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Islamabad, Sep.12 (ANI): Pakistan is looking to rake up the Kashmir issue at the United Nations General Assembly which is scheduled to be held later this month.

According to sources, in two separate meetings held at the Foreign Office, concerned officials briefed Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi regarding both the Kashmir and Afghanistan issues.

Sources said that [...]

Karachi, Sep.10 (ANI): Indo-Pak cricket ties seem to be heading on the right track, after the soured relationship between both countries following the 26/11 carnage saw both teams refusing to play home series against each other.

According to well placed PCB sources, the Pakistan Cricket Board received some ‘positive signals’ from the Board of Control for [...]

Karachi, Sep.8 (ANI): The newly appointed Chief Operating Officer (COO) of the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB), Wasim Bari has vowed to bring back international cricket to Pakistan as soon as possible.

“What we need is to break the ice. Pakistan desperately wants to stage international games and we will work on several options to ensure that [...]

Islamabad, Sep 7 (ANI): Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani has said that the US should channelise its financial assistance to Pakistan through the government’s existing mechanism, since third-party disbursement through non-governmental organisations (NGOs) or other agencies involves disproportionate administrative expenses.

Talking [...]

Kabul/Washington, Sep.1 (ANI): The commander of American forces in Afghanistan, General Stanley McChrystal, has called for a revised military strategy, suggesting the current one is failing.

In a strategic assessment, General McChrystal said while the Afghan situation was serious, success was still achievable.

The report has not yet been published, but sources say General McChrystal sees protecting [...]

Islamabad, Aug.28 (ANI): Pakistan Prime Minister Syed Yousuf Raza Gilani on Friday said that the resolution of the present energy crisis in the country is the foremost priority of his government and urged the US and international community to extend help to [...]

London, August 26 (ANI): Authorities in the U.S. probing whether an anti-obesity drug being sold over the counter may cause liver damage.

In April, chemists in the UK started selling Orlistat under the brand name Alli, without the need for a prescription.

Now, over 30 reports linking the drug to serious liver injury are said to [...]

New Delhi, Aug. 25 (ANI): India has withstood global financial storm and mitigating the impact of scanty rains is government’s top priority, said Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee here today.

“Despite the global economic crisis, we grew by 6.7 per cent last year. This year, we are getting mixed signals and [...]

Islamabad, Aug 24 (ANI): Hamid Karzai’s first priority after getting re-elected as Afghanistan’s president is to open peace talks with Pakistan in an attempt to end the Taliban insurgency raging across their shared border, one of his top aides has said.

Hamed Elmi said that a new Karzai-led government would quickly reach out to Pakistan [...]

Kabul, Aug.18 (ANI): Most of the candidates contesting the August 20 presidential elections in Afghanistan vow to negotiate peace with the Taliban, but appear clueless about how to move effectively in that direction.

Although incumbent president Hamid Karzai has often talked about negotiating with the Taliban, little of note has happened and the government’s reconciliation program [...]

Washington, July 9 (ANI): A new study has determined that the media tends to paint a doomsday-like scenario when addressing environmental issues.

This study, undertaken by researchers from the University of the Basque Country (UBC), analyses the role played by the media in creating and spreading a stance regarding the protection of the environment, sustainable development [...]

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New Delhi, May 28 (IANS) Nursing state-run carrier Air India back to financial health will be the top priority for Praful Patel, as he listed his main agenda for the ministry soon after being named minister of state for civil aviation once again.
“As soon as I was given aviation (portfolio), I got a call from [...]

Washington, May 26 (ANI): Reports indicate that US President Barrack Obama is planning to create a “cyber czar,” a senior White House official who will have broad authority to develop strategy to protect the nation’s government-run and private computer networks.

According to a report in the Washington Post, the adviser will have the most comprehensive mandate [...]

President Barack Obama on Thursday will outline his strategy for closing the U.S. prison at Guantanamo Bay, hoping to defuse a revolt by lawmakers over the fate of an internationally reviled symbol of Bush-era detainee policy.
In a much-anticipated speech, Obama will defend his still-emerging plan to shutter the detention camp at a U.S. Naval base [...]

Kabul, May 20 (ANI): Arms and ordnance collected from dead insurgents suggest that they are identical to ammunition the United States had provided to Afghan government forces.

According to an examination of ammunition markings by The New York Times and interviews with American officers and arms dealers, the presence of this ammunition among the dead in [...]

New Delhi, May 19 (ANI): Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh on Tuesday said that the assurance of internal security and maintaining the communal harmony would be the top priority of the new United Progressive Alliance (UPA) Government.

“The new UPA Government has to be vigilant and effective in dealing with the threat of terrorism and extremism, [...]

London, May 17 (ANI): Liverpool is confident of gate crashing Manchester United’s title party by snatching Carlos Tevez in a stunning 22 million pound offer.

Kop boss Rafa Benitez has decided to make signing the Old Trafford idol his [...]

Washington, May 15 (ANI): The United States has said that disrupting, dismantling and defeating Al Qaeda and their safe havens in Pakistan, and preventing their return to Pakistan or Afghanistan is top priority on its foreign policy.

Robert O. Blake, who has replaced Richard Boucher as Assistant Secretary of State for South and Central Asian affairs, [...]

London, May 7 (ANI): Ace striker Wayne Rooney, who feared he might have to endure years of Chelsea domination after joining Manchester United in 2004, has warned the football world that it is United, not Blues or Liverpool, who will continue to monopolise the major prizes.

In the aftermath of Manchester United’s thrilling destruction of Arsenal [...]