Tag: Foreign policy

NSC agrees to reshape foreign policy

ISLAMABAD: The National Security Committee has agreed on the importance of recalibrating the foreign policy framework to bring more focus on countries of the...

Pakistan will not take US dictation on foreign policy: Khursheed Shah

FAISALABAD: Opposition leader in the National Assembly Khursheed Shah on Tuesday said that Pakistan will not take anyone’s dictation on its foreign policy, referring...

‘Pakistan’s foreign policy not determined by its economic policy’

---FO Spokesman says no plans of establishing Chinese military bases in Pakistan ISLAMABAD: Foreign Office (FO) Spokesman Dr Faisal has said that Pakistan’s sacrifices are...

Speakers suggest resilient foreign policy to ensure independence, sovereignty

‘US ‘do more’ policy should be dealt with constitutional vision guided by national interest’ LAHORE: Pakistan desperately needs a resilient foreign policy to ensure its...

FM Asif hints at foreign policy shift from US towards China,...

  Foreign Minister Khawaja Asif said that the time had come to shift Pakistan’s foreign policy focus to China and Russia as it has been...

Pakistan pursuing policy of peaceful neighbourhood, says foreign secretary

ISLAMABAD: Foreign Secretary Tehmina Janjua on Thursday said that Pakistan was pursuing a policy of maintaining peaceful relations with its neighbours and that it recognised...

Asif tells Senate no change in Chinese policy regarding Pakistan

ISLAMABAD: Foreign Minister Khawaja Asif on Tuesday informed the Senate that China's stance regarding Pakistan has not changed and that the situation on the...

Trump foreign policy adviser met Russian officials in 2016

WASHINGTON: A foreign policy adviser to Donald Trump’s presidential campaign met Russian government officials last year, the New York Times reported on Friday, citing...

India wary as uncertainty mars Trump’s Pak policy

NEW DELHI: US President Donald Trump’s tweet that he is starting to develop a much better relationship with Pakistan and its leaders, even thanking...

‘Unlawful facilitation of Nawaz detrimental to democracy’

LAHORE: Jamaat-e-Islami Secretary General Liaqat Baloch has said that the unlawful facilities being extended by the federal and the Punjab government to the ousted prime...

Khursheed Shah says Pakistan’s foreign policy failed to make an impact

SUKKUR: Opposition Leader Khursheed Shah on Tuesday criticised the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) for not appointing a foreign minister earlier on in its tenure. While...

Trump admin targets violent Islamist groups as foreign policy priority

WASHINGTON: The Trump administration will make defeating "radical Islamic terror groups" its top foreign policy goal, according to a statement posted on the White...

Peaceful coexistence, mutual respect major foreign policy objectives: PM Nawaz

Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif said on Tuesday that peaceful coexistence and mutual respect are the main objectives of Pakistan’s foreign policy. “Peaceful coexistence, mutual respect...

Trump names Haley, a foreign policy novice, as envoy to UN

Donald Trump on Wednesday named South Carolina Governor Nikki Haley, a former critic with little foreign policy experience, as the next US ambassador to...

Country cannot be run with foreign loans and assistance of Qatari...

Opposition leader in National Assembly (NA) Khurshid Shah said the nation relying on loans weakens and the country cannot be run with loans and...

Modi says India has put Pakistan ‘in a tight spot’

Indian PM says India seeks friendly relations with Pakistan but without compromising on Indian interests

Speakers discuss CPEC, foreign policy at IPR event

  Speakers at a panel discussion agreed that the China Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) project presented a real opportunity to the country to galvanise its...