NEW DELHI - India says all issues will be “on the table”, including a recent border spat and a festering trade imbalance, during Chinese Premier Li Keqiang’s visit to the South Asian giant which starts on Sunday.At the same time New Delhi thinks “very highly” of ...

YANGON : Myanmar released about 20 political prisoners on Friday, a top official said, hours before its reform-minded leader was due to leave on a landmark visit to the United States to meet President Barack Obama.President Thein Sein, a former general, has freed hundreds of political detainees ...

Visiting the sick is a common courtesy. However, when PML-N chief and Prime Minister-elect Mian Nawaz Sharif went to see PTI chief Imran Khan in hospital on Tuesday, it was not just an ordinary visit to someone indisposed, which Imran has been ever since his fall from a stage towards the end of the ...

lahoreThe Chinese Ambassador to Pakistan, Liu Jian, called on PML-N President Muhammad Nawaz Sharif in Raiwind on Wednesday and congratulated him over PML-N’s victory in elections on the behalf of his country. The ambassador emphasised that the Chinese leaders and people had great respect for ...

WASHINGTON  : An IMF team is to visit Islamabad in late June to continue the policy discussions with the new govt on mitigating economic vulnerabilities in Pakistan. Answering a question at a press conference whether the Fund had offered $5 billion of aid to Pakistan and were there any ...

US Secretary of State John Kerry on Tuesday telephoned chief of Pakistan Muslim League, Nawaz Sharif, and congratulated him on winning general elections.Kerry is hoping to visit Pakistan soon, once the new government of incoming prime minister Nawaz Sharif is in place, a US official said.The two ...

ISTANBUL : Egypt's new planning minister said on Saturday he was confident the country would reach a deal with the IMF on a $4.8 billion loan programme, although the timing of its next visit to Cairo was unclear. The IMF said on Thursday it was not currently planning a new visit to Egypt to discuss ...

Two relatives of Pakistani prisoner who arrived here on Tuesday visited Sanaullah Ranjahy who was fighting for his life in Chandigarh hospital, Indian media reported.The relatives of critically wounded Sanaullah arrived in India via the Attari land border from Sialkot, on Tuesday morning.Sanaullah ...

  NAIROBI : Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta, who faces international trial for crimes against humanity, will travel toLondonon Sunday for a three-day official visit, the presidency said. Kenyatta, who will be making his first trip outside Africa as leader, will attend a conference on Somalia ...

A group of officials from the Pakistani High Commission to India on Saturday visited Sanaullah Haq who had been injured in a brawl with an Indian inmate in a Jammu jail at PGI Chandigarh, the Times of India reported.Pakistan was granted consular access to Sanaullah by India on Friday night, as well ...

lahore - A delegation from Asian Network for Free Elections (ANFREL) and National Democratic Institute (NDI) visited the Punjab Election Commission office to review the election preparation. Punjab Election Commissioner Mehboob Anwar and his team gave a presentation to the delegation about election ...

    damascus   Syria's President Bashar al-Assad made a rare public visit on Wednesday to an electrical plant in centralDamascusto mark Labour Day, the presidency's official Facebook page said. "President Assad is now visiting the Umayyad electrical plant ...

WINDSOR, UK - The UAE president began a two-day state visit to Britain on Tuesday, during which he will be treated to ceremonial splendour but will also face questions over claims of torture from three British men jailed in Dubai.Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed al-Nahayan, head of state of the United Arab ...

Lahore/Islamabad - Family members of Sarabjit Singh are trying to stay closer to him after the Indian spy was admitted to a hospital from Kot Lakhpat Jail in Lahore with a severe head injury on Friday. The same day Sarabjit’s sister Dalbir Kaur, wife Sukhpreet Kaur, and daughters Poonam and ...

