Pakistan highlights growing sectarian violence in India

Foreign ministry spokesperson Mohammed Nafees Zakaria, on Thursday, lashing out at the unprecedented increase in sectarian violence in, so called secular, India expressed grief on the recent very disturbing and gruesome episode, in which an unprotected Muslim was dragged in a street in India and brutally murdered with swords by Hindu extremists.

Pakistan-Maldives signs 6 economic cooperation MoUs

Prime minister (PM) Nawaz Sharif held delegation level meeting with Maldivian president Abdulla Yameen Abdul Gayoom on Tuesday; an official statement said.

McMaster condoles Lahore attack and COAS visits the victims

A Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) suicide bomber, targeting police personnel, struck a police checkpoint, on the busy Ferozepur Road close to a vegetable market, on Monday in Lahore martyring at least 26 innocents and injuring over 50 others.

Sohail briefs Nawaz on PAF training

Chief of air staff, air chief marshal, Sohail Aman called on prime minister (PM) Nawaz Sharif on Monday, whereat matters pertaining to Pakistan air force (PAF) developmental strategy and future force goals were discussed; an official statement said.

McCain says regional peace requires Pak-US cooperation

A five-member united states (US) senate delegation led by armed services committee chairman senator John McCain called on prime minister (PM) Nawaz Sharif on Monday, whereat McCain agreed that continued close cooperation between the US and Pakistan was essential for securing peace and stability in the region; an official statement said.

Nawaz re-examines the foreign policy priorities

Prime minister (PM) Nawaz Sharif visited the foreign affairs (FA) ministry on Friday, to undertake a comprehensive review of Pakistan’s foreign policy priorities, in the wake of the recent developments in and around Pakistan and the emerging global and regional scenario; an official statement said.

Pakistan reminds UN that Taliban safe havens are inside Afghanistan

Speaking in the security council debate on Afghanistan, Pakistan’s ambassador to the united nations (UN) Maleeha Lodhi on Thursday said that the resilience of the insurgency in Afghanistan cannot be explained away by convenient references to external safe havens or support centres; an official statement said.

Saira launches NHP in Abbottabad

National health services regulation and coordination (NHS-RC) minister Saira Afzal Tarar on Monday, launched prime minister’s national health program (NHP) in Abbottabad and distributed health cards among the enrolled families, living below poverty line, along-with national assembly (NA) deputy speaker Murtaza Javed Abbasi; an official statement said.