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Pakistan, Iran to enhance economic cooperation

Wednesday, October 8, 2008

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ISLAMABAD: Pakistan and Iran agreed to enhance bilateral economic cooperation in various sectors including energy, railways, roads and trade besides realising the need for establishing Joint Shipping Company to boost maritime cooperation and mutual trade. The issues related to enhancing trade were discussed during a meeting between Iranian Ambassador Mashallah Shakiri and Deputy Chairman Planning [...]

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Pakistan: An image problem

Saturday, October 4, 2008

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Tariq Al-Maeena Pakistan has become a front for the proxy war being fought by the US and NATO against Al-Qaeda. And in the process, it is in danger of losing its sovereignty. Joseph Biden in his debate with Sarah Palin last Thursday referred to Pakistan as a “dangerous” state along with Iran. The Pakistanis, through [...]

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UN Agency Chief demands Transparency on Nuclear activities from Iran

Tuesday, September 23, 2008

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New York: The head of the United Nations International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) today called on Iran to be fully transparent about its nuclear activities, six years after the agency began efforts to clarify those activities. Director General Mohamed ElBaradei told the IAEA’s Board of Governors, meeting in Geneva, that the agency “does not in [...]

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It’s not how we think it is how the US-led NATO forces think about War in Afghanistan

Monday, September 22, 2008

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Question is how we think and how our allies in US-led NATO powers think about ongoing war in Afghanistan; we think that we have to combat the menace of talibanisation in the name of global war against terrorism. The US led NATO forces which has spent millions of Dollars in sucking Soviet Union Afghanistan initially [...]

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Durand Line hottest spot on earth: Arab daily AL-Hayat

Saturday, September 20, 2008

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LONDON: One of the most explosive spots on earth today is the so-called Durand Line, the 2,640 kilometre border, much of it in harsh mountain country, between Afghanistan and Pakistan. This is where the United States and its NATO allies are battling the Taliban — and are facing the possibility of military defeat. Of all the [...]

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Pak-Iran power transmission line ceremony next month

Friday, September 19, 2008

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ISLAMABAD: Pakistan and Iran decided on Friday that launching ceremony of transmission line for import of 100 MW power for Gwadar from Iran will be held in next month. It was decided in the meeting between The Ambassador of Iran to Pakistan, Masha’ allah Shakeri and Federal Minister for Water and Power, Raja Pervez Ashraf. [...]

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International Reaction upon Zardari election as President of Pakistan

Saturday, September 6, 2008

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The world is eying on the new elected president of Pakistan Asif Ali Zardari; Most of the leaders have felicitated him but the challenges he is expected to face are more bigger. He is not lucky enough to be in very calm political environment to prove himself rather he is the most unfortunate enough president [...]

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Pak-Iran JEC 17th session concluded in Tehran

Tuesday, July 1, 2008

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ISLAMABAD: The 17TH Session of Iran-Pakistan Joint Economic Commission (JEC) concluded in Tehran. Federal Minister for Finance and Economic Affairs, Syed Naveed Qamar led Pakistan’s delegation in the meeting while Iranian side was led by Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki. Popularity: 9% [?]

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Naveed Qamar calls on Iranian Commerce Minister

Monday, June 30, 2008

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ISLAMABAD: The Federal Minister for Finance and Economic Affairs Syed Naveed Qamar held a meeting with the Iranian Commerce Minister, Masood Mir Kazemi in Tehran. During the meeting they exchanged views on promotion of economic and commercial cooperation between the two countries. Popularity: 11% [?]

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D-8 Summit to be held on July 4th to 8th in Malaysia

Thursday, June 26, 2008

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ISLAMABAD: Foreign Office Spokesman Muhammad Sadiq briefing newsmen in Islamabad on Thursday said Prime Minister Syed Yousuf Raza Gilani will represent Pakistan at the Summit. The theme of the 6th Summit is “Meeting Challenges through Innovative Cooperation”. Popularity: 8% [?]

