Pakistan summons Indian envoy over ceasefire violations

Pakistan summons Indian envoy over ceasefire violations

Islamabad:  Pakistan on Friday summoned India’s Deputy High Commissioner Gaurav Ahluwalia to protest over the alleged “unprecedented escalation” of ceasefire violations by the Indian troops along the Line of Control (LoC) that it said killed a boy and injured 16 other civilians. The Pakistan Foreign Office said that Director General (South Asia and SAARC) Mohammad […]

Labour Party’s Kashmir resolution could be misinterpreted as hostile to India: Corbyn

LONDON: Britain’s Opposition Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn has said that some of the language in a Kashmir resolution passed by his party have the scope of being “misinterpreted as hostile to India” even as he stood by the emergency motion against the abrogation of Jammu and Kashmir’s special status. The UK Opposition Leader was […]

China ‘observing’ situation in Kashmir: Xi tells Imran

China ‘observing’ situation in Kashmir: Xi tells Imran

Beijing:  China has been “observing” the situation in Kashmir, President Xi Jinping told Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan on Wednesday and hoped that the “relevant parties” can solve the issue through peaceful dialogue, state media reported. Xi, who is scheduled to visit India this week to hold 2nd informal summit with Prime Minister Narendra Modi, […]

Rafale should worry Pak: Shahnawaz

Aurangabad:  Pakistan should be worried about India acquiring Rafale fighter jets, not the Congress, BJP spokesperson Shahnawaz Hussain said here on Wednesday. Defence Minister Rajnath Singh took symbolic delivery of the first Rafale aircraft in France on Tuesday. “The Congress could not get Rafale jets for the country for one decade. They tried to put […]

UN may run out of money by end of the month, says secretary general Guterres

UN may run out of money by end of the month, says secretary general Guterres

United Nations: The United Nations is running a deficit of $230 million, Secretary General Antonio Guterres said on Monday, and may run out of money by the end of October. In a letter intended for the 37,000 employees at the UN secretariat and obtained by AFP, Guterres said unspecified “additional stop-gap measures” would have to […]

Pak to engage China on big CPEC projects during PM Imran’s visit: minister

Pak to engage China on big CPEC projects during PM Imran’s visit: minister

Islamabad: Pakistan will engage China at the highest level for talks on several big projects in the fields of hydropower, oil refinery and steel mills as part of the USD 60 billion China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) during Prime Minister Imran Khan’s visit to the country, a senior minister has said. Khan will arrive in Beijing […]

Afghan Taliban frees 3 Indian hostages in exchange for 11 top militant leaders: Reports

Afghan Taliban frees 3 Indian hostages in exchange for 11 top militant leaders: Reports

ISLAMABAD: Three Indian engineers held by the Taliban in Afghanistan since May 2018 have been freed by the militant group in exchange for 11 of its top mem¬bers from Afghan jails, according to media reports on Monday. The release of three of the five Indian hostages follows key meet¬ings between US Special Repre¬sentative for Afghanistan […]

US senator barred from entering JK visits PaK

US senator barred from entering JK visits PaK

Islamabad: A high-level US Congressional delegation on Sunday visited Pakistan-adminstered Kashmir to assess the situation on the ground and gauge the public sentiment after India revoked the special status of Jammu and Kashmir. The delegation comprising Senators Chris Van Hollen and Maggie Hassan and US Charge d’Affaires Ambassador Paul Jones visited Muzaffarabad, the capital of […]

Pakistan rejects India’s remark on Imran’s UNGA speech

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan on Saturday rejected India’s remarks over Prime Minister Imran Khan’s speech during UN General Assembly session. Mohammad Faisal, spokesperson for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, in a statement, said that India’s pretensions of casting itself as a ‘normal’ country is “reprehensible”. This comes a day after New Delhi had strongly condemned Khan’s speech […]

Democrat candidate raises concerns over situation in Kashmir

Washington:  Democratic presidential candidate Elizabeth Warren on Saturday voiced concerns over the restrictions and communication blockade in Kashmir, urging India to respect the rights of the people of Kashmir. Strict restrictions were imposed in Kashmir after the Indian government on August 5 announced abrogation of Article 370, that provided special status to Jammu and Kashmir, […]