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30.11.2011 15:16:49 - Nksagar-Sagar Media Inc:Pakistan decided to boycott Bonn conference in protest against the NATO air attack on Pakistan's northwest tribal area Mohmand along the Afghan border.German Chancellor Angela Merkel made a telephone call to Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani and urged him to attend the upcoming Bonn Conference, Geo News reported
(live-PR.com) - Pakistan’s cable television operators blocked BBC World News.The operators accused the channel of broadcasting what they described as anti-Pakistan content in the wake of a cross-border NATO attack that killed 24 soldiers.Some operators said the channel was blocked for airing the two-part documentary Secret Pakistan, which highlighted links between the Inter-Services Intelligence agency and Taliban fighters.While the documentary was broadcast
in other parts of the world earlier, it was aired in Pakistan over the weekend.
BBC World News disappeared from cable networks in cities across the country last evening, shortly after the All Pakistan Cable Operators Association said all foreign news channels airing anti-Pakistan content would be barred.The BBC said it was concerned by the move and called for the channel to be speedily reinstated.
German Chancellor Angela Merkel made a telephone call to Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani and urged him to attend the upcoming Bonn Conference, Geo News reported.
According to statement released by the prime minister house, Gilani told the German Chancellor that under the present circumstances Pakistan could not attend the conference.Merkel requested Gilani that if he could not attend the conference then Pakistan should at least send Foreign Minister Khar or another representative.
During a German news conference, foreign ministry spokesman Andreas Peschke “Pakistan itself has a big interest in the Afghan conference being a success.”
US asked Pakistan to reconsider its decision to boycott an international conference on Afghanistan in Bonn next week, saying it is in Islamabad's interest and that its participation was "very important" for the future of the war-torn country.
US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton while voicing regret at Pakistan's decision hoped it would reconsider and find a "follow-up way" to take part in the talks in Germany.85 nations and 15 international organisations are due to attend the crucial international meet starting on December 5.Addressing an aid conference in South Korea, Clinton reiterated the US position that the border killing of Pakistani soldiers was a "tragic incident" and pledged an investigation "as swiftly and thoroughly as possible."
"Frankly this is regrettable that Pakistan has decided not to attend the conference in Bonn because this conference has been long in the planning," Clinton later told reporters.
"Pakistan like the United States has a profound interest in a secure, stable and increasingly democratic Afghanistan," the US' Chief Diplomat said.
Pakistan announced its decision in protest against the killing of its 24 soldiers by NATO forces in a cross-border fire on the Af-Pak border over the weekend. The incident was described by the Pakistani Army as a "deliberate act of aggression".
"We certainly urge Pakistan to participate in this conference. It's very important for the future of Afghanistan," White House Press Secretary Jay Carney told reporters."Pakistan obviously will play an important role in the future of Afghanistan, and we urge them to participate in the conference," Carney said in response to a question.
The US State Department also echoed White House's sentiments. "It is important to note that this conference is about Afghanistan, about its future, about building a safer, more prosperous Afghanistan within the region. So it's very much in Pakistan's interest to attend this conference," State Department spokesman Mark Toner told reporters.
Afghan President Hamid Karzai has asked Pakistan to take part in the forthcoming conference on the future of Afghanistan to be held next week in the German city Bonn.A press release issued by the Presidential palace in Kabul says President Karzai spoke on telephone with the Pakistan Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani and requested for Pakistan’s participation in the interest of both the countries.Afghan President also thanked Prime Minister Gilani for the cooperation with the Afghan delegation inquiring into the assassination of former President Prof. Burhanuddin Rabbani.
Yesterday Pakistan decided to boycott Bonn conference in protest against the NATO air attack on Pakistan's northwest tribal area Mohmand along the Afghan border.After the incident, in which two dozen soldiers were killed, Pakistan closed the NATO supply lines from its territory to Afghanistan and asked the US to vacate the Shamsi air base in Baluchistan province. Media agencies
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BBC World News disappeared from cable networks in cities across the country last evening, shortly after the All Pakistan Cable Operators Association said all foreign news channels airing anti-Pakistan content would be barred.The BBC said it was concerned by the move and called for the channel to be speedily reinstated.
German Chancellor Angela Merkel made a telephone call to Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani and urged him to attend the upcoming Bonn Conference, Geo News reported.
According to statement released by the prime minister house, Gilani told the German Chancellor that under the present circumstances Pakistan could not attend the conference.Merkel requested Gilani that if he could not attend the conference then Pakistan should at least send Foreign Minister Khar or another representative.
During a German news conference, foreign ministry spokesman Andreas Peschke “Pakistan itself has a big interest in the Afghan conference being a success.”
US asked Pakistan to reconsider its decision to boycott an international conference on Afghanistan in Bonn next week, saying it is in Islamabad's interest and that its participation was "very important" for the future of the war-torn country.
US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton while voicing regret at Pakistan's decision hoped it would reconsider and find a "follow-up way" to take part in the talks in Germany.85 nations and 15 international organisations are due to attend the crucial international meet starting on December 5.Addressing an aid conference in South Korea, Clinton reiterated the US position that the border killing of Pakistani soldiers was a "tragic incident" and pledged an investigation "as swiftly and thoroughly as possible."
"Frankly this is regrettable that Pakistan has decided not to attend the conference in Bonn because this conference has been long in the planning," Clinton later told reporters.
"Pakistan like the United States has a profound interest in a secure, stable and increasingly democratic Afghanistan," the US' Chief Diplomat said.
Pakistan announced its decision in protest against the killing of its 24 soldiers by NATO forces in a cross-border fire on the Af-Pak border over the weekend. The incident was described by the Pakistani Army as a "deliberate act of aggression".
"We certainly urge Pakistan to participate in this conference. It's very important for the future of Afghanistan," White House Press Secretary Jay Carney told reporters."Pakistan obviously will play an important role in the future of Afghanistan, and we urge them to participate in the conference," Carney said in response to a question.
The US State Department also echoed White House's sentiments. "It is important to note that this conference is about Afghanistan, about its future, about building a safer, more prosperous Afghanistan within the region. So it's very much in Pakistan's interest to attend this conference," State Department spokesman Mark Toner told reporters.
Afghan President Hamid Karzai has asked Pakistan to take part in the forthcoming conference on the future of Afghanistan to be held next week in the German city Bonn.A press release issued by the Presidential palace in Kabul says President Karzai spoke on telephone with the Pakistan Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani and requested for Pakistan’s participation in the interest of both the countries.Afghan President also thanked Prime Minister Gilani for the cooperation with the Afghan delegation inquiring into the assassination of former President Prof. Burhanuddin Rabbani.
Yesterday Pakistan decided to boycott Bonn conference in protest against the NATO air attack on Pakistan's northwest tribal area Mohmand along the Afghan border.After the incident, in which two dozen soldiers were killed, Pakistan closed the NATO supply lines from its territory to Afghanistan and asked the US to vacate the Shamsi air base in Baluchistan province. Media agencies
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