Tag: Peace

Pakistan, Afghanistan decide to accelerate peace efforts

Pakistan and Afghanistan on Friday decided to accelerate efforts for peace and reconciliation with Taliban insurgents and expand bilateral cooperation in all fields, including...

Prof Rabbani seeks JUI-F, JI’s help for peace with Taliban

Prof Burhanuddin Rabbani, former Afghan president and the current chief of the High Peace Council, Friday in Islamabad held meetings with the leaders of...

Abbas agrees to peace talks in Paris

Palestinian President Mahmud Abbas has told France he is ready to attend a Paris peace conference if Israel accepts talks based on the 1967...

Hekmatyar presents proposal for peace

Hezb-e-Islami Afghanistan (HIA) chief Gulbadeen Hekmatyar said on Tuesday that he was willing to talk to the United States to resolve the Afghan conflict. In...

Pakistan seeks joint commission for peace in Afghanistan

Foreign Secretary Salman Bashir stressing the need for close collaboration between Pakistan and Afghanistan has underscored the need for the early operationalisation of the...

Gilani seeks greater role for China in Afghan peace talks

Foreign Secretary Salman Bashir leaves for Kabul today (Monday) to deliver the prime minister’s special message to Afghan President Hamid Karzai, asking for a...

Pakistan’s peace band launch

The fabulous music of Sohail Rana, songs by Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan and lyrics from Eddie Vedder’s ‘Face of love’ filled the auditorium as...

Sino-Pak partnership vital for global peace: Gilani

Prime Minister Yousaf Raza Gilani on Thursday said Pakistan-China friendship and strategic cooperative partnership was an indispensable and critical factor in ensuring regional and...

ISI pressing Haqqanis to talk peace: WSJ

The Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) is pressing the Haqqani network to join nascent Afghan peace talks, even as the US officials demand an offensive against...

Osama bin Laden’s death may help Afghan peace

The killing of Al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden by an elite US team has sapped Taliban morale and encouraged fighters to join peace...

Afghan peace needs Pakistan’s cooperation: NATO

NATO's Chief, Anders Fogh Rasmussen, has said Pakistan's positive engagement is needed to establish peace in Afghanistan and in the region. Mr Rasmussen has said...

India backs Afghan peace plan: Singh

Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, on a visit to Afghanistan on Thursday, said India strongly supported a plan by Kabul to reconcile with Taliban-led...

WikiLeaks’ Assange awarded top Sydney peace prize

WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange was Wednesday awarded the Sydney Peace Foundation’s top honour for “exceptional courage in pursuit of human rights”, joining the likes of...

China is anchor of regional peace, says Gilani

Terming Pakistan-China friendship as an anchor of peace and stability in this part of the world, Prime Minister Yousaf Raza Gilani said on Sunday...

France pushes Israel for peace breakthrough

France was to push Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu for a breakthrough in Middle East peace talks Thursday, after warning it may go ahead and...

Army to stay in Swat to ensure peace

Corps Commander Lt Gen Asif Yaseen Malik has said that in a bid to go ahead with peace and stability, armed forces would remain...

Gbagbo urges supporters to seek peace

Ivory Coast’s deposed former leader Laurent Gbagbo urged supporters on Monday to drop political quarrels for now and help the West African country revive...