Islamabad: Foreign ministers of India and Pakistan, SM Krishna and Hina Rabbani Khar addressed the media in Islamabad on Saturday after the second round of resumed dialogue between the two countries with issues like terrorism to be on top of the agenda. Both Krishna and his Pakistani counterpart emphasised the need for the two countries to set the sight on the future and not be held "hostage" by the past....
07:49 PM, Sep 08, 2012
During the three-day visit of External Affairs Minister SM Krishna to Pakistan, the two countries are expected to sign the bmuch-awaited liberalised visa agreement, introducing for the first time group visas. ...
02:00 PM, Sep 08, 2012
Islamabad: External Affairs Minister SM Krishna began crucial talks with his Pakistani counterpart Hina Rabbani Khar on Saturday to review the second round of resumed dialogue with issues like terrorism to be on top of the agenda. The one-to-one meeting between Krishna and Khar was followed by delegation-level talks between the two sides. Indian officials earlier said that terrorism will form the core of New Delhi's discussions, particularly the slow...
11:45 AM, Sep 08, 2012
The alleged mastermind of the 26/11 terror attacks Hafiz Saeed has hit out at India once again saying that dialogue should be suspended till the Kashmir issue is resolved. ...
09:17 AM, Sep 08, 2012
New Delhi: India and Pakistan will set the ball rolling on a new round of dialogue on Saturday when External Affairs Minister SM Krishna and Pakistan Foreign Minister Hina Rabbani Khar meet in Islamabad. The two leaders spoke positively about the impending meet. "We look to the future our two countries are able to live together in the atmosphere of friendliness and all-round cooperation, free from terror and violence," said...
08:43 AM, Sep 08, 2012
Islamabad: The much-awaited liberalised visa agreement between India and Pakistan will be signed on Saturday, introducing for the first time group tourist visas. "The visa agreement will be signed tomorrow (Saturday) between the two countries," said Pakistan Interior Minister Rehman Malik, whose opposition was mainly responsible for the pact not being signed in May. The new agreement will replace the old and tardy visa regime that was signed in 1974....
08:02 AM, Sep 08, 2012
Islamabad: The much-awaited visa agreement between India and Pakistan could be signed on Saturday, Indian sources said in Islamabad on Friday. The visa agreement could be a game changer for people-to-people contact between the two neighbours as visa rules for specified categories could be eased by both sides. "The agreement is likely to be signed tomorrow (Saturday)," an Indian external affairs ministry source said here. Though India had said earlier...
02:30 AM, Sep 08, 2012
Islamabad: "Terrorism was mantra of the past, terrorism is not the mantra of future," said Pakistan Foreign Minister Hina Rabbani Khar on Friday ahead of her talks with Indian counterpart SM Krishna, asking India to see the Mumbai terror attack trial "realistically" and not "emotionally". She also indicated that the new visa agreement would be inked during Krishna's visit. Asserting that Pakistan has sent some very "serious signals" in viewing...
09:01 PM, Sep 07, 2012
Islamabad: "Terrorism was mantra of the past, terrorism is not the mantra of future," said Pakistan Foreign Minister Hina Rabbani Khar on Friday ahead of her talks with Indian counterpart SM Krishna, asking India to see the Mumbai terror attack trial "realistically" and not "emotionally". She has also indicated that the new visa agreement will be inked during Krishna's visit. Asserting that Pakistan has sent some very "serious signals" in...
05:27 PM, Sep 07, 2012
New Delhi: External Affairs Minister SM Krishna reached Islamabad on Friday on a three-day visit. Upon his arrival in the capital, Krishna said that he brought a "message of goodwill from India for the people of Pakistan". "India wants a stable and prosperous Pakistan. We are committed to finding solutions to all issues through peaceful dialogue," he said. Krishna is expected to meet President Asif Ali Zardari, Prime Minister Raja...
12:52 PM, Sep 07, 2012
Islamabad: Issues between Pakistan and India that divide opinion will not be easy to solve, said a Pakistani daily as Indian External Affairs Minister SM Krishna reaches Islamabad on Friday on a three-day visit. Krishna, who will be in Islamabad and Lahore before leaving for home on Sunday, has said he comes with messages which he hopes can solve all the mutual problems between the two countries. "The note of...
