.: Asia

Date: 10 Dec 2012

ANKARA, Dec 10 (INP) A hotline has been established to facilitate communication among the presidents of Afghanistan, Pakistan and Turkey “in times of crisis,” a Turkish official said Monday.

“The hotline has been operational since yesterday (Sunday),” the official said on condition of anonymity but noted that the presidents have not used it yet.



Date: 6 Dec 2012

By Tahir Khan

ISLAMABAD: Prominent religious scholars from Afghanistan are to soon visit Pakistan to discuss the agenda for the upcoming Ulema Conference, Afghan officials told The Express Tribune.
The conference, to be held in Kabul, was agreed upon during Afghan peace envoy Salahuddin Rabbani’s visit to Islamabad last month.



Date: 5 Dec 2012

By Imdad Hussain

ISLAMABAD: The meeting of US-Pakistan Defence Consultative Group (DCG) ends without Washington committing to release about $600 million in Coalition Support Fund (CSF), official sources said on Tuesday.



Date: 4 Dec 2012

Mumbai : The number of terrorist attacks each year has more than quadrupled in the decade since September 11, 2001, a study released on Tuesday said, with Iraq, Pakistan and Afghanistan the most affected.



Date: 3 Dec 2012

PESHAWAR (INP) Afghan Taliban leader and former finance minister of Mullah Omer led Taliban government Agha Jan Mutasim has condemned the recent assassination attempts on the lives of Qazi Hussain Ahmad and Hamid Mir.



Date: 30 Nov 2012

ISLAMABAD, Nov 30 (INP): Dr Zalmai Rassoul, Afghan Foreign Minister called on Prime Minister Raja Pervez Ashraf at PM House Friday and discussed with him matters of important mutual interests.
While talking to Dr Zalmai Rassoul, the Prime Minister said that Pakistan believes that a peaceful, prosperous and stable Afghanistan is in Pakistan’s own national interest.



Date: 30 Nov 2012

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Foreign Minister Hina Rabbani Khar met with her Afghan counterpart Zalmai Rassoul here on Friday.

In a joint statement issued following the meeting, Pakistan agreed to release another batch of Taliban prisoners in a bid to facilitate peace talks between insurgents and the Afghan government.



Date: 29 Nov 2012

WANA, Nov 29 (INP): Taliban commander Mullah Nazir was wounded Thursday in a suicide attack in South Waziristan’s largest town, Wana, that killed six of his aides, security officials said.

The attacker was riding a motorcycle when he collided with the vehicle Mullah Nazir was traveling in. Several nearby shops were also damaged in the attack. Another account said that Nazir was injured as a suicide bomber carrying explosives



Date: 26 Nov 2012

ISLAMABAD, Nov 26 (INP): US magazine “Foreign Policy” has placed 15-year-old, Malala Yousafzai, a Pakistani child rights activist at the sixth spot in its top 100 Global Thinkers list.

The magazine stated that Malala has been honoured by the FP due to her untiring efforts for standing up to the Taliban and everything they represent.



Date: 25 Nov 2012

NEW DELHI, Nov 25: Senior IPS officer Alok Joshi will be the new chief of RAW and Syed Asif Ibrahim will be the next Director of Intelligence Bureau, the first Muslim to head it with four officers senior to him having been shifted out. The Appointments Committee of the Cabinet (ACC) headed by Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh cleared the name of Joshi,



Date: 24 Nov 2012

NEW DELHI, Nov 24: Senior IPS officer S Asif Ibrahim is tipped to be the new Intelligence Bureau chief, the first Muslim to head the organisation, official sources said tonight.

Asif, a 1977 batch IPS, made it to the top slot because of his wide range of experience in covering various departments of the organization, which mainly deal with intelligence pertaining to internal security, they said.



Date: 23 Nov 2012

Islamabad: Pakistan's Interior Minister Rehman Malik has said that his government will not link the issue of Sarabjit Singh, death row convict, with the execution of Ajmal Kasab.

