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Published by Al-Araby Thousands of Pakistanis launched their “long march” from the eastern city of Lahore toward Pakistan’s capital on Friday, demanding that the government release the leader of their outlawed party. The rallygoers want to go to Islamabad to pressure the government to release Saad Rizvi, the head of the Tehreek-e-Labiak Pakistan party. Rizvi […]

Published by The Bangkok Post KABUL – Pakistan Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi gave Afghanistan’s new Taliban rulers advice Thursday on how to gain international recognition, during a visit to the neighbouring capital. The high-level talks came as the Taliban were confronted with a new crisis just over nine weeks into their rule, as an […]

Published by Al-Araby Pakistan’s Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi arrived in Kabul on Thursday for his first visit to the Afghan capital since the Taliban victory in August, following weeks of tension over transport links between the two neighbouring countries. Qureshi will focus in his talks with Afghan Foreign Minister Amir Khan Muttaqi and other […]

Published by Reuters (In second paragraph corrects timescale to up to 2040) By Mark Hosenball WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Afghanistan, India and Pakistan were among 11 countries singled out by U.S. intelligence agencies on Thursday as being “highly vulnerable” in terms of their ability to prepare for and respond to environmental and societal crises caused by climate […]

Published by Al-Araby In a final showing of character, Abdul Qadeer (AQ) Khan made sure his funeral was planned out with meticulous detail. Handwritten on time-stamped, headed paper, the Indian Subcontinent’s own “Dr Strangelove” contacted Professor Dr Muhammad Al-Ghazali – a sitting judge on Pakistan’s Supreme Court – with instructions of how he wished his […]