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Pakistan facing global isolation due to its own deeds, says Congress
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Bengaluru (Karnataka) [India], Oct. 1 (ANI): With Sri Lanka also opting out of the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) Summit to be held in Islamabad in November, the Congress Party on Saturday said Pakistan's global isolation is of its own making.
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Sri Lanka also boycotts SAARC summit
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], Sept.30 (ANI): Asserting that it condemns terrorism in all its forms and manifestations, Sri Lanka on Friday pulled out of the 19th South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) Summit, scheduled to take place in November.
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Nepal PM inaugurates SAARC Effectiveness Conference
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Kathmandu [Nepal], Sept. 29 (ANI): Nepal Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal inaugurated the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) Effectiveness Conference here on Thursday.
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Postponement of SAARC Summit in Islamabad should come as no surprise, says
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Sept. 29 (ANI): With media reports emerging that the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) summit scheduled to take place in Islamabad in November has been postponed, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Thursday said that it should come as no surprise be
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Hold SAARC summit elsewhere, says Congress
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Sept. 28 (ANI): The Congress on Wednesday said that instead of scrapping the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) summit meeting which is scheduled to be held in Pakistan in November, India should explore the possibility of holding the summit elsewhere.
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Post Uri attack, prevailing situation not conducive for SAARC summit: Bang
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Sept. 28 (ANI): With four of the eight South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) nations deciding to boycott the November summit in Islamabad, Bangladesh High Commissioner to India Syed Muazzem on Wednesday said the prevailing situation was not conducive for
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Pakistan stands last in South Asia in global competitiveness, India jump 1
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Karachi [Pakistan], Sept. 28 (ANI): Pakistan has been ranked at 122, last amongst its South Asian neighbours, in the Global Competitiveness Index (GCI) by the World Economic Forum (WEF).
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Now, Afghanistan pulls out of SAARC Summit in Islamabad
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Sept. 28 (ANI): After India said that Prime Minister Narendra Modi will not be going to Islamabad to attend the 19th South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) Summit, scheduled to take place in November, Afghanistan has also pulled out of the meet.
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After India, Bangladesh and Bhutan also boycott SAARC Summit in Islamabad
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Dhaka [Bangladesh], Sept. 28 (ANI): After India, Bangladesh and Bhutan have also confirmed their inability to participate in the 19th South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) Summit, scheduled to take place in November in Islamabad.
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Pak calls India's refusal to participate in SAARC Summit 'unfort
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], Sept. 27 (ANI): With India refusing to participate in the 19the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation in Islamabad in November, Pakistan Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MoFA) spokesperson Mohammed Nafees Zakaria on Tuesday called New Delhi's announcement &q
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India not to participate in SAARC Summit in Islamabad: MEA
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Sept. 27 (ANI): Uncertainty over Prime Minister Narendra Modi attending the 19th South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation in Islamabad in November ended on Tuesday with India conveying the current SAARC Chair Nepal that in the prevailing circumstances, the Governme
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Bangladesh, Afghanistan steer clear from SAARC anti-graft moot in Pakistan
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], Sept. 27 (ANI): With the first-ever seminar of South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation's (Saarc) member countries on anti-corruption beginning in Pakistan, Afghanistan and Bangladesh have not sent their experts to attend the event.
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