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Caretaker issue not on UN emissary's agenda: Hasina's aide
Caretaker issue not on UN emissary’...

Caretaker issue not on UN emissary’s agenda: Hasina’s aide

Dhaka – Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina’s advisor Gowher Rizvi said Saturday that the visiting UN emissary will no! t discuss the caretaker government issue while trying to broker peace b! etween the Awami League and BNP, local media reported. “The election can be held... read more »

Pakistan's new army chief stresses on professionalism
Pakistan’s new army chief stresses...

Pakistan’s new army chief stresses on professionalism

Islamabad – Pakistan’s new army chief, Gen. Raheel Sharif, has stressed on the importance of professionalism in dealing with challenges, a media report said Saturday. Gen. Sharif was chairing his first corps commanders’ meeting Friday after becoming the new army chief Nov 29. He... read more »

Bangladesh: Does it really matter that Khaleda Zia is not contesting elections
Bangladesh: Does it really matter that K...

Bangladesh: Does it really matter that Khaleda Zia is not contesting electi...

Dhaka – December 2, 2013 was the last date for the filing of nominations for the tenth parliamentary elections being held on January 5, 2014. The BNP, which had declared its intention of not participating in the elections under a Sheikh Hasina led election-time government, confirmed its... read more »

Indian dam will affect Neelum-Jhelum project: Pakistan
Don’t talk of war with India: Paki...

Don’t talk of war with India: Pakistani daily

Islamabad – With tension along the Indian border abating, “all talks of war” should! be avoided, said a Pakistani daily Saturday. The News Inter! national in an editorial “War Talk” said that “at a time when tensions along the Line of Control (LoC) are abating... read more »

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Prachanda to visit India to meet ailing daughter

Prachanda to visit India to meet ailing daughter

Kathmandu – Nepalese Maoist chief Pushpa Kamal Dahal alias Prachanda will visit India Thursday to meet his daughter who is in a “very critical” condition at a Noida... read more »

Britain firm on Lanka probe into war crimes

Britain firm on Lanka probe into war crimes

By Anasudhin Azeez London – British Prime Minister David Cameron has reiterated his demand for an independent inquiry into the alleged mass killing of Sri Lankan Tamils during the... read more »

Pak admits Iran gas pipeline project cannot go ahead unless US sanctions issue resolved

Iran, Pak to fast track IP gas pipeline project starting December

Islamabad – Pakistan and Iran have agreed to fast track the IP gas pipeline project starting this December in a bid to formulate a more realistic time schedule for its... read more »

Rasheel Sharif to be new Pak Army chief

Rasheel Sharif to be new Pak Army chief

Ending weeks of speculation, Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif on Wednesday appointed Lt Gen Raheel Sharif as Pakistan’s new Army Chief and Lt Gen Rashid Mehmood as Chairman Joint Chiefs of... read more »

Sharif offers to bring home Musharraf's ailing mother

Pakistan begins work on civil nuclear power plant

Pakistan has broken ground on what will be the country’s largest civil nuclear power plant, which is being built with help from China. Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif performed the ground... read more »