ISLAMABAD As Pakistan and Iran have only one international crossing point but strong recommendation for opening additional international crossing points is simmering on back burner. The proposal seems to hit a snag as both country after recommendation from Pakistan-Iran Joint Commission on Road ...

ISLAMABAD -Pakistan-Iran Joint Commission on Road on Tuesday recommended that Pakistan and Iran should open two additional international crossing points at Pishin-Mand as well as Gabd-Reemdan for promotion of trade and commerce between the two counties. Presently there is only one international ...

NEW YORK US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has described the group of four countries - India, Brazil, Germany and Japan - as a 'self-appointed frontrunners for a permanent seat in an expanded UN Security Council, according to classified documents released by WikiLeaks. Clintons cable, which ...

ISLAMABAD - President Asif Ali Zardari Friday urged for further enhancing Pak- Iran bilateral cooperation in all areas particularly trade, energy, communication and infrastructure. He reiterated that Pakistan attached great importance to its friendly equation with Iran and regards Iran as an ...

LAHORE - Consul General Islamic Republic of Iran in Lahore, Ali Nikan has said that hostile countries are continuously exerting pressure to spoil centuries old relations of Pakistan and Iran but we should not succumb to any such pressure. He expressed these views during a meeting with the ...

Prime Minister Syed Yousuf Raza Gilani on Wednesday called for fast tracking Pak-Iran cooperation in oil and gas sectors and import of electricity from Iran. Talking to Ambassador of Iran Mashallah Shakeri here at the PM Secretariat, the prime minister hoped the Iranian firm, already awarded ...

ISLAMABAD (APP) - Advisor to Prime Minister on Finance, Dr Abdul Hafeez Shaikh here Monday stressed the need for involving private sectors of Pakistan and Iran to enhance economic cooperation between the two countries. He was talking to six-member Iranian delegation of Pak-Iran Joint Economic ...

KARACHI - The closure of Iran-Pak border after the recent suicide attack in Iran has resulted in a conflict between both the countries, halting the iron ore import for Pakistan Steel Mills. The Nation learnt that Iran has closed its borders for Pakistan, forcing the PSM to look out for other ...

QUETTA Iranian border is considered to be one of the securest borders from where Pakistan did not ever expect any threat as compared to the frontiers with India and Afghanistan. Iran shares 550-mile long border with Pakistan. Thousands of people either living in the bordering areas or in the ...

Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi has said that the suicide attack in Iran's Sistan was a conspiracy against brotherly relations between Pakistan and Iran. Addressing a press conference Qureshi said Pakistan will provide full assistance to Iran in the Sistan attack probe. "An Iranian delegation ...

ISLAMABAD - Iranian Ambassador Mashaallah Shakeri Friday said that Pakistan and Iran were agreed to address and resolve all the issues, which were hampering the trade between the two countries. The ambassador said this while talking to Federal Minister for Commerce Makhdoom Amin Fahim here at the ...

The meeting of federal cabinet held with Prime Minister Syed Yousuf Raza Gilani in chair on Wednesday endorsed the Pakistan-Iran gas pipeline project. The cabinet members expressed confidence over government steps, assuring their full support to the PM regarding the ongoing military operation ...

MOSCOW (AFP) - Russian gas export monopoly Gazprom is keen to participate in a pipeline to carry Iranian gas to Pakistan, the Kommersant daily reported on Wednesday, citing company and government officials. We are ready to join the project as soon as we receive an offer, Russias deputy energy ...

KARACHI - Pakistan and Iran bilateral trade has increased to $ 125 million in the first three months of current fiscal year after the launching of preferential trade agreement (PTA) between the two neighbours. This was stated by Commercial Attache, Consulate General of Iran, Ahmad Fasihi while ...