12:27 PM, Sep 07, 2012
New Delhi: External affairs Minister SM Krishna is headed to Pakistan on Friday for a three-day visit, days after Prime Minister Manmohan Singh met Pakistan President Asif Ali Zardari in Tehran on the sidelines of the NAM summit. Both the Foreign Secretaries will meet on Friday to finalise the details of the agenda between Krishna and his Pakistani counterpart Hina Rabbani Khar, who will be meeting on Saturday. The ministers...
08:52 AM, Sep 07, 2012
Tehran: Pakistan on Wednesday blamed India for the inordinate delay in bringing to book the perpetrators of Mumbai terror attack who are in that country. Pakistan Foreign minister Hina Rabbani Khar, who is in Tehran to attend the 16th NAM Summit, said that there were certain "requirements" to move forward in the trial as was articulated by its High Commissioner in India Salman Bashir, who had stressed on the need...
10:29 PM, Aug 29, 2012
Islamabad: External Affairs Minister SM Krishna will undertake a three-day visit to Pakistan from September 7 to review the second round of the bilateral dialogue process with his counterpart Hina Rabbani Khar. Indian High Commissioner Sharat Sabharwal met Pakistan's Foreign Secretary Jalil Abbas Jilani on Monday and informed him about the dates for Krishna's visit, diplomatic sources said. The dates for the visit were earlier suggested by the Foreign Office....
12:14 PM, Jul 24, 2012
Phnom Penh: Strongly pitching for a "new pathway" to resolve all issues with India, Pakistan Foreign Minister Hina Rabbani Khar on Thursday said the two sides need to show flexibility and honour commitments made to each other having taken "baby steps" in improving their ties. India and Pakistan require to build their relationship on "trust" and that sincere efforts must be initiated to ensure that they are able to achieve...
03:19 PM, Jul 12, 2012
Phnom Penh: Pakistan on Thursday remained non-committal on whether it would act on information shared by India on LeT terrorist Abu Jundal, days after New Delhi pushed it to take swift action against the perpetrators of Mumbai attacks. "We have said this repeatedly and I think that it should require no miscommunication or doubts on each other's intentions because both our countries follow very very similar system which means that...
03:13 PM, Jul 12, 2012
Phnom Penh: Pakistan on Thursday said it is willing to go by the agreement that it had in the past with India to resolve some of the disputes like Sir Creek and Siachen. "If you look at may be some of the disputes that we have. We have Sir Creek, we have Siachen... Pakistan has already made it clear that we are willing to go by the agreement that we...
10:52 AM, Jul 12, 2012
<>Tokyo: The US-Pakistani relationship remains challenging for both despite the reopening of Pakistani land routes to resupply US troops in Afghanistan, US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said on Sunday. Clinton last week apologised for a November NATO air strike that killed 24 Pakistani soldiers and Islamabad responded by reopening the overland supply routes that are crucial to the US-led war in Afghanistan. The supply route deal removed one headache,...
02:28 AM, Jul 09, 2012
Tokyo: External Affairs Minister SM Krishna met his Pakistani counterpart Hina Rabbani Khar on Sunday during which he strongly raised the issue of anti-India activities being carried out from the Pakistani soil, maintaining that New Delhi has given additional concrete evidence of the same. Krishna, who met Khar on the sidelines of a conference on Afghanistan here, asked Pakistan to take steps to check terror activities directed against India. During...
05:07 PM, Jul 08, 2012
New Delhi: Two days after the foreign secretaries level talks, Indian External Affairs Minister SM Krishna met his Pakistani counterpart Hina Rabbani Khar in Tokyo on Sunday. Government sources said Krishna raised the revelations made by alleged 26/11 handler Abu Jundal and that his interrogation 'corroborated' fellow accused David Headley's claims about the involvement of Pakistani officials in the attack. The two foreign ministers are slated to have a structured...
11:46 AM, Jul 08, 2012
