Doha, 09 August 2021 A three day international meetings on Afghan peace will be held from August 10-12 at the Sheraton Grand Hotel Doha.  Russian News Agency TASS had reported in last week of July referring Special Russian Presidential Representative for Afghanistan Zamir Kabulov announcing the meeting of the Extended Troika comprising Russia, China, the...

Islamabad, o8 August 2021 A delegation from the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) visited the Line of Control in Azad Kashmir on Saturday to assess the human rights situation in Indian-administered Kashmir, the Pakistani military’s media wing said in a statement. The 12-member delegation of the OIC’s Independent Permanent Human Rights Commission (IPHRC) were “given...

Sheberghan, Afghanistan, 07 August 2021 (AlJazeera) The Taliban forces has captured the city of Sheberghan, the second Afghan provincial capital reported by AlJazeera reporter Charlotte Bellis from the Afghan capital Kabul. He  said the situation on the ground is nuanced and fluid. “The Taliban put out a statement saying they have taken the city of...

Zaranj (Afghanistan), 06 August 2021 Pakistani major media outlets and international media reported today fall of Capital city Zaranj of Province Nimroz in the hands of the Taliban forces on Friday, as the first provincial capital now under control of Taliban. It is near to the Iran borders in Southwest of Afghanistan. Taliban forces have...

Islamabad, 05 August 2021 (Anadolu News) Pakistan on Thursday urged the international community to hold India accountable for human rights violations in Jammu and Kashmir. In a message on the second anniversary of India’s annexation of the disputed region, Prime Minister Imran Khan said New Delhi has failed to break the will of the Kashmiri...

Islamabad, 4th August 2021 (APP) Shah Mahmood Qureshi, Foreign Minister of Pakistan said India was doomed to fail in its attempt to amend the historic identity of Jammu and Kashmir, as the voices of oppressed Kashmiris were growing stronger with time. Talking to media today, he said India would have to rescind its illegal acts...

Islamabad, 03 August 2021 Lt. Gen. (Retd) Asim Saleem Bajwa is replaced by Khalid Mansoor as Special Assistant to the Prime Minister on CPEC Affairs with immediate effect. The appointment will be in an honorary capacity. Bajwa was appointed as Chairman of the CPEC Authority in November 2019 on a four years contract and as ...

Washington, 03 August 2021 Moeed Yusuf, Pakistan's National Security Advisor's interview in Pakistan embassy Washington to Financial Times published on Tuesday, 3rd August 2021 reported that “The president of the United States hasn’t spoken to the prime minister (Imran Khan) of such an important country who the US itself says is make-or-break in some cases...

Islamabad, 29 July 2021 (Daily Dawn) Prime Minister Imran Khan has said that Pakistan cannot be held "responsible" for the actions of the Taliban in the aftermath of US and its allies' ongoing withdrawal from Afghanistan, adding that his government is not a spokesperson for the militant group. "What the Taliban are doing or aren't...

29 July 2021, Bloomberg Cash-strapped Pakistan’s bet that liquefied natural gas prices would go down has failed, forcing the South Asian nation to pay more than ever for the power plant fuel or risk blackouts. Pakistan LNG this week bought four cargoes for September delivery at around $15 per million British thermal units, the highest...