Islamabad: Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif in his speech to the first cabinet meeting on Monday condemned the US drone attacks as violation of national sovereignty.
Sharif has been critical of the drone attacks in the country's tribal regions since he assumed office as the prime minister last week, reported Xinhua.
The CIA-controlled drone operation carried out one strike in North Waziristan only two days after Sharif became the prime minister.
Nawaz Sharif told the cabinet that his government has chalked out a policy to counter the drone strikes but he did not elaborate....
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04:20 AM, Jun 11, 2013
Islamabad: Apparently stung by his own ruling PPP's stonewalling, former minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi has pleaded with the leadership for reasons for divesting him of the key portfolio of the foreign minister. Claiming that his heart was "broken" by the treatment meted out to him by the Pakistan People's Party leadership, Qureshi asked what were his mistakes ? "My heart is broken. I have gone and pleaded with the leadership....
02:56 PM, Feb 14, 2011
Washington: The United States of America has suspended all high-level dialogue with Pakistan after an American diplomat was arrested for killing two Pakistanis in Lahore. Obama administration has suspended all high-level dialogue with Pakistan and is demanding the release of arrested American diplomat Raymond Allen Davis according to a report in The Washington Post. Davis was arrested on January 27 for killing two Pakistanis he claims had threatened him. The...
12:25 PM, Feb 08, 2011
Washington: Pakistan has piled the pressure on the US administration to mediate on the Kashmir issue, ahead of a crucial visit by President Barack Obama to India. Speaking at the Brookings Institute here, Pakistan Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi said US mediation is essential for the resolution of the Kashmir dispute. “Pakistan is deeply interested in a peaceful and stable South Asia,” Qureshi said. Qureshi spoke about the recent unrest...
02:52 PM, Oct 21, 2010
External Affairs Minister SM Krishna had a chance encounter with his Pakistani counterpart Shah Mahmood Qureshi at the UN headquarters on Thursday. The two leaders who were coming out of separate meetings greeted each other warmly and discussed the flood situation in Pakistan. Qureshi is said to have thanked Krishna for the $ 20 million that India sent as flood relief. The meeting in New York was their first interaction ...
02:40 PM, Sep 24, 2010
New Delhi: It seems unlikely now that External Affairs Minister SM Krishna will formally meet his Pakistani counterpart on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly in New York, after the comments made by Pakistan Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi on the manner in which India has handled the condition of Kashmiris. This could also hamper the prospects of composite dialogue towards the end of the year when Qureshi is...
08:37 AM, Sep 18, 2010
Dubai: Terming the floods in Pakistan as "worst humanitarian crisis", the country's Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi has called on the world community to come its help in dealing with the situation. Qureshi, who is on a trip to Oman to explain to the region's leadership of the extent of damage caused by the flood and the resources needed to deal with it, appealed to Pakistani people in the Gulf...
09:11 AM, Sep 01, 2010
Islamabad: The floods in Pakistan may have increased the chances of the army taking over from what is seen as an inept civilian government, claim Pakistani media. Reports coming out of Pakistan hint that the army and its allies are pushing for the formation of a national government without the ruling Pakistan Peoples Party headed by President Asif Ali Zardari. The reports speculate that the only person to emerge with...
10:35 AM, Aug 21, 2010
Pakistan Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi, who is on a visit to the US, thanked India. ...
03:30 PM, Aug 20, 2010
New York/Washington: After dithering for a week, Pakistan on Friday accepted India's offer of USD five million in aid for flood relief in the country and appreciated its "very positive" gesture. Pakistan Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi, who is in New York to attend a special meeting of the United Nations on flood situation in his country, stated this a day after the US said politics should have no role...
10:54 AM, Aug 20, 2010
![Kashmir an impediment in Indo-Pak ties: Hillary]( "Kashmir an impediment in Indo-Pak ties: Hillary")
She says the US has no desire to mediate between India and Pakistan to settle the Kashmir issue. ...
11:40 PM, Jul 19, 2010
![Krishna says ball is now in Pakistani court]( "Krishna says ball is now in Pakistani court")
The External Affairs Minister rules out any talk with his Pakistani counterpart on the sidelines of the Kabul conference. ...
08:05 PM, Jul 19, 2010
Both sides engaged in a heated exchange after Thursday's showdown at a joint press conference. ...
10:13 AM, Jul 17, 2010
The meeting between the Indian and Pakistani foreign ministers worsened the problem it had set out to rectify. ...
09:05 AM, Jul 17, 2010
It's a war of words between India and Pakistan with the Foreign Ministers' meet between the neighbours not achieving much breakthrough. A day after the diplomatic talks happened, the Pakistan Foreign Minister has launched a personal attack on S M Krishna, alleging he was getting directives from Delhi and that India is not ready for talks. What should India do now? Should it end dialogue with Pakistan? Are Indo-Pak talks back to square one? Has the trust deficit widened after the meeting?
05:32 PM, Jul 16, 2010
I am not going to score debating points, says Indian foreign minister after personal attack by his Pak counterpart. ...
02:59 PM, Jul 16, 2010
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Yashwant Sinha said that SM Krishna should have briefed the press immediately on Pakistani soil. ...
02:39 PM, Jul 16, 2010
Yashwant Sinha said that SM Krishna should have briefed the press immediately on Pakistani soil. ...
02:39 PM, Jul 16, 2010
Pak Foreign Minister alleges his Indian counterpart got telephone calls from New Delhi during their talks and that he was 'directed'. ...
02:34 PM, Jul 16, 2010
However Pakistan promised a speedy trial of the 26/11 case even as Pakistan raised the Kashmir and Balochistan issues. ...
07:43 PM, Jul 15, 2010
