National
December 24, 2020
ISLAMABAD: Speaker National Assembly Asad Qaisar on Wednesday said Afghanistan can serve as a gateway to Central Asia for extending economic outreach, sustainable bilateral relations and prosperity of both countries.
“Connecting people, building peace and promoting cooperation are in the best interest of both countries,” Asad Qaisar said, while addressing a meeting of the 7th Pakistan-Afghanistan Joint Committee here on Wednesday. He further elaborated that the people of Pakistan, regardless of their ethnic belonging, were bound together by the everlasting cultural, religious and historical affinities, adding that a peaceful Afghanistan is in the larger interest of Pakistan.
Speaker National Assembly commended the commitment of political leadership of both the countries to fostering parliamentary, economic and people-to-people contacts. He said the parliament was feeling the need to bring both the countries closer and for that the Parliamentary Fri
Pakistan to back intra-Afghan talks’ outcome: SAPM
Dr Moeed Yusuf says ‘our region has been misused by global powers for long’
Special Assistant to Prime Minister (SAPM) on National Security and Strategic Policy Planning Dr Moeed Yousuf. PHOTO COURTESY: USIP
Pakistan has assured a visiting Afghan delegation that Islamabad would support whatever governance set-up emerged in the aftermath of the intra-Afghan dialogue currently under way between the Taliban and the government in Kabul in the Qatari capital.
Dr Moeed Yusuf, Special Assistant to Prime Minister on National Security, suggested that the Track-II process between Pakistan and Afghanistan should complement Track-I process and assist it by providing the government with targeted policy proposals.
National
December 23, 2020
Islamabad: There is certainly a positive trajectory with regards to Pakistan-Afghanistan bilateral relations. In the last few months, both sides have achieved significant progress, though there is a lot still to be done. For the first time, the parliaments on both sides are playing a very active role in addressing issues of mutual interest. Complex issues accumulating over years would take some time for resolution, said Ambassador Muhammad Sadiq, Prime Ministerâs Special Representative for Afghanistan.
He was speaking to the 7th Pakistan Afghanistan Joint Committee (PAJC) meeting, spearheaded by Centre for Research and Security Studies (CRSS) and Organisation for Economic Studies and Peace (OESP).
Islamabad
December 23, 2020
Islamabad : There is certainly a positive trajectory with regards to Pakistan-Afghanistan bilateral relations. In the last few months, both sides have achieved significant progress, though there is a lot still to be done. For the first time, the parliaments on both sides are playing a very active role in addressing issues of mutual interest. Complex issues accumulating over years would take some time for resolution, said Ambassador Muhammad Sadiq, Prime Minister’s Special Representative for Afghanistan.
He was speaking to the 7th Pakistan Afghanistan Joint Committee (PAJC) meeting, spearheaded by Centre for Research and Security Studies (CRSS) and Organisation for Economic Studies and Peace (OESP).
Islamabad took a number of steps to mend Pak-Afghan trust deficit: Sadiq
By Hamid Khan Wazir
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan: The Prime Minister’s Special Representative for Afghanistan Ambassador Muhammad Sadiq has said that Islamabad’s seriousness in mending the trust deficit and starting a new chapter in the bilateral relationship with Kabul reflects in the number of steps the government of Pakistan has initiated within the last six months.
While speaking to the 7th Pakistan Afghanistan Joint Committee (PAJC) meeting spearheaded by the Center for Research and Security Studies (CRSS) and Organization for Economic Studies and Peace (OESP) in Islamabad on Tuesday, the Special Representative said that such steps include the introduction of a liberal and friendly visa regime for Afghanistan, making it easy for Afghans to do business and open bank accounts inside Pakistan, the decision to open 12 border markets with Afghanistan, and pipeline projects like tele-medical centers in Afghanistan