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By Zeba Noori India and Pakistan have long competed to expand their influence in Afghanistan. However, the recent developments have shown that Pakistan is exercising that influence through a positive approach by supporting the peace process, while India is playing the role of a spoiler; particularly, after Pakistan was able …

ISLAMABAD – Pakistani Foreign Minister, Shah Mehmood Qureshi, said on Sunday that India was conspiring to damage the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) project by creating unrest in the country. Speaking to the media, he said Pakistan had strong evidence that India was trying to create a law and order situation …

ISLAMABAD – Pakistani Prime Minister, Imran Khan, at a session of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) on Tuesday, proposed a six-point strategy to galvanize joint efforts, including the creation of a knowledge bank to counter the second wave of Covid-19, and policies to mitigate the economic impact of the pandemic. …

MUMBAI – The number of coronavirus cases in India was within 10,000 from the grim milestone of 8 million, as 43,893 new cases were reported in the past 24 hours, according to data from the Ministry of Health. With a total of 7.99 million, India has the second-highest number of …

BEIJING – The Chinese military has said it hopes India will honour its promise to quickly repatriate a Chinese soldier found lost along their mountainous border where the parties have been locked in a tense standoff. The Chinese Defense Ministry released a statement on Monday saying the soldier helped herders …

LONDON – More than 37.35 million people have been infected with the novel coronavirus worldwide, and 1,073,862 have died, according to a Reuters tally released on Monday. With 214,375 deaths and 7,745,140 confirmed cases, the United States top the list of twenty countries with the highest recorded infections and deaths …

UNITED NATIONS – Pakistan assured the international community on Tuesday that it is committed to combating Terrorism in all its forms because it believes a selective approach will not work. At a UN meeting on “Measures to Eliminate International Terrorism,” Pakistan’s Permanent Representative Ambassador, Munir Akram, said the deal between …

TOKYO – China said Wednesday that the United States should end its unprovoked attacks and accusations against China, accusing U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo of maliciously creating a political confrontation and sullying Beijing. Pompeo visited Japan on Tuesday and called for deeper cooperation with Australia, India and Japan to …

TOKYO, Japan – US Secretary of State, Mike Pompeo, began meetings in Tokyo on Tuesday with his counterparts from Australia, India and Japan, Washington seeks to consolidate support from regional allies as its relationship with China deteriorates. The trip is his first to the region since July 2019. It was …

TEHRAN – More than 31.2 million people worldwide have been diagnosed with the novel coronavirus, and more than 965,000 have died, and more than 22.8 million people have recovered, Johns Hopkins University reported. According to the latest figures on Monday, 31,239,588 people have so far been infected with the novel …