Tag: Peace

ISLAMABAD - Prime Minister Syed Yusuf Raza Gilani has said that the resolution of Kashmir dispute in accordance with the UN resolution and the wishes of the Kashmiri people could help efforts for peace and economic prosperity of the South Asian region.
Apprising about his fruitful meeting with the political Indian leadership to the President of Azad Jammu and Kashmir, Raja Zulqarnain Khan who called on him at the Prime Minister's House here on Wednesday, he said that public

ISLAMABAD - As the Obama pull-out plan, the Lisbon and NATO deadlines set by the international players for troops' pullout from the troubled regions of Afghanistan draw closer, there is a significant push in behind-the-scene efforts to clinch a deal with Taliban and other insurgent groups. The formation of Pakistan, Afghan joint commission for Afghan reconciliation process is being called a sea change in bilateral relations between both the neighbouring countries, say diplomatic

KABUL - President Hamid Karzai said his government had initiated a peace process with the rebels to stop the bloodshed of his countrymen.
"No one will even kill insects in such large numbers as Afghans are being killed on a daily basis," Karzai told a group of journalists in Kabul.
The president said media could play a significant role in exposing the hidden hand behind violence and insecurity in Afghanistan. He asked journalists to help make the reconciliation effort a

KABUL - A joint Afghan-Pakistan commission would be established to promote peace and stability in the region, Afghan President Hamid Karzai announced on Saturday.
A brainchild of Islamabad, the commission would include the Pakistani prime minister, army chief and the Inter-Services Intelligence director-general, Karzai said.
Addressing a joint news conference with Prime Minister Syed Yusuf Raza Gilani, he said High Peace Council head Prof. Burhanuddin Rabbani would be part

ISLAMABAD - Students from different schools, colleges and universities on Friday conveyed a message of peace and interfaith harmony by staging dramas. They were performing in an art competition organised by Interfaith League against Poverty (I-LAP) here at Pakistan National Council of Arts (PNCA).
PNCA Director General Tauqeer Nasir was chief guest on the occasion while writers, intellectuals and journalists also attended the drama competition under the theme of "Interfaith

Pakistan tennis star Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi has resumed calls for a peace match on the Indian border to foster reconciliation efforts between the two South Asian rivals. Qureshi, whose doubles pairing with Indian star Rohan Bopanna has been dubbed the "Indo-Pak Express", wrote to Pakistani Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani calling for "tennis for peace." The star's father Ihtesham told AFP that Aisam had made the request as a "unique effort to promote peace".
Qureshi and Bopanna,

RAMALLAH - The US must move fast on its planned drive to revive Middle East talks before Palestinians seek recognition as a state, a spokesman for Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas said on Wednesday. "It's time for the American administration to move before September," said President Mahoud Abbas's spokesman, Nabil Abu Rdainah. Given a continuing impasse despite 18 years of talks, Palestinian leaders aim to ask the UN General Assembly in September for recogniti-on of statehood on

ABIDJAN - Ivory Coast's internationally recognised president, Alassane Ouattara, called for peace after his rival was arrested with the help of French forces, but he faces a huge task reuniting a country shattered by civil war.
Ouattara, who won a November presidential election according to UN-certified results, can finally begin asserting his authority over the West African country after his predecessor Laurent Gbagbo was captured on Monday, ending more than four months of

BENGHAZI - Muammar Gaddafi accepted an African Union (AU) plan to end the Libyan civil war but rebels on Monday said there could be no deal unless he leaves power, and there was no sign of a let-up in the fighting. Rebels in the besieged western city of Misrata told Reuters Gaddafi's forces fired Russian-made Grad rockets into the city, while insurgents in eastern Libya were preparing to advance. South African President Jacob Zuma, head of an AU peace mission, said Gaddafi had

TRIPOLI - Muammar Gaddafi has accepted a roadmap for ending the conflict in Libya including an immediate ceasefire, the African Union said on Monday, but an opposition representative said it would only work if Gaddafi left power.
South African President Jacob Zuma, who met Gaddafi at the head of a delegation of African leaders, urged NATO to stop air strikes on government targets to "give ceasefire a chance".
Earlier truce offers from Gaddafi have come to nothing and the

PESHAWAR - Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Information Minister Mian Iftikhar Hussain has urged the need to make the regional law and order atmosphere conducive and rehabilitate the affected socio-economic infrastructure which can ensure settlement of the Afghan refugees' issue.
"We endorse the decision of allowing the registered Afghan refugees to stay here till December 2012, but permitting them permanent settlement is possible," remarked Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Information Minister Mian

ISLAMABAD - With "cricket fever" completely gripping Pakistan and India, Prime Minister Yousaf Raza Gilani will reach Mohali today (Wednesday) with a strong delegation of leading politicians and senior members of his cabinet to hold talks with his Indian counterpart Dr Manmohan Singh on the sidelines of the Cricket World Cup semi-final match between the two rival nations.
Gilani will be accompanied by ANP President Asfandyar Wali Khan, MQM leader Dr Farooq Sattar, PML-N's Abdul

CHANDIGARH - Many had been saying it has been war-like when India and Pakistan clashed on a cricket ground, but the same number now believes a match acts as a peace bridge between the two estranged nations who consider cricket as their common religion separate from their Hindu and Muslim identities.
While till now skeptics have been dominating, peaceniks see an opportunity in the semifinal match at Mohali on March 30 to promote friendship. They have got 10,000 flags printed with

KARACHI - Federal Minister for Information and Broadcasting Firdous Ashiq Awan Sunday expressed the government's determination to take on board all the stakeholders, including political parties, civil society, media and law enforcement agencies to collectively evolve a consensus for improving law and order in Karachi.
Addressing a press conference, Awan, who was flanked by Secretary Information Taimur Azmat Usman, said although law and order was a provincial subject yet the

LAHORE - Kuldip Nayar, who is heading an Indian peace delegation to Pakistan, visited the Lahore University of Management Sciences on Thursday. Nayar talked on Pakistan-India relations to an audience comprising LUMS students, members of the civil society and a host of former ambassadors of Pakistan. He stressed the need for peace between the two countries. He was of the opinion that the youth in both countries are crucial to shedding the mistrust that has developed since
the

ISLAMABAD - Pakistan on Thursday said peace process with India must be "uninterrupted and uninterruptible" as dialogue was the only way forward to resolve the disputes between the nuclear neighbours.
"Pakistan believes dialogue is the only way forward. This dialogue must be uninterrupted and uninterruptible," Foreign Office spokeswoman Tehmina Janjua said while addressing her weekly press briefing.
On a recent agreement between Islamabad and New Delhi regarding the

LAHORE - Balochistan Peace Forum (BPF) was organised by Chanan Development Association (CDA) and Action Aid Pakistan in collaboration with KRSF on Thursday. The forum participants demanded jobs for the youth of Balochistan.
Speakers at the forum believed, "Stability and peace in Balochistan is imperative for a prosperous Pakistan but it requires provision of employment to the youth." They emphasized the need for a political solution to the crisis brewing in Balochistan, and said