Tag: Talks

Talks on agri tax remain inconclusive

Talks between the Centre and the provinces on the imposition of agriculture income tax through better mechanism remained inconclusive on Tuesday as the provinces...

Afghan-Pakistan commission for talks with Taliban operationalised

Pakistan and Afghanistan decided on Monday to operationalise the joint commission for peace talks with the Taliban recently set up by the two neighbours,...

Islamabad, Kabul set to activate body for Taliban talks

Pakistan and Afghanistan are all to set to make operational the joint commission formed recently for spearheading peace talks with the Taliban. The formal...

PM makes talks offer to angry Baloch leaders

Prime Minister Yousaf Raza Gilani said on Sunday his government was ready for political dialogue with estranged leaders of Balochistan in the larger national...

Abbas agrees to peace talks in Paris

Palestinian President Mahmud Abbas has told France he is ready to attend a Paris peace conference if Israel accepts talks based on the 1967...

Yemen fighting intensifies, US envoy in talks

Forces loyal to President Ali Abdullah Saleh battled with tribal fighters in Yemen’s capital on Thursday in overnight clashes that killed dozens as a...

‘Nawaz talks about disintegrating Sindh and then meets nationalists’

After talking about disintegrating Sindh by making new provinces in the province, Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) chief Nawaz Sharif is holding meetings with nationalists,...

Indo-Pak officials kick off talks on Siachen

Top defence officials from India and Pakistan kicked off talks on Monday over a disputed glacier high in the Himalayas where troops have clashed...

Pakistan should hold talks with Taliban: PML-Q

PML-Q Women Wing President Farukh Khan has said that Pakistan should follow US in holding talks with Pakistani Taliban as they were already doing...

Pakistan, India meet on glacier dispute

Top defence officials from Pakistan and India kicked off talks on Monday to discuss the disputed Himalayan glacier that brought the neighbours to the...

Defence secretary in New Delhi for Siachen talks

Defence Secretary Lt Gen (r) Syed Athar Ali arrived in New Delhi on Sunday to hold talks with his Indian counterpart on the contentious...

Libyan rebels upbeat ahead of talks

Libyan rebels applauded a G8 call for Moamer Gaddafi to go ahead of a visit on Monday by South Africa's president for talks that...

Pak Defence secretary arrives in India for talks

Pakistan’s Defence Secretary Syed Athar Ali arrived in New Delhi on Sunday to hold talks with Indian Defence secretary. The 12th round of talks between...

Without talks, Palestinians to head to UN: Abbas

Without a renewal of peace talks, the Palestinians will seek UN recognition, president Mahmud Abbas said on Wednesday a day after a major speech...

Obama, Cameron hold talks on Arab Spring

US President Barack Obama held talks with British Prime Minister David Cameron on Wednesday, focusing on the turmoil raging across the Arab world and...

Washington opposing talks with Haqqani network

Before launching a fully-fledged military operation in North Waziristan as demanded by the United States, Pakistan is urging the Haqqani network to begin a...

Gilani seeks greater role for China in Afghan peace talks

Foreign Secretary Salman Bashir leaves for Kabul today (Monday) to deliver the prime minister’s special message to Afghan President Hamid Karzai, asking for a...