Leaderships of Afghanistan and Pakistan have demonstrated that both countries are poised to work in unison to formulate a strategy for bringing peace to both the countries. As a first step, the two countries have decided to effectively counter the propaganda against…
Pakistan-India bilateral relations have always been fluctuating. Despite regular change of political administrations on both sides, limited change was seen in their foreign policy towards each other. After the resumption of Indo-Pakistan peace process since 2011, little progress has been made in…
There are no permanent friends and foes in international affairs. This has been proved in the case of Tehran and Riyadh. Though the Islamic Republic of Iran and Saudi Arabia often tend to controvert each other on different issues, when it comes…
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On 18 August 2014 India called off foreign secretary-level bilateral talks with Pakistan, scheduled to be held at Islamabad on 25 August 2014, in reaction to Pakistani High Commissioner Abdul Basit’s meeting with Hurriyat leader Shabir Shah. According to Hindustan Times, a…
The well wishers of Pakistan-India relations were expecting that the recent exchanges of fire on the LOC and the verbal exchanges through media would be curbed during Foreign Secretary level talks scheduled in Islamabad on 25th August, 2014. All these expectations were…
Prof. Dr. Pervaiz Iqbal Cheema, Dean, Faculty of Contemporary Studies, National Defence University (NDU), Islamabad was requested to visit Islamabad Policy Research Institute (IPRI) and give a lecture on “Evolving Relations between Pakistan and India” to the IPRI scholars on February 10,…
Last week saw some interesting developments: acts of high profile militancy and terrorism were disowned and condemned by the TTP in very strong words indicating a change of mindset; fierce infighting within the TTP cadres indicated its eroding integrity as a single…
Since coming into power, Pakistan’s new government is pursing the objective of peaceful neighbourhood. A number of initiatives are on the cards to improve relations with all neighbouring counties—especially India. For example, allowing India a non-discriminatory access to Pakistani markets appears around…
In a press conference held on Saturday, 25 January 2014, Afghan President Mr. Karzai has once again refused to sign a Bilateral Security Agreement (BSA) with the US stating that he will not sign that unless Washington and Pakistan launch a peace…