Tag: South Asia
PIIA to hold conference on ‘Peace in South Asia: Opportunities and...
KARACHI: The Pakistan Institute of International Affairs (PIIA) is holding a conference on ‘Peace in South Asia: Opportunities and Challenges’ on November 15 and...
Pakistan renews proposal for a bilateral nuclear-test ban
Ambassador Amil cites growing mistrust, insatiable desire for military dominance on part of few countries
GENEVA/ISLAMABAD: Reaffirming commitment to promote peace and stability in South...
CPEC project is glad tiding for entire region: Aizaz
WASHINGTON: Pakistan’s Ambassador to the United States Aizaz Ahmad Chaudhry, while rejecting negative propaganda against China Pakistan Economic Project (CPEC), has said that the...
US delegation led by White House South Asia affairs adviser to...
ISLAMABAD: A United States delegation led by Lisa Curtis, the White House South Asia affairs adviser, has left for Islamabad and will reach the...
Jim Mattis to visit India to discuss Afghan, South Asia policy
US Defense Secretary Jim Mattis is due to visit India and hold talks with Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his Indian counterpart Nirmala Sitharaman to discuss...
Pakistan sings the same tune on terrorism as BRICS
ISLAMABAD: In its first reaction to the joint declaration of BRICS leaders’ summit held in China, Pakistan on Tuesday joined in the concerns shared by...
Pakistan cannot be cut off from ‘reality of Afghanistan’: US analysts
NEW YORK: The debate continues in the American media and other forums on President Donald Trump’s Afghan plan, a military strategy that puts Pakistan...
World powers should play their role for peace in S. Asia,...
Pakistan's Permanent Representative to the United Nations Dr Maleeha Lodhi has called for world powers to put their self-interests aside and play their role...
Innovation, technology can boost Pakistan’s exports: WB report
Pakistan and its South Asian neighbours could become the fastest growing exporting region of the world if authorities implement a set of policy actions...
Final touches being given to host IDEAS-2016
Final touches were being given to host the 9th International Defence Exhibition and Seminar (IDEAS 2016) in Karachi, said the organiser.
Giving briefing to the...
Pakistan among least peaceful countries in South Asia: report
Pakistan was the second least peaceful country in South Asia despite making modest improvements over the past year — a year that saw the...
Punjab govt claims laurels for publishing first Gender Parity Report in...
Punjab Chief Minister Shehbaz Sharif has said that a major portion of Pakistan’s population comprises women and the country cannot progress without providing them...
Asia’s Tuk-Tuks providing a wheel boost to Africa
Omnipresent on the chaotic streets of Mumbai, Jakarta and Bangkok, Asia's three-wheeled "Tuk-Tuk" has now come to Africa ─ and with a two-fold bonus:...
‘World peace equals peace in South Asia equals peace in Kashmir’
Minister for Information and Broadcasting Pervaiz Rashid said on Monday that peace in South Asia is imperative for peace in the entire world.
Addressing a...
Sharif gets Obama to say Kashmir, promises jihadis in return
US president and Pakistani PM urge Afghan Taliban leaders to initiate talks with Kabul;
Voice concern over LoC violence, urge dialogue for Kashmir resolution.
US should not create strategic imbalance in South Asia, says Sartaj...
The NSA said that the purpose of talks between Pakistan and the US during Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif's visit to Washington later this week will not be to reach a compromise on the extent of Pakistan's defence capabilities, but to discuss nuclear safety
Pakistan’s GDP to grow by 4.5% in current fiscal year, WB...
Report says GDP growth of Pakistan is much lesser than its neighbouring countries like India 7.3 per cent, Bangladesh 6.5 per cent and Sri...
