Tag: Peace
The peace in the region
Let us talk again. Talking can not only break the status quo but also ensure a change, mostly good and positive. However, declining such...
Afghan leader to push for access to Taliban in Pakistan
Afghan President Hamid Karzai will press Pakistan to provide access to senior Afghan Taliban leaders when he visits Islamabad this week in a bid...
Pakistan, Qatar agree to cooperate in energy, trade
Prime Minister Yousaf Raza Gilani and his Qatari counterpart Sheikh Hamad bin Jassim bin Jabar Al Thani on Monday agreed to cooperate in the...
Pakistan not sidelined in Taliban peace talks: US
The United States has termed as "untrue" sentiments inside Pakistan that it was being sidelined by the Obama Administration in peace talks with the...
Nigeria’s Kano prays for peace after deadly attacks
Nigerian officials and clerics said peace prayers in Kano Monday after a wave of bomb-and-gun attacks claimed by Islamists left more than 160 dead...
Afaq lauds Zulfiqar Mirza’s efforts for peace in Karachi
Mohajir Qaumi Movement-Haqiqi (MQM-H) chairman Afaq Ahmed said Monday he is in contact with the former Sindh Home Minister Zulfiqar Mirza, adding he (Mirza)...
Only ‘direct’ talks can bring peace: Afghan official
An Afghan official said Thursday his government hopes peace talks can achieve “a political solution” with the Taliban movement, but stressed that any agreement...
‘Pakistan needs peace’
To create awareness for peace and justice in the masses and ensure harmony among the educational institutions, the National Peace and Justice Council (NPJC)...
Amn Ittehad to hold rallies against violence, injustice today
Amn Ittehad, a non-profit organisation working for peace, on Saturday announced to observe January 1 (today), the first day of the New Year, as...
We are in touch with Taliban for negotiations: Asfandyar
Awami National Party (ANP) President Asfandyar Wali Khan said that one of the sons of Jalaluddin Haqqani, leader of the Haqqani network, lives in...
Karzai agrees to Taliban office in Qatar
Afghanistan President Hamid Karzai said he will accept Taliban insurgents opening a representative office in the Gulf state of Qatar for the purpose of...
Pakistan fully understands imperative of regional peace: Khar
Foreign Minister Hina Rabbani Khar has emphasised that Pakistan fully understood the imperative of peace and stability in the region and looked forward to...
Revising enemy list
The recent statement issued by Joe Biden, the US Vice-President in which he clearly differentiates between the enemy and the non-enemies in the long...
Malala Yousafzai gets National Peace Award
Malala Yousafzai, a 13-year-old brave girl who fought for rights of girls’ education during Talibanisation in her hometown Swat, was given National Peace Award...
Edhi nominated for International Peace Award 2011
A short list of nominees for the 2011 Tipperary International Peace Award was announced by Tipperary Peace Convention on Monday. Six nominees were in...
Malala Yousafzai awarded int’l peace prize
A promising Khyber Pakhtunkhwa student, who boldly stood up for girls’ education in face of threats from the Taliban, has been awarded a runner...
Bopanna wants Indo-Pak peace match
Indian tennis star Rohan Bopanna sees the tennis series between Pakistan and India would open up new horizons in relations between the two countries
Bopanna...