Tag: Talks
Ministry team reaches New Delhi; talks today
LAHORE/ISLAMABAD - Prime Minister Yousaf Raza Gilani urge his Indian counterpart Dr Manmohan Singh to hold a "meaningful and result-oriented" dialogue on Kashmir and other bilateral disputes during his upcoming visit to India to watch the Cricket World Cup semi-final on March 30, said a Pakistani official, as a three-member delegation of the Interior Ministry led by Interior Secretary Qamar Zaman Chaudhry left for New Delhi from the Wahga Border on Sunday.
The delegation was
The delegation was
Mushahid asks Gilani to adopt visionary approach in talks with India
ISLAMABAD - PML-Q Secretary-General Mushahid Hussain Sayed Sunday urged Prime Minister Yousaf Raza Gilani to grasp any opportunity while adopting a visionary approach in talks with Indian counterpart Manmohan Singh if any meeting is held on the sidelines of the Pak-India ICC World Cup semi-final clash.
"Prime Minister Gilani should look for an innovative approach in talks with his Indian counterpart and he should go India after proper briefings and homework on India, Pak
"Prime Minister Gilani should look for an innovative approach in talks with his Indian counterpart and he should go India after proper briefings and homework on India, Pak
Sec-level talks – Pakistan to raise issue of Indian involvement in...
ISLAMABAD - Pakistan would demand India share details of investigations into the Mumbai attacks and the Samjhota Express, Ajmer Sharif and Mallay village incidents, as the interior secretary-level talks between the two countries are going to resume in India on March 28-29 in New Delhi.
According to an official source, Pakistan would raise the issue of Indian involvement in the troubled areas of Pakistan particularly Balochistan. Besides this, it would ask India to fix the date
According to an official source, Pakistan would raise the issue of Indian involvement in the troubled areas of Pakistan particularly Balochistan. Besides this, it would ask India to fix the date
Interior secretary briefs prime minister on India talks
ISLAMABAD - Interior Secretary Chaudhry Qamar Zaman on Saturday took Prime Minister Yousaf Raza Gilani into confidence on his forthcoming meeting with the Indian counterpart. He called Gilani at Prime Minister's House to seek guidance in connection with his meeting with the Indian counterpart. Proposed agenda of the scheduled meeting between interior secretaries of the two countries was also discussed during the meeting.
JI talks about women’s rights
LAHORE - Jamaat-i-Islami Women and Family Commission on Thursday held a seminar in Mansoora on Thursday, on the topic, "Pakistani women and current national scenario." The speakers on the occasion spoke against the desecration of the Quran by Pastor Terry Jones and demanded that the government should cut off its diplomatic relations with the US. "Desecration of the Quran is an act of terrorism. Pastor Jones should immediately be hanged. War against terror has piled up uncountable
The Rock in talks for ‘Snitch’
Dwayne 'The Rock' Johnson is in negotiations to star in 'Snitch,' an action thriller that Ric Roman Waugh is writing and directing. The project has been long in development and at one point was set up at New Line with Carl Franklin directing. The script centers on a suburban father who is hit hard when his teenage son is sentenced to 30 years under mandatory minimum drug laws. In order to reduce his son's sentence, the father goes undercover to help nab a senior drug dealer.
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Fearing operation in Karachi, MQM prefers talks
ISLAMABAD - The fear of possible operation in Karachi in case the MQM pulls itself out of coalition government is pushing the Muttahida to continue dialogue with the PPP despite its reservations that the commitments made from the other side are unlikely to be fulfilled, Pakistan Today has learnt reliably. "The MQM does not want to disengage the Pakistan Peoples' Party (PPP) to closing the door for dialogue as it could pave way for an operation in Karachi in which activists of the
Govt-doctors talks fail to achieve breakthrough
LAHORE - "I cannot do any thing with out the permission of the Punjab government and doctors have to wait for the CM to return from abroad and he will announce the special allowance package for doctors," Punjab Health Secretary Fawad Hassan Fawad told a delegation of young doctors, which called on him at the Civil Secretariat on Monday. After the meeting with the Punjab health secretary, young doctors decided that they would not withdraw their call for observing strikes at OPDs.