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Iran deports 490,000 Afghans

Tuesday, June 24, 2008

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KABUL: About 490,000 Afghans have been deported from Iran over the past 18 months, the UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR) and afghan Ministry of Refugees and Returnees (MoRR) told IRIN. “One hundred and forty thousand undocumented Afghans have been deported so far in 2008, and some 350,000 were deported in 2007,” said Salvatore Lombardo, the UNHCR [...]

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JI expresses horror on Israeli rehearsal

Saturday, June 21, 2008

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ISLAMABAD: Jamaat-e-Islami Pakistan Naib Amir Senator Professor Khurshid Ahmad has expressed his horror and disgust on the Israeli military exercises over the Eastern Mediterranean and Greece in the first week of June in which 100 Israeli F-15 fighters participated by way of rehearsal to attack on Iranian nuclear research facilities. He stated that Israel has [...]

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Russia warns US, Israel against unilateral attack on Iran

Saturday, June 21, 2008

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MOSCOW: Russia has warned that any unilateral action against Iran’s nuclear facilities would repeat a mistake of the Iraq invasion. The warning came from Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov while speaking in Moscow. He said Russia has repeatedly been asking the US and the Israeli authorities to provide factual information about their assertions that Iran [...]

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AQ Khan rejects providing nuke technology to Iran, Libya

Wednesday, June 4, 2008

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ISLAMABAD: Nuclear Scientist Dr. Abdul Qadeer Khan has made it clear he was not responsible for supply of nuke technology to Iran and Libya ,added European companies were involved in providing nuke technology to these countries. In an interview with foreign news agency, Dr. AQ Khan noted that some companies working in the nuclear [...]

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NATO Wary of Iranian Arms Sneaking into Afghanistan

Saturday, May 24, 2008

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OTTAWA: Weapons from Iran have turned up in Afghanistan in “significant quantities” over the last two years, which NATO says is causing it great concern. Threats from inside Iran are undermining the rebuilding efforts in Afghanistan, said NATO spokesman James Appathurai in a wide-ranging interview with Canwest News on the regional security threats to Afghanistan. [...]

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Fahmida urges Ulema to help build social harmony

Tuesday, May 20, 2008

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ISLAMABAD: Speaker National Assembly Dr. Fahmida Mirza has urged the Ulema to extend their support to make Pakistan a land of peace and harmony. While talking to a delegation of the Iranian National Guardians, the Speaker said that Islam believe in peace, tolerance and harmony that should be pursued by the society as a [...]

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Soomro says Pakistan enjoys cordial ties with Iran

Sunday, May 18, 2008

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ISLAMABAD: The Chairman Senate, Mr. Muhammadmian Soomro has said that the relations between Pakistan and Iran have stood the test of time during the last half century and these would continue to flourish in the years ahead. The Chairman was talking to a 6 – member delegation from the Guardian Council (Shoora-y Negahban) of the [...]

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An endless War at the cost of big Money and precious Lives

Saturday, May 17, 2008

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By Azhar Masood Monroe Doctrine forbade the United States not to look beyond Atlantic. Though it was sucked into First World War but it never made member of League of Nations. Perhaps it had no ambition or was not capable of throwing a challenge to British Empire. But at Yalta Conference when Theodore Rossewelt realized [...]

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Canadian, Iranian envoys call on NA Speaker

Friday, May 9, 2008

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ISLAMABAD: The Canadian High Commissioner David B. Collins called on Madam Speaker National Assembly Dr. Fehmida Mirza in the Parliament House, today. Talking to the Ambassador Madam Speaker said that Pakistan values high its relations with Canada and desires to further strengthen it. Madam Speaker said that in Pakistan the real democracy has been [...]

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A bipolar World is emerging with ideological diversities?

Wednesday, May 7, 2008

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By Azhar Masood Are we heading towards a bipolar world without Ideological Diversity but only clash of economic interests I think after cold war and dismemberment of the Soviet Union in late 80s a realization is surfacing at important capitals ,”No More Unipolar World”. This realizations though still lacks sufficient international diplomatic support but after seeing [...]

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