Tag: US
Pakistan among top 20 military spending nations in 2018: SIPRI report
By Muhammad Luqman
Pakistan was 20th biggest military spender in the world in the year 2018 with an expenditure of $11.4 billion, a report by...
Pakistan supports intra-Afghan dialogue for durable peace in region
By Muhammad Luqman
Pakistan has vowed not to be a part of any internal conflict in Afghanistan, emphasing upon the significance of intra-Afghan dialogue.
According to...
Narcotics: Poppy cultivation down by 87 percent in Pakistan
By Muhammad Luqman
Over the past three decades, Pakistan has reduced poppy cultivation by 87 percent by encouraging farmers in the north-western parts of the...
Travel: US increases fees, reduces validity period of different visa categories
By Muhammad Luqman
Embassy of the United States of America in Islamabad has announced a number of revisions in the fees and validity period of...
Afghanistan Peace Process: Pakistan, US agree on ‘intra-Afghan dialogue’
By Muhammad Luqman
Pakistan and the United States have agreed to push for the ‘intra-Afghan dialogue’ to seek a political solution to the lingering war...
Afghan Peace Process: Trump sends letter to Pakistan’s PM to seek...
By Muhammad Luqman
US President Donald J. Trump has sent a letter to Pakistan’s Prime Minister Imran Khan, seeking his government’s help and cooperation in...
Terrorism: 500,000 people killed in Pakistan, Iraq, Afghanistan due to US...
By Muhammad Luqman
About 500,000 people have died in Pakistan, Iraq and Afghanistan due to the US "war on terror", according to a study released...
IMF bailout package: Pakistan dismisses US concerns as ‘totally wrong’
By Muhammad Luqman
Pakistan has dismissed Washington’s concerns that any new International Monetary Fund bailout for the South Asian nation would be used to repay...
Pence calls Pakistan’s interim Prime Minister, conveys Trump’s good wishes
BY Muhammad Luqman
In a latest development to improve the ties between Islamabad and Washington, US Vice President Mike Pence called Pakistan’s Prime Minister Nasirul...
Pakistanis bid farewell to Texas shooting victim, Sabika Sheikh
By Muhammad Luqman
The funeral prayers for Sabika Sheikh, a 17-year-old Pakistani student who was killed in a Texas school shooting on Friday, were offered...