Seeking to fortify its strategic ties with China amid strains in relations with US, Pakistan is considering a proposal to lease the disputed Gilgit-Baltistan region to Beijing for 50 years, an eminent US-based think tank has claimed, citing local media.
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Pakistan considering leasing disputed region to China for 50 years
Monday, February 13th, 2012Parliament to decide on Nato ties: Pakistan Armed Forces
Monday, February 13th, 2012Army chief Ashfaq Parvez Kayani Monday made it clear that Parliament would set the tone of Pakistan’s ties with America and Nato.
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Pakistani Navy to Develop Nuclear-Powered Submarines
Monday, February 13th, 2012Media reports on Feb. 11 state the Pakistan Navy intends to build nuclear-powered submarines as a matter of priority. No sources were quoted in the reports, which indicated the first submarine would be operational in five to eight years.
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Conditions should be met before Nato supplies resume: Pakistan
Tuesday, February 7th, 2012Defence Minister Chaudhry Ahmed Mukhtar on Teusday said we must get our conditions approved for the resumption of Nato supply routes.
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Pakistan gets last fleet of F-16 jets
Tuesday, February 7th, 2012Thelast fleet of three sophisticated F-16 fighter jets arrived in Pakistan on Monday following the completion of $ 2.7 billion programme that oversaw the provisions of 18 aircrafts equipped with Night Precision Attack capability tothe Pakistan Air Force (PAF) by the US Defence Department.
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Pakistan wants just and peaceful solution of Kashmir issue
Tuesday, February 7th, 2012The Pakistani ambassador to Iran has said that Islamabad is committed to a just and peaceful resolution of the Kashmir dispute in accordance with United Nations Security Council resolutions and the aspirations of the Kashmiri people.
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Pakistan Willing To Push Militants Into Afghan Peace Talks
Friday, February 3rd, 2012Pakistan’s foreign minister says her country is ready to push the Taliban and other insurgent groups to enter negotiations to end the war in Afghanistan — but only after the Afghan people agree on the outline of a solution to the conflict.
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Pakistan will do whatever Kabul wants for peace
Thursday, February 2nd, 2012Pakistan is willing to do whatever the Afghans want to help facilitate an end to 10 years of war with the Taliban, Foreign Minister Hina Rabbani Khar told reporters on Thursday.
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Pakistan: ‘No Hidden Agenda’ in Afghanistan
Thursday, February 2nd, 2012Pakistan says it has no “hidden agenda” in Afghanistan and has rejected as “frivolous” allegations that it is supporting Afghan Taliban insurgents in their deadly attacks on NATO forces.
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Deadly Anthrax Sent to Office of Pakistani PM
Thursday, February 2nd, 2012A Pakistani official says a package containing deadly anthrax was mailed last year to the office of Pakistani Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani.
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