Islamabad: Pakistani officials on Saturday promised a full investigation into the crash of a domestic flight that killed 127 people, saying they were examining all possibilities, from a technical fault to the age of the Boeing 737. Grieving relatives claiming the remains of loved ones at a hospital expressed grief and anger over the crash in a storm as the plane approached Islamabad on a flight from Karachi, Pakistan's commercial...
09:23 PM, Apr 21, 2012
Onboard Air India One: Welcoming Pakistan's move to liberalise trade with India, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Tuesday said he could visit that country if there is "something solid" to celebrate. On his meeting with Pakistan Prime Minister Yusuf Raza Gilani on the sidelines of the Nuclear Security Summit in Seoul, Singh said he thanked him for the trade concessions his government had made to India recently. "I had a...
11:13 PM, Mar 27, 2012
Seoul: Amid global concerns over Pakistan's track record on nuclear non-proliferation, Prime Minister Yusuf Raza Gilani on Monday said his country had no links with North Korea's atomic programme. "There had been some disinformation and allegations during the past, but now it is a closed chapter that we have already denied," said Gilani, who is in Seoul to attend second Nuclear Security Summit. His comments to South Korea's Yonhap news...
04:40 PM, Mar 26, 2012
Islamabad: Pakistan on Friday urged leaders of the Afghan Taliban movement to enter direct peace negotiations with Kabul, a possible sign that Islamabad is stepping up support for reconciliation in neighbouring Afghanistan. Both Afghan and US officials have long accused Pakistan of using militant groups as proxies in Afghanistan to counter the influence of rival India, allegations Islamabad denies. Regional power Pakistan is critical to efforts to bring the Afghan...
05:09 AM, Feb 25, 2012
Islamabad: Pakistan's Army Chief is furious with the Prime Minister for statements criticising the army and has demanded that they be clarified or withdrawn, a senior military source said on Saturday. Recent tension has raised fears for the stability of the nuclear-armed country and exposed a struggle between the government and the military, which has ousted three civilian governments in coups since independence in 1947 and has ruled the nation...
09:45 AM, Jan 15, 2012
Karachi: Amidst rumours of a military coup, Pakistani President Asif Ali Zardari has appealed to the people to resist any change in power through force and to give democracy a chance. Infact the Pakistani cabinet will be meeting on Sunday to discuss the rift between the army and the government. Zardari in a Christmas eve message said, "The Quaid (Jinnah) believed that any change must be brought about by ballot...
07:15 AM, Dec 25, 2011
Islamabad: Pakistan's interior minister and prime minister have both denied the government is holding peace talks with its homegrown Taliban, according to media, saying it would do so only if the militants first disarmed and surrendered. The deputy commander of the Pakistan Taliban, who have been waging a four-year war against the government in Islamabad, said on Saturday that the two sides were holding talks, a move that could further...
11:40 AM, Dec 12, 2011
Washington: The US has welcomed Pakistan Prime Minister Yusuf Raza Gilani statement that he would like to rebuild relationship with the US following deterioration in bilateral ties after the recent NATO air strike that killed 24 Pakistani soldiers in a cross-border fire. "We, of course, welcome Prime Minister Gilani's positive statements on the US-Pakistani relationship," State Department spokesman Mark Toner told reporters at his daily news briefing yesterday. He said...
05:27 PM, Dec 06, 2011
Islamabad: The United States must stop blaming Islamabad for regional instability, Pakistan's prime minister told a gathering of the country's political leaders on Thursday, as Washington stepped up pressure on the South Asian nation to tackle militancy. "The blame game should end, and Pakistan's sensitive national interests should be respected," Yusuf Raza Gilani said in comments carried live on local television stations. Pakistani military officials, who set security and foreign...
08:00 PM, Sep 29, 2011
Islamabad: Pakistan's prime minister warned the United States on Tuesday to stop accusing it of playing a double game with Islamist militants, and said Washington must correct a perceived tilt towards arch-foe India. Yusuf Raza Gilani also said any unilateral military action by the United States to hunt down militants of the Haqqani network inside Pakistan would be a violation of his country's sovereignty. However, speaking from his office in...
10:17 PM, Sep 27, 2011
Islamabad: Pakistan shot back at US allegations that its powerful spy agency supports the Haqqani militant group fighting coalition troops in Afghanistan, describing them as a sign of American "confusion and policy disarray". "We strongly reject assertions of complicity with the Haqqanis or of proxy war," Prime Minister Yusuf Raza Gilani said, breaking off from a speech to aid agencies and foreign diplomats on the country's flood disaster. He was...
01:31 PM, Sep 25, 2011
Islamabad: Pakistan on Friday said it was a "welcome realisation" on the part of India that the talks between the two countries should not be held hostage to the 2008 terrorist attack of Mumbai. Pakistan Prime Minister Yusuf Raza Gilani made the comments to a delegation of American Senators led by Robert P Casey in Islamabad. Gilani mentioned about the recent "fruitful visit" of the Pakistan Foreign Minister to India...
11:31 PM, Aug 26, 2011
Islamabad: Pakistani Prime Minister Syed Yusuf Raza Gilani said that revival of the economy was the key concern of his government. "We have earmarked Rs 730 billion for the Public Sector Development Programme (PSDP), including provincial allocations. This development expenditure will indeed trigger a multiplier effect on the entire economy," Associated Press of Pakistan quoted Gilani as saying. Addressing the special cabinet meeting to discuss and approve budgetary proposals for...
12:14 PM, Jun 04, 2011
New Delhi: After a gap of three years, defence secretaries of India and Pakistan today met here to discuss the long-pending Siachen issue. Defence Secretary Pradeep Kumar is leading the Indian delegation at the two-day talks with his Pakistani counterpart Lt General (Retd) Syed Ather Ali. India and Pakistan decided to resume the talks last year after Prime Ministers of both the countries met in Thimpu and decided to take...
07:05 AM, May 30, 2011
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