India on Monday conveyed its concern to Pakistan over the recent spurt in border ceasefire violations and the attack on its embassy in Kabul for which ISI has been blamed.
Pakistan's Foreign Secretary Salman Bashir on Wednesday refused to confirm news reports about official investigations concluding that Kasab was a Pakistani citizen."I can at this point of time only say that our investigation is continuing. We are not in a position to confirm (the media report)," he told a TV channel.Asked if he was denying that Kasab is a Pakistani, he said, "What I am saying, mark my words, we are not in a position at this point to confirm this."
Seeking friendly ties with India, Pakistan's National Security Adviser Mahmud Ali Durrani on Tuesday said both countries need to 'remove the mistrust and put behind' the Mumbai attacks to jointly fight terrorism. "We want a nice friendly relationship with India so that we can both live in peace. This is not only good for the two countries, but good for the whole region," Durrani said.He blamed the media for creating 'unnecessary hype' about tensions in Pak-India ties.
In a tough message to Pakistan, the United States has said that it is not satisfied with what Islamabad has done so far to eradicate terrorism from its soil after the Mumbai attack, which was not an ordinary event which can be "swept under the carpet." The message was conveyed by top American officials to Pakistani National Security Adviser Mahmud Ali Durrani, who was summoned to Washington as the US government was "getting increasingly frustrated."
Bangladesh won the toss and opted to field against Pakistan in the rain-delayed opening match.
The agreement on pre-notification of missile tests was signed by Foreign Secretary Shyam Saran and his Pakistani counterpart Riaz Mohammad Khan.
In an updated list of speakers for the general debate issued by the world body on Friday showed that Foreign Minister Khurshid Mahmud Kasuri will address the 192-member Assembly
The sentencing was announced by US Attorney for the Southern District of New York Michael J Garcia on Wednesday.
Prime Minister Ismail Haniya's Hamas-led government stepped down to start the constitutional process of forming a 'national union' with rival Fatah movement and President Mahmud Abbas charged him with forming the new cabinet.
This will be India's first high-level political contact with the new Iranian government.
In conversation with All-Party Hurriyat Conference Chairman Mirwaiz Umer Farooq.
Pakistan's Ambassador to the US dismissed recent media reports on the nuclear reactor under construction at Khushab as being "grossly exaggerated."
Flintoff is sixth in the bowling lists and 20th in batting in the latest PwC world cricket rankings.
Durrani said that if bin Laden were captured in Pakistan he would be turned over to the United States.
The meeting came two days ahead of a debate in Parliament on India's stand over the Iran nuclear programme.
Special Trial Tribunal-3 Judge Sayeed Ahmed pronounced the verdict in presence of seven of the accused. One of the death row convict is on the run.
It was not clear how many tanks would be produced for Pakistan.
In his address at a conference on Indo-Pak relations, he said relations between the two countries have nosedived but the only way out to check it is to engage in talks.
"A seal from a factory in Bihar was found on the three AK22 rifles recovered after the Gulshan terror attack," Counter-Terrorism and Transnational Crime chief Monirul Islam was quoted as saying by the Dhaka Tribune.
Bangladesh said on Tuesday that India should fulfill certain conditions like duty free access for 118 items and removal of non-tariff restrictions, before it can start talks on a bilateral Free Trade Agreement.
President will lead a five-member delegation to the memorial service.
As per the results of the election announced on Monday, Abbas, a former prime minister, has won over 62 per cent of the votes that were polled.
He said Pakistani public opinion had made it impossible for Musharraf to impose legal penalties on the scientist.
Under the programme, Pakistanis and some other nationals are required to register with the INS. This has caused anger in Pakistan.
The Pakistani foreign minister will also visit five other SAARC nations.
The Uttar Pradesh unit of Shiv Sena on Friday threatened to disrupt the scheduled concert of Pakistani ghazal maestro Ghulam Ali on December 3 during the Lucknow Mahotsav.
Vajpayee, who died on Thursday at the age of 93 after a prolonged illness, had made a significant diplomatic breakthrough and travelled on a bus from Amritsar to Lahore with a delegation that included the likes of Bollywood legend Dev Anand, writer Javed Akhtar and cricket icon Kapil Dev.
The International Cricket Council on Monday announced that it has withdrawn Pakistan umpire Aleem Dar from the remaining matches in the ongoing India versus South Africa series following threats from Shiv Sena.
Powell also added that Kashmir is a 'very difficult issue' that will take time to resolve, but pointed out that the environment for positive discussions between India and Pakistan has greatly improved
Bangladesh will not sign the free trade agreement with India unless the country removes non-tariff and para-tariff barriers, Commerce Minister Amir Khosru Mahmud Chowdhry has said.
Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina met President Pranab Mukherjee and offered her condolences on the demise of his wife Suvra.
Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina will fly to New Delhi on Wednesday to attend the funeral of Suvra Mukherjee, the wife of President Pranab Mukherjee.
Bangladesh reached 245 for 6 in their second innings, a lead of 153, on the fourth day of the first Test.
Pakistan's former national security adviser Mahmud Ali Durrani on Monday said the 26/11 Mumbai attack was carried out by a terror group based in Pakistan and called it a "classic" example of cross-border terror.
