Pakistan

ISLAMABAD, July 25 (Xinhua) -- Four soldiers were killed and four people were injured in a road accident in Pakistan-controlled Kashmir on Sunday, the military said.

Three soldiers and a civil driver were among the injured, the army's media wing Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) said in a statement.

The ISPR added that the incident happened when an army vehicle carrying a team of quick reaction force toppled while taking a steep turn and fell into a ravine in the Leswa area of Pakistan-controlled Kashmir.

ISLAMABAD, July 24 (APP): Foreign Minister Makhdoom Shah Mahmood Qureshi Saturday while expressing satisfaction over the ever-growing bilateral ties between Pakistan and China, said that both were trusted friends and nothing could come between them.

Addressing a presser along with his Chinese counterpart Wang Yi after holding third session of the foreign ministers’ strategic dialogue in Chengdu, capital city of Chinese Sichuan province, he said the bilateral relations between the two countries were moving in the right direction.

ISLAMABAD (AP) — The Taliban say they don’t want to monopolize power, but they insist there won’t be peace in Afghanistan until there is a new negotiated government in Kabul and President Ashraf Ghani is removed.

In an interview with The Associated Press, Taliban spokesman, Suhail Shaheen, who is also a member of the group’s negotiating team, laid out the insurgents’ stance on what should come next in a country on the precipice.

ISLAMABAD, July 22 (APP): Councillor Dr. James Shera, former Mayor of Rugby and other UK Pakistani Christian leaders have appreciated the EU NGO report, which revealed disinformation campaign against Pakistan.

They condemned such efforts to malign and spread the message of hatred and violence against Pakistan.

“This kind of shameless reporting included details of several identities theft, impersonation of EU institutions, 750 plus fake media outlets covering 116 countries and 550 plus websites domain names registered”, Dr. Shera said in a statement issued in London.

RAWALPINDI, Jul 21 (APP): Chief of Army Staff (COAS) General Qamar Javed Bajwa Wednesday said armed forces were ever ready to defend Pakistan against all the threats and at all costs.

He spent Eid with troops stationed near Pak-Afghan international border in Kurram district and made these remarks while addressing the troops, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, said an Inter Services Public Relations media release.

Interacting with troops and sharing Eid greetings, the COAS appreciated their high morale and unflinching resolve to defend the motherland.

Islamabad, Jul 20 (PTI) Pakistan's Interior Minister Sheikh Rashid on Tuesday reiterated the police's claim that the daughter of Afghanistan's ambassador was not kidnapped even as he urged her to come forward and join the probe, in a case that has further soured relations between the two neighbours.

ISLAMABAD, July 20 (APP): Prime Minister Imran Khan on Tuesday said his government was focused on carrying out plantations in the country for the sake of its coming generations.

“The greening of Pakistan (is) for our future generations,” the prime minister said in a tweet, with regard to his vision of a Clean and Green Pakistan.

The prime minister shared a video clip showing the barren land of Bhakkar in 2019 turned into lush green land under the government’s plantation drive.

ISLAMABAD, July 19 (APP): Prime Minister Imran Khan Monday said that imposition of a government in Afghanistan by force would not lead to the resolution of the conflict and only a negotiated settlement would bring lasting peace and stability to Afghanistan.

He said that escalation of conflict and instability in Afghanistan was not in Pakistan’s interest as it would lead to serious challenges for Pakistan in areas of security and influx of refugees.

The prime minister was talking to US Special Envoy for Afghan Reconciliation ambassador Zalmay Khalilzad who called on him.

ISLAMABAD (AP) — Afghanistan has withdrawn its ambassador from Pakistan after his daughter was abducted and brutally assaulted last week.

In a tweet late Sunday, the Afghan foreign ministry said Ambassador Najib Alikhil and other senior diplomats have been called back to Kabul while the attack on his daughter is investigated.

Islamabad, Jul 17 (PTI) Pakistan's parliament has passed a bill for providing legal assistance in international criminal matters as part of efforts to fulfil the conditions set by the global financial watchdog FATF.

The Mutual Legal Assistance (Criminal Matters) Amendment Bill was passed by the Senate, the upper house, on Friday amidst protest by the Opposition.