Source: Canadian Press
Pakistan’s ambassador to Afghanistan returned home Saturday three months after he was kidnapped on the main highway through Pakistan’s wild border region.
The release of Tariq Azizuddin came as the government seeks to negotiate peace deals to curb Islamic militancy along the Afghan border - an approach viewed with apprehension in the West.
However, senior […]

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Source: Daily Times
KARACHI: US Ambassador to Pakistan, Anne W Patterson, Thursday visited Karachi Stock Exchange (KSE) and held a meeting with its management and board of directors.
US Consul General Kay L Anske and Press Attache Elizabeth O Colton were also present on the occasion.
Speaking on this occasion, she said that Pakistan stock market has a […]

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Source: The News
DUBAI: Pakistan’s envoy to Afghanistan Tariq Azizuddin, who went missing from Khyber agency, appeared in a video aired by an Arab news channel in which he said the Taliban were holding him.
The kidnapped Pakistani ambassador appealed government to accept demands of the Taliban so that he and his two associates could be released.
The […]

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Source: Daily Times
* Around 101 students attend cultural exchange programme
By Saadia Khalid
ISLAMABAD: Turkish ambassador to Pakistan Engin Soysal on Thursday called for strong cultural relations between Pakistan and Turkey to make their youth aware of the heritage and civilisation of both countries.
Addressing the participants of a cultural exchange programme, he said, “Pakistan and Turkey […]

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Source: Daily Times
RAWALPINDI: Pakistan and France agreed on Thursday to consolidate and expand their ongoing defence collaboration in a meeting between Caretaker Defence Minister Syed Salim Abbas Jilani and French ambassador Regis de Belenet at the Ministry of Defence.

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