Khaleda Zia, Sheikh Hasina’s parties must continue talks: UN
Dhaka – The UN envoy, Oscar Fernandez-Taranco, who arrived here last week to end the deadlock over a caretaker government issue during parliamentary elections left Wednesday, asking the ruling and main opposition parties to continue talks. The UN assistant secretary general for political... read more »
Improving ties with India top priority: Sharif
Islamabad – Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif told Indian High Commissioner T.C.A. Raghavan during a meeting here Wednesday that his country wants to resolve all contentious issues with India, according to a media report. Bilateral ties between India and Pakistan and matters of mutual... read more »
US hopes India will persuade ‘friend’ Karzai on troops stay pos...
Washington – The United States has expressed hope India would persuade Afghan President Hamid Karzai to sign a deal allowing US troops to stay post-2014. Testifying before a Senate committee, a senior US official said that he was confident Afghanistan would eventually complete an agreement... read more »
Pak admits Iran gas pipeline project cannot go ahead unless US sanctions is...
Islamabad – Pakistan has said it cannot move ahead with the Iran gas pipeline project unless the issue of possible US sanctions is resolved. The comments from Pakistan came while asking Iran to resolve the issue of possible US sanctions that have delayed the multi-billion dollar gas pipeline... read more »
