SLAMABAD: France’s special representative for Pakistan and Afghanistan Pierre Lellouche called on President Asif Ali Zardari here at Presidency on Saturday. During the meeting, they discussed matters pertaining to regional security situation, Pak-French bilateral ties …

WASHINGTON: Pakistan is beginning to recognize the severity of the threat posed by an extremist insurgency that is encroaching on major urban areas, US Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton said Thursday. Clinton told a …

With a set of old glories neatly arranged in the background, flanked by his Secretaries of State and Defense, President Barack Obama announced a comprehensive strategy on Afghanistan and Pakistan (or Af-Pak Strategy). President announced, …

A particular community of people living in a country or region, and having shared customs, laws, and organizations is called a society. In a society, people depend on each other for life. No society can …

ISLAMABAD: US Special Envoy on Pakistan and Afghanistan Richard Holbrooke will reach Islamabad on Monday along with US General Mike Mullen. According to details, Richard Holbrooke on his visit of two nations he reached …

About a half a century ago, a young, ambitious and charismatic American president inherited a confined war. Soon after his inaugural, he owned the war! His name was John F. Kennedy and he owned the …

ISLAMABAD: President Asif Ali Zardari on Monday called for developing a comprehensive regional strategy and approach to tackle the menace of terrorism, as also endorsed by the strategic review by the United States. “It is …

WASHINGTON: Underscoring that the United States recognizes Pakistan’s sovereignty, President Barack Obama Sunday ruled out the possibility of US troops crossing into Pakistani territory from Afghanistan in pursuit of al?Qaeda militants. Instead, the US president …

Dear President Obama,
This is the second part of my open letter to you. We were, I believe, discussing Afghanistan and Pakistan and moving into our key topic: Scapegoating.
Scapegoating is not rocket science. …

WASHINGTON: U.S. President Barack Obama on Friday committed his administration to support democratic Pakistan with robust economic and much?needed security aid as he declared a relentless regional effort to “disrupt, dismantle and defeat” al-Qaeda along …