ISLAMABAD, DEC 24 (DNA) – The president said One Belt One Road and CPEC would bring markets of West China, South and Central Asia, Africa and Europe together. He said a network of land routes, railways, sea lanes and Optic Highways would lead to increased and intensified interaction between different countries and regions. He stressed that peace in Afghanistan was linked to peace in the entire region. Terrorists have wracked havoc on regional countries, he added. Pakistan has rendered tremendous sacrifices in war on terror, he told the gathering. HeRead More

PESHAWAR, DEC 24 (DNA) – Three security personnel were martyred in an IED explosion in Tehsil, Ghulam Khan of North Waziristan, security officials said on Sunday. The bomb attack took place near a basic health care unit in Algad area, a senior administration official told. The men were part of the bomb disposal unit clearing the area. This is the seventh terrorism incident in the agency in the past two months. Three FC personnel were martyred and five terrorists were killed in a cross-border attack from Afghanistan on Friday on anRead More

KATHMANDU, DEC 24 (DNA) – The airport of Kathmandu has gone through the mill of change in recent years as with much of Nepal, politics or otherwise. Where once was a flurry of elbowing for access for immigration documentation clearance manually, there is now a flurry of competition for the snazzy machines where one enters the needed information without any hassle. Once out of the confines of the homely airport (which one hopes will never become gigantic and impersonal as most airports are), the roads are the usual web ofRead More

ISLAMABAD, DEC 24 (DNA) – Senate Chairman Raza Rabbani, in response to a warning from United States (US) Vice President (VP) Mike Pence to Islamabad earlier this week, made it clear that Pakistan is not in the habit of ‘taking notices’ from anyone. Pence, while addressing US troops at the Bagram military base in Kabul, had said that Pakistan has allegedly provided safe haven to terrorists for too long but those days are over now, as US President Donald Trump has now “put Pakistan on notice.” “Two days ago, PenceRead More

ISLAMABAD, DEC 24 (DNA) – The six-nation Speakers Conference comprising delegations from Afghanistan, Turkey, Iran, Russia and China is on Sunday underway in Islamabad. Addressing the opening ceremony, Speaker National Assembly Ayaz Sadiq said that all countries are on same page against terrorism and we should not allow our mutual differences to hinder the progress. Sadiq told that Pakistan suffered losses of 120 billion dollars in war against terrorism. He further added that Pakistan, Turkey and Iran host the most number of refugees in the world. Chairman Raza Rabbani saidRead More