Tag: Qatar
Colonising the Pakistani mind
The menace within
The word 'calm' is a relative one. More so in Pakistan. A lull in acts of terrorism reinforces the feeling of calm....
Qatar to utilise Pakistani manpower: PM
Prime Minister Yousaf Raza Gilani has said that Qatar demanded skilled workforce from Pakistan to build the infrastructure for Olympic Games scheduled to be...
Qatari minister looted in Turbat
Qatar’s Petroleum Minister Sheikh Ali bin Abdullah Thani Al-Thani was on a hunting trip in Turbat when some armed miscreants stopped his car and...
Grossman met Taliban in Qatar: Afghan official
Washington’s chief envoy to Afghanistan met Taliban leaders in Qatar as part of US efforts to bring the insurgents to the negotiating table, a...
Gilani asks Pakistani students abroad to work hard; bring good name...
Prime Minister Syed Yusuf Raza Gilani said the students of Pakistani origin living abroad were the ambassadors of their country and urged them do...
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...
Gilani to discuss afghan peace in Qatar
Prime Minister Yousaf Raza Gilani will discuss peace efforts for Afghanistan with Qatar’s leadership during an official visit next week, an official said on...
Pak, Qatar to sign MOU during PM visit
Pakistan and Qatar will sign a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) on enhancement of hydro power production, restoration of hydro power plants, exploration of new...
PM to raise LNG import with Qatari leadership
Federal Minister for Petroleum & Natural Resources Dr Asim Hussain called on Prime Minister Syed Yusuf Raza Gilani at PM’s House on Wednesday and...
Talks in Qatar
And Saudi Arabia, too
A milestone, yes, but one that could have been avoided. Now that the Taliban and the US are set to start...
Taliban, US negotiators meet in Qatar: NYT
Taliban negotiators have begun meeting with US officials in Qatar, where they are discussing preliminary trust-building measures aimed at ending the war in Afghanistan,...
US-Taliban peace talks
Mullah Omar has confirmed that the Taliban have engaged in peace talks with the US. Apparently, this time around one should not expect the...
Taliban back in the fray
Can’t keep ’em out?
It is official now. Taliban will be opening their laision office in Doha, Qatar, with Tayyab Agha as their representative. Agha...
Karzai OK with Taliban Qatar office plan
Afghan President Hamid Karzai has said he will support the opening of a Taliban liaison office in Qatar to try to help consolidate the...
Qatar eyes 2020 Olympics
Qatar, future host of the 2022 FIFA World Cup and past playground of several Arab and Asian games, is reaching for the moon as...
Qatar may lose 2022 World Cup: FFA boss
Australia football boss Frank Lowy suggested Monday that Qatar could yet be stripped of its right to host the 2022 FIFA World Cup following...
Qatar to hold maiden legislative polls in 2013
Qatar will hold its maiden legislative polls in 2013, the emir of the Gulf state, which has backed pro-democracy uprisings elsewhere in the Arab...