister of State for Interior Shehryar Afridi on Tuesday...
FM Qureshi to visit Kabul on 15th
ISLAMABAD: Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi will embark on one-day Kabul trip on September 15. It would be his first foreign visit in the...
Foreign medical graduates hold a sit-in against PMDC: report
ISLAMABAD: The Pakistani Foreign Medical Graduates Welfare Association (PFMGWA) held a sit-in outside the National Press Club on Sunday against alleged injustice by the...
Australia considers new changes in law for preventing ‘foreign interference’
SYDNEY: Australia is considering changes to proposed new laws designed to prevent improper foreign interference in its domestic politics after a backlash from journalists...
65 insurgents killed during foreign forces operations in Paktika
PAKTIKA: At least 65 Taliban insurgents were killed during foreign forces operations in Paktika province on Saturday night, local officials said on Tuesday, reported...
South Korea not seeking to renegotiate ‘comfort women’ deal with Japan:...
SEOUL: South Korea said on Tuesday it will not seek to renegotiate a 2015 deal with Japan aimed at resolving the sensitive issue of...
Fugitive former PM Yingluck is in London, says Thai foreign minister
BANGKOK: Thailand’s former Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra, who fled the country to avoid being jailed over a rice subsidy scheme that lost billions of...
French PM ‘open’ to interim ban on foreign funding of mosques
France’s prime minister said Friday he was “open” to a temporary ban on the foreign financing of mosques, after a spate of attacks in...
All issues to be raised in Indo-Pak foreign secretary talks, says...
Pakistan will raise all issues of concern in the upcoming foreign secretary level talks between Pakistan and India, the Foreign Office said on Thursday.
“We...
India announces plans to open up foreign investment
India’s government on Tuesday announced plans for a sweeping liberalisation of its foreign direct investment (FDI) regime, as Prime Minister Narendra Modi seeks to...
Foreign terrorist arrested with explosives, detonators
The Counter Terrorism Department (CTD) foiled a massive terror bid and arrested a foreign terrorist along with explosives and detonators during a crackdown on...
Ceasefire violations increased during Modi’s govt: Aziz
Prime Minister’s Adviser on National Security and Foreign Affairs Sartaj Aziz on Saturday said that violations of ceasefire along the Line of Control (LoC)...
Foreign prisoner dies mysteriously at Adiala
A foreign prisoner, who had been languishing in Adiala Jail under the Foreign Act, died at the jail hospital. The cause of the death...
Afghan officials confirm five arrested for attack on Peshawar school
KABUL—
Afghan officials say that security forces have arrested five people suspected of being involved in a massacre last month that saw extremists attack...
Obama, foreign military chiefs coordinate Islamic State plans
US president does not hint any changes to what he sees as long-term strategy that would see ups and downs in the months ahead
President...
Indo-Pak foreign secretaries to meet on Aug 25
Pakistan’s Foreign Secretary AIzaz Ahmed Chaudhry and his Indian counterpart Sujatha Singh will meet in Islamabad on August 25 to carry forward the dialogue...
