Zitat:Streit um Anschlag

Pakistans Grenzschützer nehmen mehrere Iraner fest

Pakistanische Sicherheitskräfte haben im Grenzgebiet elf Iraner festgenommen. Ob es sich, wie zunächst angegeben, um Mitglieder der Revolutionsgarden handelt, ist noch unklar. Deren Chef hatte bereits angekündigt, im Nachbarland ermitteln zu wollen.

Zitat:Pakistani Students, Academics Attend Persian-Language Olympiad
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The Olympiad was held on Tuesday attended by 44 Persian language students from universities of Punjab, JC, Lahore Ladies, and Bahavalpur, as well as the Women's Golbarg State College, Women's Knird College, Women's Cooper Road College of Lahore, Qaleh Didar State College of Singh Gujranoleh, and the graduates of the IRI Culture House, and Ivan Sofia of Lahore with degrees in various academic levels.

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Pakistan, Iran become 'natural allies'
By MK Bhadrakumar

The participation by Pakistan President Asif Ali Zardari in the two-day conference on terrorism held at Tehran on June 25 was invested with political symbolism as a mark of displeasure towards the United States.

But Zardari's return to Tehran within three weeks on a second visit on Saturday unmistakably carried the stamp of Pakistan's "strategic defiance" of the US. Equally, for the second time in three weeks, Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei received Zardari, signifying the high importance that Tehran attaches to the nascent signs of shift in Pakistan's regional policies. Saudi Arabia made a diplomatic demarche with Pakistan to dissuade Zardari from attending the Tehran conference in June.
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The Iran-Pakistan solidarity rubbishes the Saudi thesis that the Shi'ite-Sunni schism is the dominant theme of Middle Eastern politics. The Pakistani Foreign Ministry underscored in a statement that Zardari's visit was taking place as part of Islamabad's "continuous consultations, coordination and cooperation" with regional states on the issues of regional peace and stability, Afghanistan in particular.
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Curiously, Afghanistan was not mentioned as having figured at all in the talks in Tehran although senior officials in Islamabad were quoted by the Pakistani media that the main topic of Zardari's talks concerned Afghanistan - the US's drawdown of troops and the establishment of US military bases in Afghanistan, in particular. Indeed, the Iranian accounts were uncharacteristically reticent, which would indicate that the talks touched on highly sensitive issues of cooperation that neither side wished to publicize.
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Zitat:Iran-Pak relations growing in various field
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Pakistani President Asif Ali Zardari’s visit of Iran is also considered as a major step towards promotion of bilateral trade and economic relations.
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Tehran and Islamabad formally signed a multi-billion-dollar gas contract in June 2010, based on which Iran's natural gas will be pumped to Pakistan from the South Pars gas field in the southern province of Bushehr. Iran has already constructed more than 900 kilometers of the pipeline, which is to carry 21.5 million cubic meters of natural gas per day to its eastern neighbor.
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The two governments have taken several steps to improve bilateral cooperation in the arena of trade and economy.
In February 2010, Punjab Chief Minister Muhammad Shahbaz Sharif called for the creation of an economic free-trade zone among Pakistan, Iran, Turkey and other Islamic countries.
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Khurram Dastgir Khan Chairman of Parliamentary Committee had also called for signing a comprehensive free trade agreement between Iran and Pakistan. He said that both Iran and Pakistan should take the bilateral trade to maximum level.
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Zitat:Afghanistan

Pakistanische Extremisten bekennen sich zu Anschlag

Die blutige Anschlagsserie auf Schiiten in Afghanistan geht offenbar auf das Konto pakistanischer Extremisten. Eine Gruppe, die nie zuvor im Nachbarland agierte, hat sich zu den Attacken bekannt. Experten fürchten eine neue Terrorwelle. [...] Stunden nach dem grauenvollen Anschlag in der afghanischen Hauptstadt Kabul hat sich die Extremistengruppe Lashkar-i-Jhangvi zu der Tat bekannt. Ein Sprecher der pakistanischen Terrororganisation übernahm die Verantwortung für den Bombenanschlag auf schiitische Gläubige.

Bei dem Anschlag waren am Dienstag während des schiitischen Aschura-Festes fast 60 Menschen getötet worden - mehr als hundert wurden verletzt. Der Selbstmordattentäter hatte sich nahe des Präsidentenpalastes in Kabul in die Luft gesprengt. Er zündete seinen Sprengsatz inmitten einer Menge von Männern, Frauen und Kindern vor dem Abu-Fazl-Schrein. Es war der blutigste Anschlag mit religiösem Hintergrund seit dem Sturz der Taliban vor zehn Jahren. Vier weitere schiitische Pilger wurden bei einem Bombenanschlag in der nordafghanischen Stadt Masar-i-Scharif getötet.

Zitat:Iran to Offer Scholarships to Pakistani Scholars

TEHRAN (FNA)- Iranian officials said the country offers scholarships to Lahore College for Women University (LCWU)'s scholars in the field of languages, literature and culture.

The issue was announced during a meeting between Director General of Iran's Culture Center in Lahore Abbas Famoori and LCWU Vice Chancellor Dr Sabiha Mansoor. At the meeting, Famoori said Iranian Study Center at LCWU was the symbol of Iran-Pakistan friendship and Iran would do more to increase this cooperation in the field of education and culture. He said Iran would offer scholarships to LCWU's students in the field of languages, literature and culture.
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She said that Iran and Pakistan have a common historical as well as cultural background and the two countries can make the best use of each other's talent by exchange program.
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Zitat:Firdous for enhancing Pak-Iran trade relations

Federal Minister for Information & Broadcasting Dr Firdous Ashiq Awan. – Photo by APP

ISLAMABAD: Federal Minister for Information and Broadcasting Dr Firdous Ashiq Awan on Thursday underlined the need for enhancing trade relations between Pakistan and Iran through economic cooperation.

She was talking to an Iranian delegation, which called on her. She pointed out that there was a great scope to enhance cooperation in the field of media between Iran and Pakistan and take benefit from each other’s experiences. The minister also called for exchange of media delegations between the two countries.

The Federal Minister said Iran had always extended support to Pakistan and its assistance during earthquake and floods was commendable.
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Zitat:Pakistan Ready to Establish Banking Channel for Currency Swap with Iran

TEHRAN (FNA)- Pakistani officials announced that they are ready to introduce banking channels and make arrangements for currency swap with Iran to enhance the two Muslim neighboring states' bilateral trade exchanges.
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He appreciated the Iran-Pakistan trade during the last five years increased from $389 million to $1.2 billion however, it was not aligned with the real existing trade potential.

He emphasized to deepen the existing Preferential Trade Agreement to be followed by Free Trade Agreement. He said Iran could export to Central Asian Republics, China and India via Pakistan.
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