Bilateral ties

NA speaker meets Poland’s Chairman Senate Stanislaw Karczewski at the Parliament House

Development comes during a meeting between UK High Commissioner Thomas Drew and NSA Lt-Gen (retd) Nasser Khan Janjua

Gen Rawat's remarks come days after appointment of an interlocutor in IOK for dialogue, the move rejected by Pakistan

FM Khawaja Asif summoned to brief upper house of parliament on Tillerson’s statement

Minister’s personal visit comes amid invigorated bilateral engagement

Warns India against vainglorious idea of carrying out surgical strikes in Pakistan

Agenda will comprise new Trump policy, Pak-US relations and Afghan reconciliation process

Urges Myanmar to end discrimination against the persecuted community

Sanctioning Pakistan officials will hurt efforts against terrorism, says Abbasi

Afghanistan drags feet at recognising Islamabad’s contribution in war on terror

American president didn’t blame Islamabad for failure in Afghanistan, says Ambassador Hale

Move comes in a meeting of Chinese Special Envoy on Afghan affairs Deng Xijun with Foreign Secretary Tehmina Janjua

Gen Qamar and President Rahmon pledge to enhance Pakistan-Tajikistan cooperation in fields of defence and security

Lt Gen (retd) DS Hoda insists Indian forces carried out ‘surgical strike’ in Azad Kashmir

Foreign Secretary Tehmina Janjua calls on President Ashraf Ghani to exchange views on bilateral ties

Assembly speaker calls Pakistan a ‘promising market’ for Korean technological and manufacturing expertise

Gen Qamar expresses his grief over loss of innocent lives in the recent terrorist attacks in Afghanistan

Gen Qamar says Pak-China enviable relationship finds no parallel in the world

US Defence Secretary Jim Mattis says Islamabad had not taken sufficient action against Haqqani Network

Indian External Affairs Ministry spokesperson says central issue between the two countries is cross-border terrorism

Says Pakistan should invest in economy, particularly hydropower sector

Afghan Ministry of Defence spokesperson says operations will destroy enemy nests on either side of the Durand Line

Shutdown comes after a gun battle between separatist and Indian troops left four people dead and six other injured

In a meeting with Gen Qamar, Turkish PM Binali Yaldarim appreciates Pakistan’s role in the larger Muslim world

Gen Qamar chairs Formation Commanders conference at GHQ

UN military observers were also briefed about the latest situation along the LoC

Country’s ambassador invites business personnel in areas of trade, tourism

Any move that takes some of the heat out of the relationship between Pakistan and Afghanistan is to be welcomed

Pakistan, Afghanistan and US discuss ways to prevent cross-border incidents

Beijing hopes Islamabad and Kabul would jointly maintain peace and stability in the region

Mamnoon said that Polish investors should be urged to invest in the fields of food processing, coal, energy, defence

Inaugural session of political consultations between the two countries take place in Pristina

Balochistan delegation visits the European country to push trade ties

Both countries agree to start physical work on CASA-1,000 power project

Israel will allow completion of hospital in Gaza and construction of a new power station, sea water distillation plant

Sees terrorism as common concern for both sides

Ambassador invites businessmen to Trade Expo, assures cooperation

Already a company is setting up power plant with initial injection of $250m

Direct flights between Lahore and Tashkent, joint ventures most effective tools

They discussed matter of mutual interest and US-Pakistan relations during the meeting, said a press release