South East Asia

Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif chaired a high-level meeting here on Tuesday, which an official statement said reviewed the overall security situation in the country. Sources said the prime minister’s forthcoming visit to Washington for talks with US President Barack Obama and the government’s planned peace dialogue with militants waging …

Pakistan’s anti-graft court has reopened five corruption cases against former president Asif Ali Zardari dating back to the 1990s, officials said on Monday. The allegations against Zardari relate to kickbacks, money laundering and the illegal construction of a polo ground at the

United States special envoy for Pakistan and Afghanistan James Dobbins arrived in Islamabad to finalize the agenda of a meeting scheduled to take place between Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif and US president Barack Obama, said officials on Monday.

Senior military officials from Pakistan and India are expected to meet next month to come up with a clear plan to restore ceasefire along the Line of Control (LoC). Officials told The Express Tribune on Sunday that the decision to clam down the ongoing tensions at the LoC was taken …

Pakistan’s Ambassador to United Nations, Masood Khan told the UN General Assembly that Islamabad was actively working to promote peace and stability in the South Asian region, and urged the international community to help Afghanistan as it negotiates critical transitions. Mr. Masood said, in a debate on Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s …

Turkey and India on Monday signed 11 agreements to enhance cooperation during a visit by Indian President Pranab Mukherjee to Ankara. Mukherjee, the first Indian head of state to visit Turkey in 15 years, met with top Turkish officials, including President Abdullah Gül and Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan.

Foreign Secretary of Pakistan Jalil Abbas Jilani said on Saturday that Pakistan wanted a negotiated settlement of all outstanding issues with India including Kashmir, said an official press release. According to the press release, the Foreign Secretary urged India to come to the negotiating table instead of leveling allegations against …

Indra 2013, a joint military exercise between India and Russia, will be held in India between October 18-28, the spokesman of Russia’s Eastern Command, Alexander Gordeyev said. The international exercises will be conducted at the Mahajan field firing range in India’s Rajasthan state and involve about 250 paratroopers

A roadside bomb on Sunday killed three Pakistani soldiers and wounded at least seven others in the country’s troubled northwest bordering Afghanistan, officials said. A military vehicle on a routine patrol hit an Improvised Explosive Device (IED) in the

The Interior Minister of Pakistan, Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan has rejected the allegations leveled by the Indian external affairs minister Salman Khurshid against the Pakistan Army that it was hindering the peace process between the two countries. In a statement issued by the Press Information Department, the Minister termed the …