Islamabad, July 19: Senior officials of the Indian and Pakistan governments on Friday reviewed ways to boost bilateral trade and transport services, besides discussing methods for the effective imp

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Karachi - An eerie calm persisted in Pakistan's largest bourse on Friday following introduction of a special exit counter for small investors to dump their holdings, traders said.

Lahore, July 18: Pakistan Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani has said that by supporting the US-led war against global terrorism, Pakistan was not fighting a proxy war, but because it was in its own interest.

He said that Islam was a religion of peace, tolerance and harmony, but a handful of Muslims were bringing a bad name to it by indulging into terrorist activities and killing innocent people.

The prime minister further said that terrorism must not be linked to Islam.

“A handful of people were bringing a bad name to Islam, which was a religion of peace, tolerance and harmony. Islam preached a message of love and terrorist activities were destroying this image in the entire world,” the Daily Times quoted him as saying while talking to reporters here last evening.

Sydney, July 18: Australian Defence Minister Joel Fitzgibbon has said that last weekend’s raid by about 200 militants on a US base in eastern Afghanistan, near Pakistan, killing nine US troops, cou

Islamabad - Senior Indian and Pakistani officials on Friday began parleys on trade and travel across the de facto border in the disputed Himalayan territory of Kashmir, officials said.

The meeting was earlier scheduled for July 10 but had to be postponed because the Indian diplomat who was to lead it flew to Afghan capital Kabul after the deadly suicide attack on the Indian embassy that killed at least 60 people.

Pakistan Foreign Ministry's Director General for South Asia Aizaz Ahmed Chaudhry was heading the Pakistani delegation while the Indian side was led by Indian External Affairs Ministry's Joint Secretary TCA Raghvan.