Tag: Talks

Pakistan playing vital role in regional stability: Bahrain deputy PM

BAHRAIN: Bahrain Deputy Prime Minister Sheikh Mohammad Bin Mubarak Al Khalifa on Monday said that Pakistan is an important member of the Muslim world...

Syrian rebels to attend Kazakhstan talk

Syrian rebel groups have decided to attend peace talks backed by Russia and Turkey in Kazakhstan to press for implementation of a widely violated...

May takes first step to Brexit ahead of Merkel talks

Prime Minister Theresa May took the first step towards Brexit on Wednesday by relinquishing Britain’s presidency of the European Council, ahead of her first...

Terror no excuse for India to avoid talks with Pakistan: Sartaj...

India is presuming Jaish-e-Mohammad chief Masood Azhar’s guilt by seeking a ban on him, Adviser to Prime Minister on Foreign Affairs Sartaj Aziz told...

Farmers end protest after successful talks with CM

Farmers call for tax cuts, subsidy and flat support price of five crops After successful dialogue with Chief Minister Shehbaz Sharif, a second group of...

Hizb-e-Islami to join Afghan peace talks

Reviving hopes of a negotiated peace process, Hizb-e-Islami Afghanistan (HIA), the second largest resistance group in the country, led by former prime minister Gulbuddin...

Mazari slams British foreign secy as ‘foolish’ for remark on India-Pak...

Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) Central Information Secretary Shireen Mazari on Wednesday lashed out at British Foreign Secretary Philip Hammond, calling him “a foolish man” for...

Pakistan calls for resumption of foreign secretary-level talks with India

FO spokesman says Pakistan has repeatedly voiced concerns and condemned the incidents in which the Kashmiris of occupied valley were subjected to atrocities by...

Afghanistan seems to have dropped old ‘red lines’ before talks with...

As the Afghan government goes into a new spell of talks with the Taliban on Saturday, Kabul appears to have "dropped" the "red lines"...

Pakistan, India set to resume talks next month

After a breakthrough in contacts between the national security advisors of Pakistan and India, the foreign secretary-level talks are likely to be held in...

Afghan minister says thinks Taliban are interested in talks

Hekmat Karzai says first meeting in Islamabad was intended to set framework for roadmap of Taliban talks Afghanistan’s chief negotiator in peace talks that began...

Terror and talks with Pakistan can’t go together: Shiv Sena

  Condemning the terror strike by Pakistani militants in Pathankot, hardline Hindu nationalist party Shiv Sena on Saturday said that "terror and peace talks (with...

All issues to be raised in Indo-Pak foreign secretary talks, says...

Pakistan will raise all issues of concern in the upcoming foreign secretary level talks between Pakistan and India, the Foreign Office said on Thursday. “We...

Taliban set pre-conditions for Afghan peace talks

The Afghan Taliban said on Thursday they were ready to initiate meaningful negotiations for ending the long-standing war in Afghanistan if their “legitimate demands”...

Deadlock persists as PALPA, govt talks remain inconclusive

Five-hour long negotiations between the government and Pakistan Air Line Pilots Association (PALPA) on Sunday ended without a breakthrough and the deadlock persists. Spokesperson of...

Netanyahu calls for resumption of talks with Palestinians

Israel’s prime minister went to the United Nations on Thursday to call for an immediate resumption of peace talks with the Palestinians and to...

Afghan Taliban divided as talks between two factions fail

Split could derail fledgling peace talks between Taliban and Afghan govt and open the way for the Islamic State group to expand its foothold...