By Sajjad Shaukat With the formal apology from the United States, saying “sorry” as expressed by the US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton in relation to Salala incident which killed 24 soldiers on November 26, last year at Army outpost in Pakistan, Defence Committee of the Cabinet (DCC) on July 3, allowed reopening of the NATO supply route across Pakistan to Afghanistan. In this regard, Pakistan’s Foreign ...

Sajjad Shaukat After the second visit of the US commander of NATO forces in Afghanistan General John Allen at Islamabad in a week, Defence Committee of the Cabinet (DCC) on July 3, this year allowed reopening of the NATO supply route across Pakistan to Afghanistan after it accepted US apology over the Salala incident which killed 24 soldiers on Army outpost in Pakistan, last year. But there is no guarantee ...

Press Statement Hillary Rodham Clinton Secretary of State Washington, DC July 3, 2012 This morning, I spoke by telephone with Pakistani Foreign Minister Hina Rabbani Khar. I once again reiterated our deepest regrets for the tragic incident in Salala last November. I offered our sincere condolences to the families of the Pakistani soldiers who lost their lives. Foreign Minister Khar and I acknowledged the mi ...

Eschmall Sardar, Pakistan and the US looked close to a breakthrough as the meeting of Defence Committee of Cabinet came to on the heels of overnight talks between top Pakistan and US officials to narrow down their differences. It was the second time in less than a week that the ISAF Commander, John Allen, landed in Pakistan to help break the impasse on restoration of NATO supplies. He, along with US deputy ...

Zaheerul Hassan US coming elections are influencing Khaleeji politics and also pressurized to European allies to put embargo on Iranian oil shipment to the other countries. In this connection, European Union restriction on Iranian oil imports came into effect on First day of July 2012. In this response, the Iranian parliament drafted a bill to block oil shipments to countries cooperating in punitive sanctio ...

Dr Awatar Singh Sekhon wrote in 2007 on 'Air India 182 Explosion by the Indian administration, its employees, hired hands, etc. on 23rd June, 1985; Professor Gurtej Singh writes Dr Awatar Singh Sekhon wrote in 2007 on 'Air India 182 Explosion by the Indian administration, [caption id="attachment_1918" align="alignright" width="266"] India alleged Canadian Sikh for placing bomb in Air India - RAW Operation[/ ...

One of my Sikh readers sent me an email about the conspiracy going against Sikh nation while inducting RAW agents in the Sikh organization and also sending Sikh individuals in the neighbouring countries for subversive activities.   I am posting the same email for the readers’ consumption to know the RAW’ s motives against Sikh nation. Indian Infiltration of Sikh Organizations RAW agent Dr.Amarjit Singh The ...

  Beenish Javed (a TV Reporter) & Nasir Ahmad Waqif, (an Afghan Journalist) It is encouraging to note that the saner voices in Afghanistan do recognize the efforts being made by Pakistan as sincere and towards making a long-term peace paradigm in the region. A senior official of Pakistan foreign office said that Pakistan was willing to facilitate peace talks between the Taliban and Afghanistan, but ...