New Delhi: There is a possibility of a meeting between Foreign Minister SM Krishna and his Pakistani counterpart Hina Rabbani Khar on the sidelines of a conference on Afghanistan in Tokyo on Sunday. "Though the minister has two confirmed bilateral meetings with France and Japan on the margins of this conference, there is also a possibility of a meeting between Krishna and Khar," official sources said on Saturday. Such a...
04:00 AM, Jul 08, 2012
The Indo-Pak Foreign Secretary level talks ended on Thursday with Pakistan stating that it was not involved in any terror act in India. ...
10:11 PM, Jul 05, 2012
New Delhi: Arrested Lashkar-e-Toiba (LeT) operative and 26/11 handler Abu Jundal was in focus during the India-Pakistan talks that concluded on Thursday. The neighbouring nation asked for evidence that Jundal was a Pakistan-backed terrorist. It also denied that state actors were involved in the Mumbai attacks. Clearly, India's pressure on 26/11 has not worked. India, however, sent a strong message to Pakistan during the foreign secretary level talks. It asked...
06:40 PM, Jul 05, 2012
New Delhi: The Indo-Pak Foreign Secretary level talks ended on Thursday morning with Pakistan proposing a joint investigation into the 26/11 Mumbai carnage and categorically stating that Pakistan has not been involved in any terror act in India. Addressing a press conference after the talks, Pakistan Foreign Secretary Jalil Jilani said, "I bring a message of goodwill, peace from the government and people of Pakistan. We talked over Confidence Building...
11:48 AM, Jul 05, 2012
Washington: Pakistan has agreed to reopen vital supply routes into Afghanistan blocked since a deadly cross border NATO attack in November that killed 24 Pakistani soldiers, US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said on Tuesday, as she apologised for the loss of Pakistani military lives. Clinton said her Pakistani Foreign Minister Hina Rabbani Khar, during a telephone talk, "informed me that the ground supply lines into Afghanistan are opening". Islamabad...
11:02 PM, Jul 03, 2012
New Delhi: External Affairs Minister SM Krishna is likely to travel to Islamabad on July 17-18 to hold talks with his Pakistani counterpart Hina Rabbani Khar amidst a positive atmosphere between the two countries following the resumption of the dialogue process last year. The talks between the ministers will be preceded by a meeting between the Foreign Secretaries of the two countries, official sources said. Krishna is likely to travel...
01:58 AM, Jun 09, 2012
Islamabad: Pakistan has refused to budge from its position seeking a US apology for a NATO air strike that killed 24 of its soldiers in 2011, saying that was necessary for ending a six-month blockade of vital supply routes for foreign troops in Afghanistan. "(The apology is) something which should have forthcome the day this incident happened, and a partnership not only demands, but requires," Foreign Minister Hina Rabbani Khar...
03:29 PM, Jun 05, 2012
Washington: Pakistan President Asif Ali Zardari has arrived in Chicago to attend the crucial NATO Summit which is expected to take important decisions with regard to the future of Afghanistan, where the stakes of Islamabad are very high. Zardari is accompanied by Foreign Minister, Hina Rabbani Khar, and the Foreign Secretary, Jalil Abbass Jilani, besides his spokesman Farhatullah Babar. His first scheduled appointment with the NATO Secretary General, Anders Fogh...
05:12 PM, May 20, 2012
Islamabad: The Pakistani government has no information about the presence of al-Qaeda chief Ayman al-Zawahiri in the country, Foreign Minister Hina Rabbani Khar said on Monday, hours after US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said Washington believes he is somewhere in Pakistan. Khar made the remarks while briefing the Parliamentary Committee on National Security in Islamabad. Clinton, who was in Kolkata, had said early on Monday that US believes Zawahiri...
05:01 PM, May 07, 2012
Washington/Islamabad: The United States has said that it will continue to press Islamabad to "squeeze" the al-Qaida linked Haqqani network, as Afghanistan blamed the Pakistan-based group for the latest brazen attacks in Kabul. Declaring "there were indications of Haqqani involvement" in the weekend attacks in the Afghan capital, secretary of state Hillary Clinton said that she had pressed Pakistan to "squeeze" the Haqqani network when she visited Islamabad last October....
