Tag: Rex Tillerson

Ties with US cannot get any worse under new Secretary of...

MOSCOW: The Kremlin on Wednesday said ties with the US could not get any worse under next Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, after the sacking...

Rex Tillerson out, Pompeo in

Trump nominates Gina Haspel to replace Pompeo as first woman director of CIA US President Donald Trump has sacked Secretary of State Rex Tillerson,...

Pakistan must ‘demonstrate’ its desire to partner with the US, says...

WASHINGTON DC: United States (US) is prepared to partner with Pakistan to defeat terrorist organisations seeking safe haven, US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson...

Pakistan risks losing territory if it doesn’t rein in terror outfits,...

WASHINGTON: US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson has said that Pakistan could lose control of its territory if it does not sever ties with the...

Don’t enjoy dealing with Pakistan, cannot continue with status quo there:...

WASHINGTON: There are two things US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson doesn’t enjoy about his job - dealing with North Korea and dealing with...

US to give Pakistan chance to strike terrorist targets: Tillerson

WASHINGTON: US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson has informed the Congress that Pakistan is willing to target terrorists if provided information and Washington plans to give Islamabad the opportunity to...

PM says no threat or new demand from US

Abbasi asks US, Afghan forces to take action against Fazlullah ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi said on Saturday that US Secretary of State Rex...

US senators urge Tillerson to list Pakistan as ‘country of particular...

WASHINGTON: Six influential US senators have urged Secretary of State Rex Tillerson to designate Pakistan as a “country of particular concern” on the issue...

While others consider Tillerson’s visit slap in face, PM Abbasi takes...

ISLAMABAD: As Secretary of State Rex Tillerson cut a sharp swath through the region this week doubling down on charges that Pakistan is sheltering...

China asks world to fully affirm Pakistan’s counter-terrorism efforts

BEIJING: China once again came out in defence of Pakistan against criticism by India and the US for not doing enough to wipe out militant...

US concerned about Pakistan government’s stability, Tillerson says in India

NEW DELHI: US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson said Wednesday the United States was concerned that extremist groups pose a threat to the “stability...

‘No terrorist safe havens exist in Pakistan’

Foreign Minister Khawaja Asif on Tuesday said that Pakistan, in the meeting with US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson, made it clear that no terrorist...

Pakistan outlines policy of peaceful neighbourhood, offers assistance on Afghan peace...

  US offers Pakistan cooperation against TTP, IS if it delivers on Afghan peace Tillerson says Pakistan is ‘so important regionally to our joint...

Raza Rabbani asks FM Asif to take house into confidence about...

  ISLAMABAD: Senate Chairman Mian Raza Rabbani on Tuesday asked the Minister for Law and Justice Zahid Hamid to ask the Foreign Minister Khawaja Asif...

Pakistan produced results in war on terror, PM tells Tillerson

ISLAMABAD: US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson on Tuesday called on Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi at the Prime Minister House and discussed Pakistan’s counter-terrorism...

US secretary of state lands in Riyadh, begins Gulf, South Asia...

RIYADH: US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson arrived in Riyadh on Saturday to attend a landmark meeting between officials from Saudi Arabia and Iraq...

Pence, Tillerson phone PM Abbasi, thank Pakistan for safe recovery of...

ISLAMABAD: US Vice President Mike Pence on Wednesday telephoned Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi and thanked the government of Pakistan and praised the professionalism...