The United Nations has decided to pay Rs12,000 each to 36,000 Afghan refugee families trapped in a lockdown in Pakistan. Minister for SAFRON and Narcotics Control Shehryar Khan Afridi made the announcement while addressing a gathering of Afghan…
KABUL returned to Landikotal on Friday when the entry point was opened for them. Most of the 195 returnees were transporters stranded on the Afghan side of the Durand Line shut the Durand Line to contain the spread of the…
Nearly 80,000 Afghans have returned home from Pakistan after the neighbouring country opened Torkham and Spinboldak crossings for four days, officials said on Friday. Islamabad last month closed Torkham and Spinboldak crossings amid coronavirus crises due to…
KABUL through Torkham and Chaman border crossing points thrice a week, the Foreign Office says. In response to a special request from the Afghan government and based on humanitarian considerations, Pakistan decided to facilitate the movement of cargo trucks and…
Pakistan, resulting in the loss of precious lives and injuries to several worshippers. “Such despicable attacks have no political, religious or moral justification and must be rejected outright,” the Foreign Office said in a statement. “Our hearts go…
At least eight bodies of Afghans have been stranded on the Pakistani side of the Durand Line due to closure of all crossing points between the two countries. Mohammad Amin, deputy commissar in Torkhan port, told Pajhwok Afghan…
Pakistan, at peace with itself and its neighbours. As a shared responsibility, Pakistan said it would continue to facilitate the Afghan peace and reconciliation process for bringing an end to the 19-year-old conflict through a comprehensive and inclusive,…
KABUL in Doha on February 29. The invitation was extended by Qatar’s ambassador to Pakistan Saqr bin Mubarak Al-Mansouri during a meeting with Qureshi at the Foreign Office in Islamabad. The US-Taliban deal is hoped will lay the ground for…
Pakistan reach the agreement on reduction of violence. “We have decided when and how those talks will take place. Pakistan has played its role in the peace process with honesty and it is now incumbent upon the Afghan…
Nearly three dozen Pashtun’s port city of Karachi, the group alleged on Monday. The workers had gathered on Sunday in Sohrab Goth area to make arrangements for an upcoming event to mark the death anniversary of PTM leader…
KABUL, media reports said on Tuesday. At least 57 people were killed and others were reported missing after avalanches were reported in Kashmir over the last 24 hours, senior government officials said on Tuesday. Two officials said many villagers were…
Pakistan plans to export electricity to Central Asian states by exercising an open access clause in the master agreement on CASA-1000 project. National Transmission Dispatch Company (NTDC) officials met Tajikistan’s officials in Dubai last week on electricity exports…
Pakistan. "President Trump’s willingness to work for a political settlement in Afghanistan by resuming dialogue with the Taliban is a positive development," Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi said. Speaking to journalists in native town of Multan on Saturday,…
KABUL Ambassador Zahid Nasrullah Khan on Sunday said his country supported Intra-Afghan talks and the announcement of a ceasefire. Khan said this while addressing a gathering here in support of Kashmiris. Political figures and parliamentarians attended the gathering. At the…
Pakistan will attend consultation on the Afghan peace process in Moscow on October 25, a media report said on Tuesday. Apart from Pakistan, representatives from China, Russia and the United States would take part in the he four-way…
Civilians and military personnel suffered casualties on both sides after Indian and Pakistani forces exchanged fire along the Line of Control (LoC) in Kashmir region. Pakistani media reported that six civilians and a Pakistani soldier were killed as…
The Taliban, a former national security advisor (NSA) claimed on Friday. Dr. Rangin Dadfar Spanta insisted the Taliban were not fighting against the occupation of the country, because they launched the insurgency when there was not a…
Pakistan will remain on the grey list of the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) until February 2020, says a media report. The Paris-based watchdog has asked Islamabad to take extra measures for complete elimination of terror financing and…
Traders and gardeners in southern Kandahar province say Pakistan has tripled export duty on their pomegranates. In this regard, traders and gardeners of fresh fruit in Shah Walikot, Arghandab, Daman and Dand districts have lodged complaints with…
Three civilians were killed as Pakistani forces fired at least 180 rockets from across the border into eastern Kunar province, officials said on Thursday. The Shaltan district administrative chief, Gul Khan, on Thursday told Pajhwok Afghan News that…
Pakistan has vehemently denounced a terrorist attack near an election rally of President Ashraf Ghani in Parwan province. “Pakistan condemns terrorism in all its forms and manifestations,” the Foreign Office in Islamabad said in a statement. It added…
Pakistan. The US had floated the idea of building ROZs to ensure jobs for the people of border areas during the Gen. Pervez Musharraf government. The plan was shelved after Pakistan’s economic managers asked the US to build…
The Afghan charge d’ affaires was summoned to the Foreign Office in Islamabad on Sunday. A strong demarche was made over the latest incident of firing on a Pakistan. A statement from the Foreign Office said the unprovoked…
KABUL. “Pakistan looks for optimised engagement following earliest resumption of the talks,” said a statement issued by the Foreign office in Islamabad. US President Trump stunned many people on Saturday evening when he announced that he was supposed to meet…
