Information Minister Qamar Zaman Kaira has expressed optimism about the prospects of talks with India to resolve their outstanding issues.
In an interview with Reuter, he said the dialogue process should continue.
He said Pakistan is very flexible in its stance and it expects a change in the Indian stance as well.
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Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi has urged India to include the Kashmir issue in talks with Pakistan in order to take forward parleys between the two countries.
He was talking to newsmen at the Lahore airport after returning from a foreign trip. He said it will be impossible for Pakistan to continue the dialogue if India does not pay importance to the Kashmir issue.
On the proposed Pakistan-Afghanistan tr
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Pakistan's ambassador to the United States, Husain Haqqani, has refuted the news of New York Times in which it has said that Pakistan’s spy service has links with Afghan Taliban.
Denounced the leak in a statement in Washington he said the information consists of "unprocessed" reports from the field that "do not reflect the current on ground realities." he also said that Pakistan, the united states and Afghanistan are alli
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In Sargodha, polling for by-election in Punjab provincial assembly constituency PA-34 is being held today.
There are two hundred and fifty thousand registered voters in the area. One hundred and twelve polling stations have been set up. Eleven contestants are in the run while three candidates Haji Fayyaz Ahmed Othi of PPP and Tebrez Ahmed Gul of PML-N a
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As many as 131 villages in Chiniot were inundated by floodwater due to rise of water level in Chenab River.
The water in Chenab River has risen to two hundred and 35 thousand cusec and caused damage to crops over a vast area.
The flash floods which hit various areas in Punjab and Balochistan the previous week, are now heading towards Naseerabad and Jaf
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Taliban have said one of the two American soldiers missing since Friday have been killed in a gun battle, while the other was captured alive.
Claiming responsibility for the incident, a Taliban spokesman told AFP in Kandahar that they had taken both the body and the captured soldier to a safe location. ISAF said it had no fresh information on their whereabouts.
Meanwhile, the informa
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Iranian foreign minister Manouchehr Mottaki has said Iran is ready to hold negotiations with world powers on its nuclear programme in early September.
Addressing a news conference in Istanbul he said that today the second letter will be conveyed to the IAEA in Vienna and then we can immediately start negotiations with five permanent members of un security council us, Russia, China, Britain, Fran
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In Iraq, three people including two policemen have been killed and twenty two wounded in a spate of bomb attacks in Baghdad.
In Iraq, three people including two policemen have been killed and twenty two wounded in a spate of bomb attacks in Baghdad.
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The Arab League Secretary General Amr Mussa has said that Palestinians cannot move into direct peace talks with Israel unless written guarantees are given.
He was talking to the Egyptian President, Hosni Mubarak in Cairo.
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In Occupied Kashmir, veteran Kashmiri Hurriyet Leader, Syed Ali Gilani has said that the ongoing ‘quit Kashmir movement’ will continue, despite all odds.
According to Kashmir media service, Syed Ali Gilani, who is undergoing treatment at Soura medical institute in Srinagar in a media interview said, India has to accept the disputed nature of Jammu and Kashmir, withdraw its troops, repeal draconian l
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Sri Lanka captain Kumar Sangakkara won the toss and elected to bat in the second cricket Test against India at the Sinhalese Sports Club.
India, trailing 1-0 in the three-match series, suffered twin blows when opener Gautam Gambhir and middle-order batsman Yuvraj were ruled out of the key match. Gambhir has a knee injury, while Yuvraj developed high fever overnight. The duo will be r
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Mardy Fish shocked top seed Andy Roddick 7-6 (7-5) 6-3 to reach the final of the ATP Atlanta Championship.
It ended a run of nine straight Roddick wins against Fish dating back to 2003. Fish, who needed only one break to secure victory, firing nine aces and 27 winners, won in Newport this month and has gone nine matches without defeat.
In Sunday's fin
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Prime Minister Syed Yousuf Raza Gilani has said policy of reconciliation is the only way to tackle present challenges facing the country and this policy will be taken forward.
Talking to reporters in Lahore, the Prime Minister said assemblies should complete their constitutional terms, which would bring about political maturity. He said the government is implementing party manifesto and is working to fulfill commitments
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