A day after Pakistan Foreign Minister Hina Rabbani Khar called for interference of the United Nations to verify the country's claims on the deaths of two Indian soldiers, the UN has urged India and Pakistan to de-escalate tensions through dialogue. The UN has urged India and Pakistan to respect the ceasefire and "de-escalate" tensions over the recent cross-border firings through dialogue. ...
11:20 AM, Jan 10, 2013
Pakistan Foreign Minister Hina Rabbani Khar has denied Pakistan's hand in the killings of two Indian soldiers Lance Naik Hemraj and Lance Naik Sudhakar Singh. Speaking to CNN-IBN, she said Pakistan is ready for a third party to verify their claims if 'India doesn't believe in its inquiry'. She also told CNN-IBN that Pakistan has completed its investigation. ...
03:51 PM, Jan 09, 2013
Pakistan's powerful army chief has made reconciling warring factions in Afghanistan a top priority, military officials and Western diplomats say, the newest and clearest sign yet that Islamabad means business in promoting peace with the Taliban. General Ashfaq Kayani is backing dialogue partly due to fears that the end of the US combat mission in Afghanistan in 2014 could energise a resilient insurgency straddling the shared frontier, according to commanders...
01:35 PM, Dec 23, 2012
President Asif Ali Zardari will visit Britain this week to meet Pakistani teenage rights activist Malala Yousafzai, who is being treated at a UK hospital after being shot in the head by Taliban militants. The visit, scheduled to begin tomorrow, is an "unprecedented gesture" by Zardari because the President does not have any diplomatic engagements in Britain other than meeting Malala, officials of the Foreign Office were quoted as saying...
01:00 PM, Dec 07, 2012
Pakistan will take action against LeT founder Hafiz Saeed - the mastermind of the Mumbai attacks - if India provides evidence against him that stands in court, Foreign Minister Hina Rabbani Khar said on Saturday. ...
02:06 PM, Dec 01, 2012
Islamabad: Pakistan wishes to have "friendly, cooperative and good neighbourly relations" with India as there are tremendous opportunities for the two countries to enhance cooperation for their mutual benefit, President Asif Ali Zardari said on Tuesday. Zardari made the remarks at a special Diwali dinner he hosted at the presidency for visiting Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar and his delegation. "We want the peaceful resolution of all outstanding disputes for...
08:47 AM, Nov 14, 2012
New Delhi: Personal chemistry helps in diplomacy. Recalling his years as external affairs minister, SM Krishna on Saturday said he forged a "good understanding" with his Pakistani and Chinese counterparts, Hina Rabbani Khar and Yang Jiechi respectively, which helped him to improve India's relations with these countries. "I had a good understanding with Hina Rabbai Khar and Yang Jiechi," Krishna told reporters in Delhi to queries whether he forged personal...
08:52 PM, Oct 27, 2012
Washington: Terming it as an wake up call, Pakistan Foreign Minister Hina Rabbani Khar, has said that Taliban attack on teenage rights activist Malala Yousufzai, could possibly be a turning point in her country. "Today, for us (Pakistan), it (attack on Malala) could be possibly a turning point. I would keep my fingers crossed on that. "And what we have in front of us is a war between two different...
09:20 AM, Oct 12, 2012
Islamabad: The Pakistani military on Saturday dismissed as "absurd and baseless" a British newspaper's report that the Inter-Services Intelligence agency was behind a defamation campaign against Foreign Minister Hina Rabbani Khar and PPP chief Bilawal Bhutto Zardari. A spokesman for the Inter-Services Public Relations denied The Telegraph's allegation that the ISI was running a defamation campaign through the Bangladeshi tabloid Blitz against Khar and Bilawal, the chairman of the ruling...
02:40 AM, Sep 30, 2012
New York: India and Pakistan should find the trust and courage to resolve the differences, including Kashmir, to disarm the naysayers that have divided the entire region for the last few decades, Pakistani Foreign Minister Hina Rabbani Khar said on Thursday. "Kashmiris should get the same rights that are afforded and awarded to other people in the world," Khar said at the Asia Society in New York. "...If we are...
