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WASHINGTON: Key US senators and congressmen now call on President Donald Trump to play a constructive role to help resolve Kashmir and other underlying disputes between Pakistan and India. In a letter they sent to President Trump on Thursday afternoon, Senators Chris Van Hollen, Todd Young, Ben Cardin and Lindsay Graham also expressed concern about

WASHINGTON: A foreign policy arm of the United States Congress called on Trump's chief peace negotiator, Zalmay Khalilzad, to appear before the panel next week and explain the failure of talks between the United States and the Taliban. "I am tired of this Administration keeping Congress and the American people in the dark about the

LONDON: British Prime Minister Boris Johnson denied Thursday that he lied to Queen Elizabeth about the reasons for suspending the British parliament after a court ruled that his decision was illegal and opponents asked that legislators withdraw to discuss Brexit Since Johnson won first place in July, the Brexit crisis in Britain has intensified with

WASHINGTON: As resentment against the annexation of Kashmir by India increases, one US lawmaker urged the Trump administration to "intervene" while another asked India to allow cashmere to decide their future. "It is a very important issue for the administration and the administration must take it more seriously," said Senator Tim Kaine, a member of

ISLAMABAD: The country's trade deficit fell by almost 38 percent in the first two months of the current fiscal year, largely driven by a decrease in imports of non-essential luxury items. The steady decline in the trade deficit shows that the government's battle against the inflated trade deficit is finally bearing fruit, as imports have

KARACHI: Car sales during July and August plummeted a massive 41.3 percent to 20,094 units compared to 34,264 during the corresponding months last year. In August, total car sales decreased to 9,126 units compared to 15,389 in the same month last year. Major car assemblers, including Honda Atlas Cars Limited (HACL), reduced production for ten

UNITED NATIONS: Pakistan has expressed the hope that talks between the United States and the Taliban, which were abruptly suspended over the weekend, will soon resume and open the way to intra-Afghan negotiations that will lead to a peaceful resolution of the protracted conflict in Afghanistan. . "We hope that the suspension of the peace

PAKISTAN is in the vice of a "trap" of debt. Nothing reveals this more clearly than the recently published figures on the fiscal deficit and debt and total liabilities for 2018-19. The budget deficit has been recorded at 8.9 percent of GDP, while debt and total liabilities have increased by Rs. 10.3 trillion, or 35

WASHINGTON: The United States Department of State has urged India to resume the political commitment to Kashmir leaders and schedule the promised elections in its occupied region as soon as possible. On Monday, US President Donald Trump reiterated his offer to help India and Pakistan resolve the Kashmir dispute, although he also noted that the