Wednesday, July 24th, 2019
Hard-liners in Iran want to negotiate with Trump
Idea of engagement is led by an ex-president known for his anti-U.S. bombast Iran’s most revered Revolutionary Guards commander says talking with President Trump would be admitting defeat. The country’s supreme leader has ruled out any dealings with Washington. But now, in a surprising split among Iranian hard-liners, some are expressing a different opinion: It’s time to sit down and resolve 40 years of animosity with the United States, by talking directly to Mr. Trump. And the most striking voice in that contrarian group is former President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, largelyRead More
PM Imran leaves for Pakistan after three-day US visit
WASHINGTON (DNA) – Prime Minister Imran Khan left for Pakistan in the wee hours of Wednesday after completion of three-day official visit to the United States. During his US visit, Prime Minister Imran Khan held meetings with US President Donald Trump, US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, US House speaker Nancy Pelosi and other high ranking officials and politicians. Prime Minister also held meetings with International Monetary Fund (IMF) delegation, president of World Bank, US investers and leading businessmen during his stay in the United States. He also addressed aRead More
Gen Qamar Javed Bajwa visits Pentagon
WASHINGTON (DNA) – Chief of Army Staff (COAS) General Qamar Javed Bajwa visited Pentagon on Tuesday, said a statement issued by Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR). On arrival COAS General Qamar Javed Bajwa was received by Chairman Joint Chief of Staff General Joseph F. Dunford. COAS was also presented guard of honour with 21 gun salute. General Qamar Javed interacted with US military leadership during his visit to the Pentagon. COAS had discussion session with Acting Secretary of Defence Richard V. Spencer and CJCS. Regional security situation including Afghan peace processRead More
Pakistan wants mutual respect, equality-based relations with US: PM Imran
WASHINGTON (DNA) – Prime Minister Imran Khan on Tuesday said that Pakistan would like to have good relations with the United States based on mutual respect and equality. Speaking to the US Congressmen at the Capitol Hill, where a reception was held in his honour, the prime minister said the whole idea of his coming there was to make the people in the United States have a better understanding of Pakistan. He said unfortunately, he felt that there had been a lot of misunderstanding. Pakistan was not understood there, specificallyRead More