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2018-07-17 21:13
Iran, Pakistan to jointly manufacture arms
TEHRAN - Chief of Staff of the Iranian Armed Forces Mohammad Baqeri announced on Tuesday that Iran and Pakistan plan to jointly manufacture weapons.
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2018-07-17 11:03
Terrorism charges opened against PML-N leaders in Pakistan
TEHRAN - Less than a week after Pakistan Muslim League (PML-N) chief Nawaz Sharif and his daughter Maryam Nawaz were arrested by an accountability court in Islamabad in an anti-graft case, some top leaders of the party have been booked under an anti-terrorism law by Pakistani authorities.
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2018/07/17
Syed Zafar Mehdi
The curious case of Afghanistan-Pakistan shaky relationship
A few weeks ago, at an event in Kabul, Afghan President Ashraf Ghani remarked that an agreement had been reached with Pakistan on rooting out terrorism and extremism in the region. The announcement, after a flurry of accusations and counter-accusations in recent years, brought cheer to many peaceniks who have grown weary of war, death and destruction.
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2018-07-17 10:44
Syed Zafar Mehdi
‘Pakistan has come out of America’s shadow and CPEC project is a good example of that’
TEHRAN - Omar R. Quraishi is a senior Pakistani journalist and commentator. He has worked with Dawn, Express Tribune, The News, ARY TV, Samaa TV and is currently media consultant to Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) chairman Bilawal Zardari Bhutto
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2018-07-16 21:17
General Baqeri urges Iran, Pakistan to jointly establish regional peace
TEHRAN - Chief of Staff of the Iranian Armed Forces Mohammad Baqeri said on Monday that Iran and Pakistan are duty bound to take actions in line with establishing regional peace and security.
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2018-07-16 09:01
Iranian military chief’s first visit to Pakistan
TEHRAN - Chief of Staff of the Iranian Armed Forces Mohammad Baqeri visited Islamabad, Pakistan, on Sunday for a three-day visit.
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2018-07-15 21:54
Iran’s Kharrazi outlines strategies to fight terrorism
TEHRAN - Kamal Kharrazi, head of Iran’s Strategic Council on Foreign Relations, on Sunday set out three strategies to counter terrorist groups including Daesh, also called IS, ISIL or ISIS.
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2018/07/15
By Syed Zafar Mehdi
Is Sharif’s arrest a blessing in disguise for PML-N ahead of Pakistan elections?
TEHRAN - A week after being sentenced to 11- year prison term by an accountability court in the Avenfield properties case, the deposed Pakistani premier Nawaz Sharif and daughter Maryam Nawaz were arrested upon their arrival in Lahore on Friday night.
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2018-07-15 10:28
After quadrilateral meet on ISIS, group kills 132 people in Pakistan attacks
TEHRAN - A few days after Pakistan, Iran, China and Russia agreed to join hands to root out ISIS from Afghanistan and the region, the terrorist group carried out the deadliest bombings in Pakistan’s troubled election campaigning, killing at least 132 people, including a political candidate.
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2018-07-15 09:48
Russia-China-Iran-Pakistan officials hold quadrilateral meet on ISIS
TEHRAN _ In an interesting and unprecedented development, the top intelligence officials of Russia, China, Iran and Pakistan held a quadrangular meeting in Islamabad earlier this week to frame a common strategy to eliminate the threat posed by groups like ISIS in Afghanistan and the region, said reports.
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2018-07-14 20:59
Iran’s military chief to visit Pakistan
Iran’s military chief is to visit Pakistan after the countries agreed, alongside Russia and China, to join efforts in fighting Daesh in Afghanistan.
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2018-07-12 13:07
Pakistan army to deploy 371,000 troops to ensure free and secure election
TEHTAN - To ensure free and secure upcoming general election, Pakistan army has said that it will deploy about 371,000 troops across the country, while rejecting reports that it was planning to rig the polls in favor of Pakistan Tehreek Insaaf (PTI) chief Imran Khan.
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2018-07-12 12:53
By staff and agency
Russian, Iranian, Chinese, Pakistani heads of intelligence services discuss Daesh threat
Sergei Ivanov, the chief of the Russian Foreign Intelligence Service’s press bureau, has said that heads of intelligence services of Russia, Iran, China, and Pakistan held a meeting in Islamabad on Tuesday to discuss the measures against the threat of Daesh in Afghanistan.
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2018-07-10 10:24
India has taken a quantum jump in wrong direction, says top economist
TEHRAN - Despite being hailed as a fastest growing economy, India has taken a “quantum jump in a wrong direction” since 2014, and because of the backward movement, it is now the second worst in the region, the world-renowned economist Amartya Sen said.
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2018-07-10 09:53
Deposed Pakistan PM Nawaz Sharif to return to Pakistan on July 13
TEHRAN -The deposed Pakistani Prime Minister, who was handed 10 years rigorous jail term by an accountability court in Pakistan last week in Panama Papers scandal, is expected to return to Pakistan on July 15 to face the charges.
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2018-07-08 11:47
Deposed Pakistan premier’s 10-year jail term evokes mixed response
TEHRAN - After months of intense speculation, the fate of deposed Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif was sealed on Friday by the accountability court in Islamabad.