S Korea rejects N Korea nuclear talks offer
SEOUL - South Korea on Thursday rejected an offer from North Korea to discuss its new nuclear programme and return to six-party disarmament talks, saying its neighbour must first show peaceful intentions. Foreign Minister Kim Sung-Hwan said Pyongyang should demonstrate its commitment to denuclearisation "not through words, but through action". "This (offer) is insufficient and does not fit the position of the (five) other countries that the right conditions should be created," he told
Quartet talks peace with Israel, Palestinians
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
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
Talks with IMF extended for three days
ISLAMABAD - The International Monetary Fund (IMF) on Tuesday agreed to extend for another three days the ongoing talks for setting new benchmarks for Pakistan to revive the $11.3 billion standby arrangement facility that is suspended since May last year.
The government had invited the IMF mission for talks to revive the suspended programme by finalising new benchmarks. However, both sides, led by Finance Minister Abdul Hafeez Shaikh and IMF Mission Chief for Pakistan Adnan
The government had invited the IMF mission for talks to revive the suspended programme by finalising new benchmarks. However, both sides, led by Finance Minister Abdul Hafeez Shaikh and IMF Mission Chief for Pakistan Adnan
Seminar stresses talks on Balochistan
LAHORE The speakers of the seminar on "Disturbing Conditions in Balochistan" held in Lahore stressed the need to seek a political solution of the crisis in the sensitive area of Pakistan. They demanded that parliament and media should focus on the issues that are creating feelings of deprivation in Balochistan. It was urged that Bugti's killers be brought in the court of law.
The seminar appreciated the efforts of the Army in opening new avenues for progress and development in
The seminar appreciated the efforts of the Army in opening new avenues for progress and development in
‘Talks on EU tariff cuts for Pakistan have failed’
BRUSSELS - Europe's top trade negotiator called for greater commercial ties with North African states making the transition to democracy, saying he will unveil new proposals to achieve this next week. But Karel De Gucht said he will not seek unilateral trade concessions or cuts to import tariffs such as those the European Union granted its war-ravaged Balkan neighbours in the 1990s.
He cited that the unsuccessful EU attempt to grant temporary duty-free access to imports from
He cited that the unsuccessful EU attempt to grant temporary duty-free access to imports from
Indo-Pak talks to resume at end of March
ISLAMABAD - The interior secretaries of Pakistan and India would meet in New Delhi on March 28-29 to resume the Indo-Pak dialogue, which has been suspended since the November 2008 Mumbai attacks, Foreign Office spokeswoman Tehmina Janjua said in a weekly press briefing on Thursday.
"Following agreement to resume a full-spectrum dialogue between Pakistan and India, the first meeting under the resumed process will be held on March 28-29 in the Indian capital," said Janjua. "[The]
"Following agreement to resume a full-spectrum dialogue between Pakistan and India, the first meeting under the resumed process will be held on March 28-29 in the Indian capital," said Janjua. "[The]
Talks on ‘Green Climate Fund’ postponed
PARIS - A first meeting to set down the ground rules of a fund to channel hundreds of billions of dollars to poor countries exposed to climate change has been postponed, a UN official said on Thursday. Representatives from 40 countries had been scheduled to meet in Mexico City on March 14 and 15 for the maiden meeting of a panel designed to breathe life into the Green Climate Fund (GCF) established last December.
"The meeting has been postponed," a spokesman for the UN Framework
"The meeting has been postponed," a spokesman for the UN Framework
UK parliamentary body urges US-Taliban talks
LONDON - The US must hold direct talks with the Taliban if it is to have any hope of ending the Afghan war, an influential British parliamentary committee said on Wednesday. The Foreign Affairs Committee said the military campaign was not working and urged the British government to use its influence in Washington to convince it to engage fully in direct talks with Taliban leaders.
"An Afghan-led, but US driven, process of political reconciliation is the best remaining hope that
"An Afghan-led, but US driven, process of political reconciliation is the best remaining hope that
Karzai in Britain for talks, Afghan exhibition launch
LONDON - Afghan President Hamid Karzai was to hold talks with British Prime Minister David Cameron on Tuesday before opening a major London exhibition of artefacts from his country. Karzai, who arrived in London late Monday for a two-day visit, is expected to discuss issues including the planned transition of security responsibility from international troops to their Afghan counterparts in 2014.
His spokesman Siamak Heravi told AFP ahead of the visit that the president would also
His spokesman Siamak Heravi told AFP ahead of the visit that the president would also
