Islamabad, Pakistan 09 June 2017 (AlJazeera News) Pakistan's parliament has expressed its "deep concern" over the blockade and severing of ties with Qatar by several Arab states, calling for the government to help mediate in the crisis between the Gulf state and its neighbours. "This House calls upon all countries to show restraint and resolve...

Doha 09 June 2017 Aljazeera News In London, the independent UK-based Arab Organisation for Human Rights (AOHR) released a statement condemning the Saudi bloc's list as "arbitrary". "The list was clearly made up arbitrarily, to serve political agendas, without relying on any evidence or an impartial judicial authority," the group wrote. "The exact legal definition...

Doha AlJazeera News 09 June 2017 (40 Minutes before) Qatar on Friday rejected allegations of supporting individuals and groups blacklisted as "terrorists" by four Arab countries which cut ties with it this week amid a major diplomatic fallout. Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates (UAE), Bahrain and Egypt published a list of 59 people and...

Doha 09 June 2017 (AlJazeera News) A joint statement by Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, Egypt and the UAE has placed 59 individuals and 12 organisations - Qatar based or funded by Qatar - on a "terror list". Qatar's foreign minister said the country will never surrender to the pressure being applied by its Arab neighbours and...

Doha 08 June 2017 United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), World's top human rights body reaction on human rights violations caused by Saudi Arabia led embargo is expected within one or two days time. It was revealed by Dr. Ali AlMarri, Chairman National Human Rights Committee of Qatar at a press conference largely attended...

Doha Qatar 07 June 2017 Qatar Airways announced today that all three flights organised by the airline last night to bring passengers from the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA) to Qatar have successfully reached Doha. All passengers arrived safely home in Qatar yesterday via Muscat. The flights, chartered on Oman Air, departed King Abdulaziz International...

Islamabad 08 June 2017 (APP) India is promoting state-sponsored terrorism in Afghanistan to sabotage Pak-Afghan bilateral relations, the Foreign Office spokesperson Thursday said. “Pakistan and Afghanistan need to closely coordinate with each for overcoming the scourge of terrorism,” he remarked during the weekly media briefing of the foreign office. The spokesperson said Afghanistan has been...

Doha 08 June 2017 (Birce Bora/AlJazeera Online) Only two days after Saudi Arabia, Egypt, the United Arab Emirates and Bahrain severed diplomatic relations with Qatar for its alleged support of "terrorist organisations", Turkey's parliament has ratified military deals allowing its troops to be deployed to a Turkish military base in Qatar. Turkish analysts talking to...

Islamabad 07 June 2014 (APP) National Security Committee (NSC) said today, Wednesday that it was fully aware of the “institutional collaboration by elements hostile to Pakistan” and vowed to defend itself resolutely against “manifest and future threats.” The special meeting of the NSC of the Cabinet made it evident following a review of the issues...

Ankara Anadolou News 06 June 2017 Turkey's President Tuesday voiced disapproval of the sanctions on Qatar in the wake of several Arab countries severing diplomatic relations with Doha. "I want to clearly say that we disapprove of the sanctions on Qatar," Recep Tayyip Erdogan said. "These developments, coming at a time when we need solidarity...