10:57 PM, Apr 17, 2012
Islamabad: Pakistani Foreign Minister Hina Rabbani Khar on Monday called her Afghan counterpart Zalmai Rassoul over phone to strongly condemn the Taliban attacks in the country that killed nearly 50 people. Khar conveyed solidarity of her government and people of Pakistan with their Afghan brethren on the terrorist attacks, reported Xinhua quoting a foreign ministry statement. On Sunday, Taliban rebels stormed Kabul with intense gunfire and rocket attacks targeting key...
04:21 AM, Apr 17, 2012
Pakistan Foreign Minister Hina Rabbani Khar said that peace and stability in Afghanistan is one of the main objectives of Pakistan. ...
08:20 AM, Apr 16, 2012
Islamabad: The Pakistan government on Tuesday said there were no plans to change incumbent Foreign Minister Hina Rabbani Khar, with a spokesman describing reports in this regard as "baseless and speculative". A spokesman for the Prime Minister's House contradicted reports regarding the change of the Foreign Minister. He said the media had "insinuated" from Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani's recent statement that a change was imminent. While welcoming President Asif...
12:23 AM, Apr 11, 2012
Islamabad: Days after Foreign Minister Hina Rabbani Khar contradicted President Asif Ali Zardari during a meeting with a visiting US diplomat, speculation is rife that her portfolio may be changed. The speculation of the change was sparked by remarks of Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani four days after the meeting. Gilani took the top brass in the Foreign Ministry by surprise by saying during an interaction with reporters at his...
04:37 PM, Apr 10, 2012
New Delhi: Pakistani President Asif Ali Zardari arrived in New Delhi on Sunday on a personal visit to Ajmer Sharif. However, while the arrival was scheduled at about 11 am, the Pakistani President reached New Delhi about an hour late, following which he headed to the residence of Prime Minister Manmohan Singh for a luncheon meeting. According to sources, Zardari's arrival was delayed deliberately to avoid one-on-one meeting with the...
01:00 PM, Apr 08, 2012
New Delhi: Pakistan President Asif Ali Zardari is headed to India this weekend on a personal visit. Zardari to be accompanied by Interior Minister Rehman Malik and Foreign Minister Hina Rabbani Khar and will hold talks with Prime Minister Manmohan Singh. The US though maintains the Hafiz Saeed move should not strain ties between India and Pakistan and called Zardari's scheduled visit 'very constructive'. Zardari will be in India on...
11:59 AM, Apr 06, 2012
Foreign Minister SM Krishna is expected to make a visit to Pakistan soon. ...
03:43 PM, Mar 27, 2012
Islamabad: After having invested "great deals" of energy and money in generating hostility against each other, India and Pakistan should now build trust to a level that allows them to resolve disputes and the "core issue" of Kashmir, Foreign Minister Hina Rabbani Khar said on Wednesday. "We invested great deals of energy, time, effort and money to build hostility against each other. Instead if we adopt a road whereby, through...
12:20 AM, Mar 22, 2012
Singapore: Noting that India and Pakistan have made "major strides" in reducing their trust deficit, External Affairs Minister SM Krishna on Friday said he will visit Islamabad this summer. "Over the past two years, we have made major strides in reducing the 'trust deficit' between India and Pakistan. I hosted the Foreign Minister of Pakistan Hina Rabbani Khar in New Delhi in July last year, and plan to visit Islamabad...
04:54 AM, Mar 10, 2012
Islamabad: Pakistan on Thursday said its decision to normalise trade ties with India reflects a desire to move away from the policies of the past 40 years but should not be taken as any dilution of its stand on "core issues" like Kashmir. "We believe that the establishment of normal trade relations with India will be mutually beneficial for both countries. Significantly it also illustrates the priority that we attach...
10:34 PM, Mar 01, 2012
