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  • Islamabad: Pakistan Foreign Ministry on Monday summoned the acting US envoy and lodged a “strong protest” over the tabling of a resolution in the US Congress seeking the right to...

    2012-02-21 14:08:13 |
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  • Islamabad: Indian Commerce Secretary Rahul Khullar Sunday said Pakistan may grant most favoured nation (MFN) status to India during a visit by that country’s commerce minister Makhdoom Muhammad...

    2011-08-22 16:49:35 |
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  • New Delhi; Bad mouth Bangladeshi author Taslima Nasrin who has been sheltering in since 1994, is again in trouble, this time by here careless remark on tweet that angered Nepal. The author was to...

    2011-08-22 15:44:38 |
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  • Dhaka:Bangladesh and India on Saturday signed joint border maps, finalising the 4,156 km-long frontier between the neighbours. The long-standing border-related discord between the two nations was...

    2011-08-21 11:53:22 |
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Baluch resolution: Pak calls US envoy

Islamabad: Pakistan Foreign Ministry on Monday summoned the acting US envoy and lodged a “strong protest” over the tabling of a resolution in the US Congress seeking the right to self-determination for the Baluch people, which has emerged as the latest irritant in bilateral ties. Richard Hoagland, the US Charge d’ Affaires, was called to the Foreign Ministry and a “strong protest was lodged with him with regard to the tabling of a... read more

Pakistan may give India MFN status next month

Islamabad: Indian Commerce Secretary Rahul Khullar Sunday said Pakistan may grant most favoured nation (MFN) status to India during a visit by that country’s commerce minister Makhdoom Muhammad Ameen Faheen next month. “My counterpart Zafar Mahmood is committed to MFN treatment to India and the general sense is that they want to open up to more and more trade items between the two countries. Some progress is expected when the country’s... read more

Taslima in trouble again, this time Nepali's...

New Delhi; Bad mouth Bangladeshi author Taslima Nasrin who has been sheltering in since 1994, is again in trouble, this time by here careless remark on tweet that angered Nepal. The author was to arrive in Kathmandu on Saturday to attend the country’s first literature festival, but a post on Twitter has ensured she won’t come visiting anytime soon. The organizers who invited her have now communicated her that she is now unwanted persona.... read more

India, Bangladesh sign joint border maps in Dhaka

Dhaka:Bangladesh and India on Saturday signed joint border maps, finalising the 4,156 km-long frontier between the neighbours. The long-standing border-related discord between the two nations was settled through the signing of the maps, said Bangladesh leaders and top officials. The signing ceremony, held at the Department of Land Records and Surveys here, was concluded two weeks before the visit of Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to... read more

Drone kills four people during fasting in North...

MIRAMSHAH: Refusing to head Pakistan protest, a US drone strike in a Pakistani tribal area of North Waziristan killing at least four persons on Tuesday, officials said. Former US intelligence chief Dennis Blair says the CIA drone campaign aimed at al-Qaida is backfiring by damaging the US-Pakistan relationship. The unmanned aircraft fired two missiles, hitting a compound and a vehicle parked outside it in Miramshah, the main town of North... read more