RAWALPINDI - Pakistan Taekwondo Federation (PTF) secretary Lt Col Waseem Ahmed Janjua has done wonders for the country and will create history by inviting 20 Korean international Taekwondo players who will demonstrate skills on May 14 at Liaquat Gymnasium, Pakistan Sports Complex. In an exclusive ...

chakwal - A three-member team of the European Union observers visited Chakwal district and met with candidates of different political parties to discuss May 11 elections. The team called on formal federal minister and a candidate of PML-N major Tahir Iqbal at his residence and shared views with him ...

NEW DELHI - India's foreign minister announced plans Thursday to visit China amid a border dispute, saying both countries had a mutual interest in not allowing it to "destroy" long-term progress in ties.Amid growing calls in some quarters for a tougher line over the alleged incursion of Chinese ...

Caretaker Prime Minister of Pakistan, Mir Hazar Khan Khoso who was due in Quetta on Tuesday could not come due to inclement weather.Due to bad weather, visit of PM Khoso has been cancelled; Official sources confirmed adding he would reach his home province on Wednesday.During his visit, Prime ...

ISLAMABAD - Pakistan has declined Secretary of State John Kerry's request to visit Islamabad at this point in time when the Islamic Republic of Pakistan has been passing through a democratic transition. Pakistan proposed to the top US diplomat to undertake his visit after the assumption of power by ...

Prime Minister Raja Pervez Ashraf has expressed the confidence that his forthcoming visit to China will further strengthen the existing bonds of friendship between the two countries and take them to new heights. He was talking to His Excellency Mr. Liu Jian, Ambassador of China to Pakistan, who ...

Indian External Affairs Minister SM Krishna will undertake his much-anticipated visit to Pakistan in the first half of September. Krishna had to defer his July 18-19 visit to Pakistan to review the peace talks due to the Presidential elections scheduled around the same time. "We are looking for ...

Prime Minister Syed Yousuf Raza Gilani will pay an official visit to the United Kingdom next month.Foreign Office spokesman in his weekly briefing in Islamabad on Thursday said that he will hold wide ranging talks with his British counterpart and other leaders focusing on further strengthening ...

India’s Hindu extremist leader Bal Thackeray has warned President Asif Ali Zardari against his scheduled visit to India on April 8, which according Pakistan would be totally a private visit.In a statement posted on a website, he said that Pakistani president should think twice before he ...

Chancellor Angela Merkel has arrived in Afghanistan on an unannounced visit, German media reported.Merkel is scheduled to meet with German troops at a base near the northern Afghan city of Mazar-e Sharif.She was due also to meet with German forces in Kunduz Province but heavy snow prevented landing ...

President of Sri Lanka Mahinda Rajapaksa will pay a three-day state visit to Pakistan from Feb 10 to further strengthen political, economic and defence ties between the two countries. The visit, on the invitation of President Asif Ali Zardari will further strengthen special bonds of affinity that ...

Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) chairman Chaudhry Zaka Ashraf said on Tuesday that Bangladesh government has allowed cricket team to visit Pakistan in April, report said. A security team will come here to assess the security arrangements prior the team’s arrival.

President Asif Ali Zardari arrived here Tuesday on a two-day official visit to hold talks with the leadership of Myanmar to boost bilateral cooperation and explore opportunities for enhancing trade and commercial activities. The President was accorded a warm red carpet welcome on his arrival at the ...

 Chief Minister Punjab Mian Shahbaz Sharif has said sitting Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) government was making all out efforts to prevent Mansoor Ijaz’s visit to Pakistan as he was coming with solid evidences against the leaders occupying the top slots of the country.Talking to ...

Pak Judicial Commission decided to visit India from Feb 3 to 6 to review investigations conducted. According to sources, Khwaja Sultan, Riaz Akram Chaudhry, Fakhar Hayat, Raja Ihsanullah Khan and Esam bin Haris would participate in the meeting. FIA’s Special Public Prosecutor Ch Zulfiqar Ali ...

The United States Wednesday wished Pakistani President Asif Ali Zardari well after aides said he suffered a heart attack and dismissed rumors that the civilian leader was being pushed out. "We have seen the reports. We certainly wish him a speedy recovery," said White House spokesman Jay ...