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ISLAMABAD – Pakistan expected India to appreciate its gesture of opening visa-free Kartarpur Corridor for Sikh pilgrims, which was taken in the spirit of promoting peace and harmony in the region, Pakistani Foreign Office (FO) spokesman, Dr. Mohammad Faisal, said on Thursday. Dr. Faisal said approximately 12,000 Yatrees were present …

BRASILIA – The two-day 11th BRICS member-state summit-Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa-will start in Brasilia on Wednesday and will put together the members of the international organization aimed at promoting global multipolarity. The event is being held in Brazil as it holds this year’s rotating BRICS presidency. Together …

ANKARA – For a 12-day multinational maritime exercise, Pakistan’s Navy ship Alamgir arrived in Turkey. Pakistan Navy said in a statement that the ship entered the Aknaz Naval Base in the Aegean Sea off the coast of Mugla. Capt. Muhammad Akram said it will participate in the DoğuAkdeniz-19 (Eastern Mediterranean) …

UNITED NATIONS – Pakistan has warned that arbitrary cuts in peacekeeping funding risk diminishing effectiveness of UN’s flagship operations and jeopardizing the safety of peacekeepers. “Our objective should be to enhance capabilities. This cannot be achieved by reducing resources for peacekeeping,” Aamir Khan, Pakistan’s deputy permanent representative to the UN, …

ISLAMABAD – Pakistan’s Senate Standing Committee on Interior Chairman, Senator Rehman Malik, has strongly reacted over Indian propaganda against him for his tweet about the killing of ISIS leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi. He said that Indian print and electronic media and the agents of RSS and RAW have nothing else …

ISLAMABAD – Pakistan and India will sign the agreement on Kartarpur Corridor on Thursday (today), paving the way for its inauguration next month ahead of the 550th birth anniversary of the founder of Sikhism Guru Nanak Dev, Express Tribune reported Thursday. “As of now, Pakistan and India would sign the …

TOKYO – Pakistani President, Dr Arif Alvi, on Wednesday stressed greater collaboration between Pakistan and Japan in the fields of investment, trade, human resource development and people-to-people contacts, Pakistani media reported. The Pakistani President expressed these views in a meeting with Prime Minister of Japan, Shinzo Abe, at his office …

ISLAMABAD – Pakistani Foreign Office’s (FO) spokesperson Dr. Mohammad Faisal said Pakistan had “exclusive rights” over three Western rivers under the Indus Water Treaty, adding that any attempt by India to divert the flow of these rivers would be considered an “act of aggression”, Pakistani media agencies reported on Friday. …

ISLAMABAD – Pakistan on Sunday authorized US Senator Chris Van Hollen to visit Kashmir and meet local people to get first-hand information on the situation in areas near the border control line (LoC) de facto controversy between Jammu and Kashmir between Pakistan and India, a Pakistani official said Monday. According …

NEW YORK – Pakistani Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi met his Argentinian counterpart Jorge Marcelo Faurie on the sidelines of United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) session in New York and briefed him about the latest situation in Jammu and Kashmir (J&K), APP reported Thursday. Qureshi in a meeting held late …