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Pakistani security sources said on Monday that India has once again begun “fake encounters” under the guise of countering terrorism, with an alleged plan to “use” detained Pakistanis in them, state-run Radio Pakistan reported. The statement came after the Indian Army’s Chinar Corps said they killed three alleged “terrorists” under ‘Operation Mahadev’ in occupied Kashmir’s…
KARACHI: Although India had always insisted the Kashmir issue was its internal matter, following the May escalation between the two countries, the world had come to realise that it is an international issue, former foreign minister Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari said on Friday. Speaking to his supporters upon his return from a high-powered diplomatic mission to Western…
WASHINGTON: The US State Department said on Tuesday that President Donald Trump could offer to mediate between India and Pakistan on Kashmir, but cannot force either side to accept the offer — a subtle yet significant clarification of the US position on the decades-old dispute. “As President Trump has stated, [everyone] has the right to…
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi is set to make his first visit to occupied Kashmir since the conflict between the country and Pakistan began last month, inaugurating a ‘strategic railway’ service to the mountainous region, his office said on Wednesday. Modi will visit the valley on Friday to open the Chenab Bridge, a 1,315-metre-long steel…
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi is set to make his first visit to occupied Kashmir since the conflict between the country and Pakistan began last month, inaugurating a “strategic railway” service to the mountainous region, his office said on Wednesday. Modi will visit the valley on Friday to open the Chenab Bridge, a 1,315-metre-long steel…
Pakistan’s top military man General Sahir Shamshad Mirza has stressed the need to move towards conflict resolution instead of management, warning that its absence could result in a destructive escalation. The remarks follow a recent military confrontation between India and Pakistan over New Delhi’s allegations against Islamabad, without evidence, about a deadly attack in occupied…
ISLAMABAD: The Parliamentary Union of OIC Member States, in its recent conference in Jakarta, asked India to allow the organisation to send its mission to the occupied Kashmir to ascertain the human rights situation in the occupied territory. The PUOIC conference concluded earlier this week with a resolution that asked India to allow the OIC…
• PM Shehbaz asserts Islamabad ready for both war and peace• Shares with UN chief concerns about inflammatory remarks by Delhi• Pakistan returns Indian border guard ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Wednesday invited India to a comprehensive dialogue to address all contentious issues, including the Kashmir dispute and the water distribution, between the two…
WASHINGTON: Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Ishaq Dar on Monday urged the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) to endorse a Saudi initiative seeking the establishment of a Palestinian state as an indispensable pre-condition for normalisation in the entire region“. Speaking at an OIC meeting at UN headquarters in New York, Mr Dar underscored that…
President Asif Ali Zardari and Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif have urged the international community to put pressure on India to allow the Kashmiri people to freely determine their own future for lasting peace in the region, state-run Radio Pakistan reported. In his message on Kashmir Solidarity Day being observed today (Wednesday), PM Shehbaz highlighted that…
