Tag: Peace

ISLAMABAD - Prime Minister Yousaf Raza Gilani said on Wednesday that dialogue was the only way forward for normalisation of relations between Pakistan and India and wars were no solution to their decades-old problems.
"My government would like to continue working with the government of India to resolve all outstanding issues peacefully [and] in a just manner," Gilani said while talking to an Indian peace delegation led by journalist Kuldip Nayar at PM's House. The PM appreciated

LAHORE - With a whooping slogan to nurture a new social contact to convert the state into a genuine welfare state, a provincial convention (Punjab) in
connection with Pakistan Day under the aegis of Peace Alliance was held at Ali Institute, Ferozepur road here on Wednesday.
The convention was participated by hundreds of people hailing from far fetched areas of Punjab. In his address, Provincial Convention Irfan Mufti said that the purpose behind the gathering was to initiate

ISLAMABAD - The modern world of today is continuously transforming and we are living in a changing world. Traditionally, majority of threats to maritime security emanated from inter-state territorial disputes and political instabilities.
However, in the new millennium, the concept of maritime security has been redefined. Unlike the past, the world's nations are confronted with the threats of transnational terrorism emanating from non-state actors. These new security challenges

KARACHI - Peace activists of India and Pakistan on Sunday unanimously demanded that both the countries' governments should release all civilian prisoners including fishermen as a goodwill gesture; liberalise visa rules; revive the India-Pakistan Judicial Committee on Prisoners; open trade; reduce military expenditure; and urgently resolve the almost-settled disputes like Siachen, Sir Creek.
They were speaking at a round-table conference titled 'Strategising Civil Society's Role

KARACHI - Pakistani and Indian peace activists on Thursday underlined the need for unbreakable peace process until mutual disputes are resolved. These activists were speaking at a reception, hosted by the Pakistan Institute of Labour Education and Research (PILER) in honour of a nine-member peace delegation that arrived from India in the evening.
Leading the delegation, former MP and senior journalist Kuldip Nayar said that negotiations between the two countries should be

ISLAMABAD - Chairman Senate Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs Salim Saifullah on Monday said that a Pak-Afghan parliamentary peace body would be formed soon. He was talking to media after standing committee's three-day visit to Afghanistan. Salim Saifullah said that Afghan visit had been fruitful.

KARACHI - Sindh government's announcement of constituting 'peace committees' in all parts of Karachi at town and union council levels to thwart terror activities has apparently reduced to just another unfulfilled promise as the decision is pending implementation. The provincial government and the City District Government Karachi had decided constituting peace committees in October 2009 in a meeting that was chaired by Home Secretary Arif Khan.
The meeting was also attended by

JERUSALEM - Envoys of the Middle East Quartet were meeting with Israel's chief peace negotiator on Thursday, as the Jewish state faced growing pressure to break the logjam in talks with the Palestinians.
Talks with Israeli envoy Yitzhak Molcho were being hosted by the US embassy, with Washington represented by David Hale, assistant to US Middle East envoy George Mitchell, an embassy spokesman told AFP. "There is a meeting today with the Quartet," Kurt Hoyer said. "We believe that

COLOMBO - Sania Zaidi sits in the R. Premadasa stadium press box as the World Cup drama unfolds beneath her. Nothing unusual about that except the 28-year-old Pakistani journalist has been blind since childhood and is on a mission to promote better relations between Pakistan and India. "I want cricket to promote peace, courtesy and courage which we have been lacking in our wonderful world. I can't see it but I can sense it and am here at this World Cup to promote my mission," Sania

ISLAMABAD - President Asif Ali Zardari told United Kingdom (UK) National Security Adviser Sir Peter Ricketts at President House on Tuesday that any initiative on Afghanistan should ensure territorial integrity of the country and the Afghan ownership of the process with a commitment that their country's soil would not be used against another. "Pakistan stands for a peaceful, stable, friendly and united Afghanistan, as Pakistan is directly impacted by any development relating to

PESHAWAR - The Government of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa is not ready to extend its support to the already under pressure local tribal militias or peace committees in the suburban parts of the metropolis, saying no parallel security force will be encouraged. The Aman Lashkar of Adezai area that was facing Taliban militants at the front from Darra Adamkhel had given a deadline to the government that was lapsing today (Tuesday) that if they were not supported by the government, there would be no

KARACHI - "Peace can be achieved through books, not bombs," Hamdard University Chancellor Senator SM Zafar said on the occasion of the university's 15th convocation.
Zafar said some people think that terrorism could be controlled by strengthening the law, the secret agencies and the judicial system. In his view, however, terrorism could be curbed by spreading education in the country. He said that there is a shortage of funds and knowledge in the country, and that the nation is

KARACHI - "Peace can be achieved through books, not bombs," Hamdard University Chancellor Senator SM Zafar said on the occasion of the university's 15th convocation. Zafar said some people think that terrorism could be controlled by strengthening the law, the secret agencies and the judicial system. In his view, however, terrorism could be curbed by spreading education in the country. He said that there is a shortage of funds and knowledge in the country, and that the nation is

LAHORE - The University of Punjab's Institute of Chemistry teachers and students have demanded Vice-Chancellor Professor Dr Mujahid Kamran use his authority to stop the Punjab University Academic Staff Association's (PUASA) smear campaign against newly-appointed institute Director Professor Dr Makshoof Ather. Sources said that some leftist teachers were trying to have Dr Zaid Mahmood appointed as the Institute of Chemistry director.
Teachers and students from various PU

JERUSALEM - Israel's Benjamin Netanyahu held talks on Monday with Quartet envoy Tony Blair, as international peace negotiators sought to coax Israel and the Palestinians back into some form of peace dialogue.
Israeli officials confirmed the two had met but refused to give details of what was discussed, as media reports suggested the premier was shying away from sending his chief negotiator to meet Quartet representatives in Brussels.
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ISLAMABAD - Contrary to the tall claims of health ministry that it provides comprehensive health cover to the masses, the capital city hospitals have only one mortuary and that too with insufficient capacity to cater to the needs of people in an emergency situation effectively.
One mortuary in the capital city is built in the Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences (PIMS), one of Islamabad's major government run hospital and it has the capacity to accommodate only 10 dead bodies.

LAHORE - Israel's former chief of General Staff Lt-Gen Gabi Ashkenazi Monday called on the government to work towards making peace treaties with neighbouring countries, The Jerusalem Post reported.
According to the Israeli newspaper, he made these comments during a farewell appearance before the Knesset (Israel's unicameral legislature) Foreign Affairs and Defence Committee.
"Other countries [in the region] should be removed from the cycle of conflict with Israel and added