News Source: Gulf News
| about 1 month ago
Zardari's spokesman indicated this in remarks before a private television channel as the National Assembly continued to debate on the controversial aid package. The spokesman, Farhatullah Babar, said there were channels like the defence ministry and...
News Source: BBC South Asia
| about 1 month ago
At last, the "democracy dividend" promised by the Western powers to Pakistan over a year ago is on the verge of realisation. A new American law passed last week would translate into $1.5bn in annual aid and soft loans to Pakistan over the next five...
News Source: pakistantimes
| about 1 month ago
Pakistan Thursday said Kerry Lugar bill is not a bilateral agreement between Pakistan and the United States and therefore it is not binding for Pakistan to accept its clauses. Foreign Office spokesman Abdul Basit, at his weekly briefing here said,...
News Source: National Public Radio
| about 1 month ago
One of America's former top allies in the fight against terrorism says the U.S. needs to redouble its efforts in Afghanistan. Former Pakistani leader Pervez Musharraf is on a speaking tour in the U.S., saying Americans should be ready to send more...
News Source: Times of India
| about 1 month ago
A day after its powerful army expressed "serious concern" over some of the provisions in the US economic aid bill, Pakistan government on Thursday said the legislation is "not an ideal document" and that it is not binding on it to accept clauses laid...
News Source: Dawn
| about 1 month ago
The Foreign Office on Thursday again made it clear that Pakistan was not bound by any force to accept all the conditions laid down in the Kerry Lugar Bill and argued that the formal decision on the aid bill will be made in the National Assembly. The...