New Delhi: Kashmir and terror are expected to dominate the talks between External Affairs Minister SM Krishna and Pakistan Foreign Minister Hina Rabbani Khar at the Hyderabad House in New Delhi. Sources say Krishna will raise the testimonies of Tahawwur Hussian Rana and David Coleman Headley on Pakistani intelligence agency Inter Services Intelligence's (ISI) involvement in the 26/11 Mumbai terror attacks with Khar. India also want infiltration from the Pakistani ...
11:28 AM, Jul 27, 2011
New Delhi: At 34, Pakistan's first woman Foreign Minister Hina Rabbani Khar is about half the age of her counterparts worldwide and as this head-turner heads into talks with our own External Affairs minister SM Krishna, both her youth and her beauty are dominating the buzz. But Khar does have other credentials to her credit. Born into one of Pakistan's most prominent families, her uncle was the man 'My Feudal...
08:07 AM, Jul 27, 2011
New Delhi: Hina Rabbani Khar is on her first visit to India as Pakistan's Foreign Minister. On arrival, the 34-year-old hospitality graduate outlined her recipe for Indo-Pak ties. Khar said, "I hope that these two countries have learnt lessons from history, but are not burdened by history and we can move forward as good, friendly neighbours." India too has struck the right note. Nirupama Rao surprised many when she told...
07:16 AM, Jul 27, 2011
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11:56 PM, Jul 26, 2011
Islamabad: Foreign Minister Hina Rabbani Khar will carry the "complete mandate" of Pakistan's government and opposition during her interaction with Indian officials, Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani said on Tuesday. Gilani made the remarks while taking the leadership of all political forces "into confidence on the dialogue process with India", an official statement said. Khar "would be able to put across Pakistan's perspective with confidence", he said. Pakistan's youngest and...
10:41 PM, Jul 26, 2011
New Delhi: Pakistan's newly-appointed young foreign minister, 34-year-old Hina Rabbani Khar arrived in Delhi on Tuesday for talks. After arriving, Khar said that India and Pakistan can move forward as good neighbours. She will meet foreign minister SM Krishna on Wednesday. Earlier on Tuesday, the Foreign Secretaries of both sides met to finalise the agenda for Wednesday's talks between the two foreign ministers. Crucial points of discussion that are likely...
07:50 PM, Jul 26, 2011
New Delhi: The Foreign Secretaries of India and Pakistan met on Tuesday to finalise the agenda for Wednesday's talks between both the countries' foreign ministers. Foreign Secretary of India Nirupama Rao and Foreign Secretary of Pakistan Salman Bashir reviewed the resumed dialogue last month in Islamabad and will firm up deliverables for the political leadership to announce on Wednesday, including new confidence building measures for Kashmir. "Our meeting today is...
11:55 AM, Jul 26, 2011
New Delhi: Crossing over the Attari-Wagah border, Pakistan Foreign Secretary Salman Bashir Bashir will meet Foreign Secretary Nirupama Rao on Tuesday in Delhi. Bashir said the effort on both the sides was to deepen understanding. Striking a positive note ahead of the Indo-Pak talks, Bashir on Monday said Islamabad would extend all required cooperation to India on the terror issue and share related information. The two Foreign Secretaries are expected...
09:40 AM, Jul 26, 2011
Lahore: A day ahead of her visit to India for crucial peace talks, Pakistan Foreign Minister Hina Rabbani Khar on Tuesday said bilateral parleys on Kashmir issue should not be only "for the sake of dialogue" and should yield "constructive results". Khar, who will hold talks with her Indian counterpart SM Krishna in New Delhi on July 27, is scheduled to reach India on Tuesday. She made the remarks during...
07:54 AM, Jul 26, 2011
New Delhi: There has been no breakthrough in the 13/7 Mumbai serial blasts case. But India is not going to talk about it in the upcoming Foreign Minister level talks with Pakistan. The focus will instead be on 26/11 when the two sides meet this week. Sources have told CNN-IBN that India will seek an expeditious probe into the 26/11 attacks and that India is categorical that terror must end...
08:15 AM, Jul 24, 2011
Islamabad: Days ahead of her visit to New Delhi for crucial talks with her Indian counterpart, Pakistan's new Foreign Minister Hina Rabbani Khar has said her priority in the parleys with India would be to set a future direction for the bilateral relationship. Khar said it is a "positive step" that India is serious in the talks and is moving to institutionalise the process of negotiations with Pakistan. There was...
12:34 PM, Jul 22, 2011
New Delhi: An official level meeting between India and Pakistan is likely to be held in Delhi on Monday to chart out confidence building measures along the Line of Control (LoC) which includes travel and trade between the two parts of Kashmir. The meeting between officials of the External Affairs and Home Ministries and Pakistan foreign ministry which will be represented by an officer of the rank of Director General...
05:45 PM, Jul 17, 2011