12:01 AM, Sep 28, 2012
Islamabad: Pakistan Foreign Minister Hina Rabbani Khar's husband Feroz Gulzar has rubbished rumours about differences in their relationship as a campaign to malign his wife. Gulzar, an industrialist from Punjab province, was quoted by Geo News channel on Thursday as saying that the campaign to malign his wife was "rubbish" that does not merit comment. He further said there was "no premise for such trash" and that he would not...
02:59 PM, Sep 27, 2012
New Delhi: The cyberspace is abuzz with people commenting on the rumoured romance between Bilawal Bhutto, the 24-year-old scion of Pakistan's 'first' family, and Pakistan's foreign minister Hina Rabbani Khar, the 35-year-old mother of two who is married to Firoze Gulzar, one of Pakistan's most influential businessmen. While someone from Pakistan on Twitter suggested that if Hina actually got married to Bilawal, "here is what her name would be- Hina...
10:35 AM, Sep 27, 2012
New Delhi: The cyberspace in Pakistan is abuzz with people commenting endlessly on reports of an alleged love affair between Bilawal Bhutto and Pakistan foreign minister Hina Rabbani Khar as reported by "The Weekly Blitz", a Bangladeshi tabloid. The tabloid claimed that the 24-year-old Bilawal is in love with Hina, who is 11 years older than him and is married to influential businessman Firoze Gulzar and has two daughters -...
10:23 AM, Sep 26, 2012
New Delhi: Indian External Affairs Minister SM Krishna met Punjab Governor Latif Khosa and Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif on Sunday. Upon his arrival in Lahore, Krishna said, "Well, all this is going to help foster a much more cordial relationship between our two countries." "It is my earnest desire and the desire of Dr Manmohan Singh, the Prime Minister of India, and the people of India that we would like...
03:47 PM, Sep 09, 2012
Indian and Pakistani Foreign Ministers finished their talks on Saturday evening amidst an atmosphere of positivity, and though there were few concrete assurances on the 26/11 trial in Pakistan, both nations signed a new liberalised visa agreement. ...
11:44 AM, Sep 09, 2012
Islamabad: India and Pakistan on Saturday agreed to expand Cross-LoC travel and trade as part of the efforts to build up Confidence Building Measures (CBM) between the two countries. This was agreed during External Affairs Minister SM Krishna's meeting with his Pakistani counterpart Hina Rabbani Khar in Islamabad. The ministers reviewed the existing Cross-LoC CBMs and acknowledged that the ceasefire was holding since 2003. Taking note of the recommendations made...
04:20 AM, Sep 09, 2012
Islamabad: Pakistani Foreign Minister Hina Rabbani Khar said on Saturday that the "aspirations of the Kashmiri people must be accommodated" and they must be a part of the dialogue process. Addressing a joint press conference with Indian External Affairs Minister SM Krishna, Khar mentioned Kashmir and Siachen issues while stressing that both India and Pakistan should simultaneously progress on all tracks despite issues that have divided the two nations for...
03:33 AM, Sep 09, 2012
India and Pakistan have identified eight areas, including agriculture, education and IT & Telecom for mutually beneficial cooperation. ...
11:10 PM, Sep 08, 2012
Islamabad: India on Saturday made it clear to Pakistan that the issue of the 2008 Mumbai attacks was still "very much on the table" and the matter cannot be "glossed over". It asserted that Pakistan must take action to bring to justice the perpetrators of the brazen assault on India's financial hub that left 166 dead. "Mumbai is very much on the table and they (Pakistan) will have to take...
09:57 PM, Sep 08, 2012
Joint Statement following the meeting between the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Pakistan and the Minister of External Affairs of India. 1. The Minister of Foreign Affairs of Pakistan Ms Hina Rabbani Khar and the Minister of External Affairs of India Mr SM Krishna met in Islamabad on September 8, 2012, for a meeting to review progress in the Dialogue process. 2. The Ministerial level talks were preceded by a...
07:59 PM, Sep 08, 2012
