Pakistan may get $1.5bn package from China
ISLAMABAD, Nov 22: Pakistan will get around $1.5 billion package of bank deposits and investments from China when President Gen Pervez Musharraf visits Beijing next month, diplomatic sources told Dawn....
Pakistan-Afghan border porous despite security
QUETTA, Nov 22: Machi-negun nests and troops watch over Pakistan’s Chaman border crossing with Afghanistan, but no matter how tight the security, a stream of Afghans make their way across...
Pakistan concerned at landmines
UNITED NATIONS, Nov 22: Pakistan on Wednesday expressed concern about the situation in Afghanistan where millions of externally displaced persons were reluctant to return because of the threat of mines and...
US optimist, N. Alliance pessimist about Bonn talks: report
NEW YORK, Nov 22: As the US special envoy for Afghanistan, James Dobbins, expressed optimism over the formation of a new transitional government in Afghanistan following the Bonn meeting, the Northern...