The Islamabad Police will establish Gender Crime Unit at Ramna Police Station and Ladies Complaint Units at two police stations to deal with female victims of violence and encourage women to seek police assistance without any fear or shame.

Pakistan Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi said Tuesday that his Indian counterpart S. M. Krishna will travel to Islamabad on July 15 for talks on key issues, raising hopes for the revival of stalled bilateral dialogue process. More >

Islamabad: Pakistan says it considers dialogue as the only ‘way forward’ to resolve outstanding disputes with India but will never compromise on its decades-old stance on the core issue of Kashmir.

“Dialogue is the only sensible way forward. We would like to engage with India in a constructive manner,” Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi said here on Tuesday in a speech he delivered on the floor of the National Assembly. But the minister said Pakistan has now decided to revert back to its ‘historic’ stance on Kashmir. “Our point of view on Kashmir is the same.

Beijing confirmed Thursday that Chinese and Pakistani officials have signed an agreement to finance the construction of two nuclear reactors, to be built in Pakistan by Chinese firms.

Jiang Yu, a spokeswoman for the Chinese foreign ministry, said Thursday that the nuclear deal conforms to international standards set by the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA).

ISLAMABAD: President Asif Ali Zardari said that demand for electricity had risen by 10 per cent annually during the last few years and government was working on strategies to cater to it through all possible sources including solar and geothermal technologies.

ISLAMABAD: Indian High Commission in Islamabad was stunned when it was informed on Tuesday that one of its diplomats had been arrested in New Delhi on charges of spying for a Pakistani intelligence agency. More >

ISLAMABAD: Leader of the House in the Senate Nayyar Hussain Bokhari while stressing the need for joint efforts to effectively cope with the energy crisis said that no loadshedding would be observed from 4pm to 8pm in the capital in order to facilitate the trader community. More >

Pakistan handed over six dossiers to India with regard to Mumbai attacks and asked Delhi to facilitate transfer of Ajmal Kasab and Fahim Ansari for recording their testimonies in Pakistan. a private TV channel reported on Sunday.

The top officials of Foreign Office in Islamabad handed over the dossiers to Indian Deputy High Commissioner.

Across Afghanistan, behind the obvious battles fought for this country’s soul, a shadow war is being quietly waged. It’s being fought with spies and proxies, with hundreds of millions of dollars in aid money and ominous diplomatic threats. More >