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Pakistan and Turkey on Friday discussed possibilities of local production, co-production and transfer of technology for defence-related products according to needs of the two countries. Defence Minister Syed Naveed Qamar discussed these issues during his visit to Turkish Aerospace Industries...

The United States and Pakistan have widely divergent interests in South Asia and should break up to forge a ‘non-allied relationship’, Husain Haqqani, the former Pakistani ambassador to Washington said. “Each country accuses the other of being a terrible ally – and perhaps both are right,”...

The Sindh Assembly Wednesday unanimously passed a resolution urging the PML-N to ‘dissociate’ it from and discontinue ‘support’ to banned terrorist organisations, in a move seen by observers as a thoughtless reaction to PML-N’s electoral alliance with PML-F and NPP...

India finances trouble in Pakistan: Hagel India has over the years financed problems for Pakistan from across the border in Afghanistan, says Senator Chuck Hagel, US President Barack Obama’s nominee for secretary of defence. Mr Hagel, who faces a confirmation vote in the US Senate on...

Israel and the United States on Monday staged the first test flight of the latest generation of their Arrow missile defence system, the Arrow 3, the defence ministry said. “This is the first flight test of the Arrow 3 interceptor and was conducted at an Israeli test range over the...

PTI criticises N for links with banned outfits Prompted by a statement of Maulana Ludhianvi of Ahle Sunnat Wal Jamaat (ASWJ) that was published in local media on Monday stating that PML-N indeed approached him for seat adjustment, a spokesperson of PTI said that the statement by Maulana...

An Indian man has been arrested on charges of spying for Islamabad on military wargames staged on India’s border with Pakistan, police said on Monday. The 35-year-old man is accused of passing on details of the exercises held by the Indian Air Force on Friday in the western desert state of...

Maulvi Faqir’s arrest becomes mysterious Arrest of a key Al-Qaeda operative and TTP's former second-in-command Maulvi Faqir Mohammad by Afghan forces on February 21 has turned out to be a mystery, sources said on Monday. "He is not among those Pakistanis captured in Afghanistan,&#8221...

The Syrian regime is ready for talks with armed rebels and anyone who favours dialogue, President Bashar al-Assad's foreign minister said in Moscow on Monday in the first such offer by a top Syrian official. Foreign Minister Walid al-Muallem was in Moscow for talks with Russian counterpart...

Dual national can’t be party chief The Election Commission of Pakistan on Monday clarified that any person holding dual nationality cannot become party chief. The ECP reviewed a petition filed against the agreement signed between the government and Tahirul Qadri. Pakistan Awami Tehreek...