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Obama vows to veto any new bill by Congress against Iran

WASHINGTON: US President Barack Obama vowed to veto any new bill by Congress to impose new sanctions against Iran, and urged lawmakers to provide...

Eric Lawson—I shall never forget you

Eric Lawson—I shall never forget you Ayaz Younis These were my days in Government College Lahore that is now known as GCU. December 1986, I was...

US not interested in political solution to Syrian crisis: Syrian deputy foreign minister

GENEVA: Syrian deputy foreign minister Faisal Meqdad said on Tuesday that the United States is not interested in the political solution to Syrian crisis. “The...

Pakistan urges US to give due importance to its security concerns

WASHINGTON: Pakistan has urged the United States to give due importance to its security concerns and not look at it from specific lenses of...

Afghanistan to free 37 suspected Taliban militants from Bagram prison soon

KABUL: The Afghan government would release a first group of suspected Taliban militants held in Bagram prison within two weeks, a top Afghan government...

Karzai sets Afghan peace as condition for US security deal

KABUL: Afghan President Hamid Karzai said on Saturday that he will not sign the bilateral security agreement with the United States if Washington does...

Pak-US strategic dialogue to resume on Monday

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan and the United States will resume ministerial-level strategic dialogue in Washington on Monday, which provides a framework for discussions on a wide...

Pakistan to receive $352 million from US under coalition support fund by Feb 6

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan will receive $352 million from the United States under the Coalition Support Fund by February 6, US ambassador to Pakistan Richard Olson...

Pakistan not to free Dr Shakil Afridi at US request: FO

ISLAMABAD: The Foreign Office said on Thursday that there is no question of the release of Shakil Afridi, a Pakistani doctor who helped the...

Geneva II conference on Syria begins in Switzerland

MONTREUS: The Syrian President Bashar al-Assad's government and the opposition will sit together at the negotiations table in Swiss city of Montreux on Wednesday...

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