Gen. Haq secretly flew to Washington carrying a four-page letter from President Pervez Musharraf, proposing launching a fresh initiative to resolve the Afghan conflict through negotiations with those Taliban leaders willing to cooperate in the fight against Al-Qaeda
Author: Javed Mahmood
Javed Mahmood
I am an experienced writer, analyst, and author. My exposure in English journalism spans more than 28 years. In the past, I have been working with daily The Muslim (Lahore Bureau), daily Business Recorder (Lahore/Islamabad Bureaus), Daily Times, Islamabad, daily The Nation (Lahore and Karachi). With daily The Nation, I have served as Resident Editor, Karachi. Since 2009, I have been working as a Freelance Writer/Editor for American organizations.
The court extended the judicial remand of Zahir Jaffer — the prime suspect in the murder case, his parents and three of their household staff till the next hearing.
According to the New York Times, Burns had earlier travelled to Pakistan for meetings with the COAS and ISI director to explore the possibility of counterterrorism cooperation between the two sides.
Hundreds of Palestinians demonstrated in Ramallah, Nablus, Bethlehem, and Hebron in support of the six escapees and Palestinian detainees who have been subjected to punitive measures in Israeli prison facilities after the escape.
Cricket Australia today said that driving the growth of women’s cricket was incredibly important to the board.
On Saturday many flights were cancelled as the passengers going towards the Islamabad International Airport got stranded on the road due to protest of the traders. If Jamaat-e-Islami and traders again blocked the main highway, thousands of passengers and motorists will face serious hardship like last Saturday.
The IAEA released a strongly-worded report this week saying monitoring tasks in Iran have been “seriously undermined” after Tehran suspended some of the UN agency’s inspections of its nuclear activities.
The statement largely echoed a message Ghani sent from the United Arab Emirates in the immediate aftermath of his departure, which drew bitter criticism from former allies who accused him of betrayal.