ISLAMABAD – As the Afghan Taliban called on Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) to focus on reaching peace with the Pakistani government, Islamabad believed that dealing with the banned outfit is a test case for the Afghan interim setup as trust will need to be earned. Report of a leading daily ...

ISLAMABAD – The first Pakistani consignment of 1800 metric tonnes of wheat as humanitarian assistance for Afghanistan crossed Torkham border on Thursday. In a statement, Foreign Office spokesperson Asim Iftikhar Ahmad said the consignment is part of the humanitarian package of 5 billion rupees ...

ISLAMABAD – Secretary-General of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC), Mr. Hissein Brahim Taha, hailed Pakistan’s efforts for holding the extraordinary meeting to discuss Afghanistan’s humanitarian crisis. Addressing the session, Hissein Brahim Taha heaped praise on the ...

Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi has said Pakistan is ready to extend cooperation to the United Nations and other organizations willing to provide humanitarian assistance to the Afghan people. He was talking to the OIC Secretary General Hissein Ibrahim Taha in Islamabad today (Friday). The ...

RAWALPINDI – The top military leadership unequivocally affirmed zero tolerance for Sialkot lynching like heinous incidents during a meeting of the Corps Commanders Conference, said military’s media wing on Wednesday. “Taking note of the heinous lynching incident @ Sialkot, ...

Pakistan is continuously sending humanitarian assistance to needy people of Afghanistan and taking other measures to help them. In this connection, Pakistan-Afghanistan Cooperation Forum have held free eye camps in Khost and Kabul cities of Afghanistan where 1820 patients were checked and another ...

Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi says the engagement with Afghanistan must not only continue but should be enhanced for multiple reasons. Addressing a Troika Plus Meeting in Islamabad on Thursday, he said nobody wishes to see a relapse into civil war; no one wants an economic collapse that ...

TEHRAN, Iran: The Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi paid a courtesy call on the President of Iran Seyed Ibrahim Raisi in Tehran on October 26, 2021. Special Representative for Afghanistan Ambassador Muhammad Sadiq, Pakistan’s Ambassador to Tehran, Rahim Hayat Qureshi, and senior ...

ISLAMABAD – Pakistan will provide humanitarian assistance worth five billion rupees to Afghanistan, Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi said after concluding his day-long visit to the neighbouring country. Briefing the media in Islamabad on Thursday evening, he said Pakistan will allow duty ...

Washington has rejected any possibility that the Taliban would be allowed access to Afghan central bank reserves, which are largely held in the United States. In a statement, US Deputy Secretary of Treasury, Wally Adeyemo said on the one hand, we maintain our sanctions against the Taliban, while ...