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A day after Nawaz Sharif relinquished prime minister’s office – in line with a Supreme Court verdict in a corruption case– Pakistan seems to have averted political instability. Sharif’s brother Shahbaz Sharif, a longtime chief minister...

Photo by UK Department for International Development/Wikimedia Commons The United States sees Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif’s ouster after the Supreme Court disqualification of him from holding the elected office as Pakistan’s “internal matter.”  A State Department spokesperson...

Photo by Mstyslav Chernov via Wikimedia Commons Iraqi army convoy in Northern Iraq in 2016 Pakistan helped Iraq in a number of ways in the Arab country’s fight against the ISIS or Daesh, which this week...

Amid lingering South Asian tensions, UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres Thursday has asked India and Pakistan to settle the Kashmir problem through dialogue. “The secretary-general reiterates his call on the parties to resolve the issue through engagement...

Japanese motor brands have dominated the Pakistani highways and roads for decades but now a Pakistani automobile company has started exporting traditional rickshaws to the quality conscious market of Japan. In an encouraging sign for the...

U.S. Ambassador to Pakistan David Hale is pledging close cooperative relationship  with Pakistan in the years ahead, arguing that people in both countries have a major role toward showing mutual benefits of the wide-ranging ties. “For...

Friday’s bombings came almost out of the blue, although incidents of terrorism could not have been completely unexpected, given the tense situation in the region, and the rise of militancy in Afghanistan. After a marked improvement...

Congresswoman Sheila Jackson Lee has emphasized the importance of cooperative U.S.-Pakistan relations, arguing that the two countries should work together in the fight against terror and find ways to resolve problems. The Democratic lawmaker from Houston...

Gwadar deep seaport Photo: Umargondal/Wikimedia Commons Rebounding agrarian output, stable macroeconomic environment, expanding investments are creating conditions for a higher economic growth momentum for Pakistan with the GDP expected to be 5.5 in 2018, says the...

With South Asia witnessing a dangerous escalation in the form of frequent exchange of fire in Kashmir, the United States has said it wants Pakistan and India to hold dialogue and build cooperation. A State Department...