Salim Saifullah Khan, Chairman of the Foreign Affairs Committee in Pakistan's Senate, said that Pakistan is keen to enhance relations with the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
In a statement during his visit to the Saudi Embassy in Pakistan, the (...)
At least 21 militants and one solder were killed Friday in fierce clashes between Taliban and Pakistan forces in the troubled north-western region of the country, a security official said.
According to dpa, the fighting occurred in the Ghilju (...)
Gunmen in south-western Pakistan have attacked a NATO supply convoy, leaving one driver dead, police said Monday.
The unidentified attackers struck late Sunday, "killing one driver and injuring another, before setting five vehicles on fire", Imam (...)
Pakistani President Asif Ali Zardari will likely need two weeks to rest in Dubai following medical treatment there before he returns home, said Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani.
He said Zardari needed medical attention because he was "exhausted," (...)
Pakistan, in a bid to bolster its western border, has installed anti-aircraft guns and radars to monitor air activity, a senior Pakistani military official told CNN.
"We had to do it after being deceived by our so-called friends," said the (...)
All U.S. forces have vacated a military base in Pakistan, meeting a deadline set by Islamabad after a NATO airstrike killed dozens of soldiers, local military officials said Sunday.
Pakistan requested U.S. forces to vacate the Shamsi Airbase by (...)
Pakistani President Asif Ali Zardari is "fine" and will return home soon, a news anchor quoted him as saying on Friday, nearly a week after he was rushed to Dubai for health reasons that led to rumours of his resignation and speculation about a (...)
Pakistan confirmed today that its President Asef Ali Zardari currently enjoys a good health and stable situation.
An official statement issued by the Presidential palace in Islamabad said reports by Zardari's doctors in Dubai, where the President (...)
Norway's Foreign Minister Jonas Gahr Store spoke last night on telephone to Pakistan's Foreign Minister Hina Rabbani Khar to convey his sympathy on the killing of the Pakistani soldiers in Mohmand Agency.
Foreign Minister Store referred to the (...)
Pakistan has authorized the commanders of its
border posts to return fire against any future attack from NATO
troops in Afghanistan, news reports said Friday, according to dpa.
The directions came days after a NATO aerial attack destroyed (...)
A Pakistani senior official thanked the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia for the services it was rendering to pilgrims in general every year, noting that pilgrims from Pakistan have in particular received the most required care, making their pilgrims an easy (...)
Pakistan decided on Tuesday to boycott the Bonn conference on Afghanistan to protest the NATO attacks on its border
that killed 24 soldiers and injured more than a dozen, officials said.
The cabinet took the decision at a meeting in the eastern (...)
President Asif Zardari of Pakistan received here today Foreign Minister Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed Al Nahyan of the United Arab Emirates (UAE).
During the meeting, they discussed means of enhancing relations between the two countries in various (...)
Pakistani Police said they have foiled a major bombing attack during the seizure of a bomb weighing 30 Kilograms planted inside a car in Quetta, the capital of Balochistan province, south-western Pakistan.
Ahsaan Mehboob, a Police official in (...)
Pakistan's Foreign Minister Hina Rabbani Khar spoke to the US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton in the early hours of Sunday to inform the US government of the decisions made by the Defence Coordination Committee (DCC), which met in Islamabad on (...)
President Asif Ali Zardari has urged ambassador-designate to the United States Sherry Rehman to concentrate on further enhancing Pakistan-US bilateral relations with focus on strengthening democracy and trade ties.
In a meeting held at the (...)
The volume of Pakistan's exports to European Union (EU) countries has increased to an annual amount of US$ 6.18 billion.
In a statement here today to the Associated Press of Pakistan (APP), the Minister of Industry and Textile, Makhdoom Shahabuddin (...)
President Asif Ali Zardari on Friday said that Pakistan desired to further enhance Pak-UK relationship based on mutuality of respect, trust and interest.
He said that Enhanced Strategic Dialogue between the two countries had facilitated structured (...)
Pakistan and India have agreed to ease visa procedures for business between the two countries to support the process of bilateral trade.
In a statement today to "Geo News" Channel, Pakistan's ambassador to India Shahid Malik said visas for multiple (...)
Pakistani security officials alleged that NATO helicopters attacked a border post Saturday, killing at least 24
troops and injuring more than a dozen.
The pre-dawn attack occurred in Mohmand agency, one of the seven Pakistani tribal districts, (...)
AlHijjah 29, 1432, Nov 25, 2011, SPA -- President of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan Asif Ali Zardari met with Ambassador of the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques in Islamabad Abdul Aziz bin Ibrahim Al-Ghadeer.
A statement issued by the (...)
AlHijjah 27, 1432, Nov 23, 2011, SPA - Pakistan has appointed a new ambassador to the United States.
Former information minister Sherry Rehman has been named as Pakistan's new envoy to the United States.
She replaces Husain Haqqani, who resigned (...)
AlHijjah 25, 1432, Nov 21, 2011, SPA - At least 10 troops were killed when gunmen ambushed their convoy in south-western Pakistan, security officials
said on Monday.
The incident took place late Sunday in Lora Lae district, in the province of (...)
AlHijjah 25, 1432, Nov 21, 2011, SPA -- Upon directives of the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Abdullah bin Abdulaziz Al Saud and under the direct supervision of Crown Prince Naif bin Abdulaziz Al Saud, Deputy Premier and Minister of (...)
AlHijjah 24, 1432, Nov 20, 2011, SPA -- Pakistani police arrested today four suspects involved in the May attack on the Consulate of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia in Karachi.
Earlier on Sunday morning, police in Karachi conducted a raid in the Eid (...)