Speaking to ABP News, Malik said, "Pakistan government will not link the issue of releasing Sarabjit Singh to the execution of Ajmal Kasab."



Date: 23 Nov 2012

New Delhi: “Hundreds of Muslim youths arrested under charges of terror plots have been declared as innocents and released from jail. In many cases, courts have castigated the police and intelligence agencies for filing false cases and fabrication of evidence,” said Mr. Mohammed Azharuddin, all India president of Students Islamic Organisation of India (SIO) while addressing to the protest march to Parliament, taken out on



Date: 22 Nov 2012

NEW DELHI, Nov 22: India and China are back to sparring over territorial claims involving Arunachal Pradesh and Aksai Chin.

It all started with the Chinese Government showing Arunachal and entire Aksai Chin as part of its territory in maps of the country on their new e-passports.



Date: 21 Nov 2012

Demands Indian govt to support Palestinian cause to stop Israel from Military attack

New Delhi: Jamaat-e-Islami Hind has strongly condemned the barbaric Israeli military attacks on Palestinians in Gaza and asked Israel to stop them immediately.



Date: 17 Nov 2012

ISLAMABAD: Egyptian President Mohamed Mursi has asked for Pakistan’s support for the non-state bid of Palestinians when the issue is raised at international forums, particularly the United Nations Security Council (UNSC).
In a telephone conversation with Prime Minister Raja Pervaiz Ashraf on Friday, Mursi expressed concern over Israel’s recent air raids in the Gaza Strip



Date: 15 Nov 2012

ISLAMABAD, Nov 15 (INP): US Deputy Chief of Mission Richard Hoagland Thursday hailing the Pakistan’s decision to set free several Afghan Taliban prisoners said that Pakistan can play a vital role in Afghanistan reconciliation process.



Date: 14 Nov 2012

Islamabad: Pakistani authorities agreed during talks with Afghan peace negotiators to release several Afghan Taliban prisoners to give a push to Kabul's troubled reconciliation process, according to a media report Wednesday.



Date: 13 Nov 2012

DHAKA, Nov 13 (INP): Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina overnight scrapped her planned visit to Pakistan to attend an international summit later this month, without citing any specific reason.



Date: 13 Nov 2012

RAWALPINDI: A delegation of Afghan High Peace Council headed by its chairman Salahuddin Rabbani, called on Pakistan’s Chief of Army Staff, General Ashfaq Pervez Kayani on Tuesday.

The Afghan delegation remained with the Army chief for some time and discussed matters of mutual interest, particularly peace process in Afghanistan, said a statement by the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR).



Date: 12 Nov 2012

* Sign four pacts

* PM reiterates support for Kabul

Ashok Tuteja

New Delhi, November 12: Prime Minister Manmohan Singh today told Afghanistan President Hamid Karzai that only sustained international support and cooperation in all respects,



Date: 12 Nov 2012

TEHRAN, Nov 12 (INP) Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad will visit Pakistan next week to attend a summit meeting of the group of eight Muslim developing countries (D8) on November 22.



Date: 12 Nov 2012

ISLAMABAD, Nov 12 (INP): Mr. Richard G. Olson, U.S. Ambassador to Pakistan called on President Asif Ali Zardari at Aiwan-e-Sadr on Monday.

Pak-US relations were discussed during the meeting.



Date: 12 Nov 2012

New Delhi, Nov 11: “The peace-loving citizens of the country are worried about inflation, corruption and crime. Human life is not safe; crimes against women and children are increasing. The Jamaat-e-Islami Hind believes that Islam provides solution to all human problems.



Date: 11 Nov 2012

ISLAMABAD: Talibanisation has touched a dangerous level in Balochistan. The Pashtun Tehreek Taliban and the Lashkar-e-Jhangvi have joined hands with each other, in a move seen as extremely harmful for Balochistan.



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