Category: India-Pakistan Tensions

Imran Khan’s party tweets in Hindi

Islamabad, Mar 4: In an unusual move, Pakistan’s ruling party on Monday tweeted in chaste Hindi Prime Minister Imran Khan’s statement that the person who solves the Kashmir issue will be worthy of the Nobel Peace Prize. “Main Nobel Shanti Puraskaar Ke Yogya Nahi Hun. Is(ka) Yogya Vyakti Vah […]

U.S. tries to safeguard Afghan peace push from India-Pakistan crisis

WASHINGTON – The United States is trying to prevent simmering tensions between India and Pakistan from impacting a third country: Afghanistan, where a fragile peace push is underway to try to end more than 17 years of war with Taliban insurgents. U.S. President Donald Trump’s administration has been […]

So far apart: India and Pakistan engage in war of claim, counter-claim

NEW DELHI – An air strike by Indian warplanes inside Pakistan last week, and a subsequent retaliatory attack by the Pakistani air force, pushed the nuclear-armed neighbours to the brink of another war, but also triggered a fight over the truth about events. Below is a look at […]

Pakistan vows again to act against militants on its soil as global pressure grows

ISLAMABAD – Pakistan plans to take action against militant groups operating on its soil, a minister said on Monday, amid global pressure to act after a suicide bomber killed 40 Indian paramilitary police in Kashmir last month. But Information Minister Fawad Chaudhry denied Indian accusations that Pakistan was […]

First lull in Kashmir since latest India-Pakistan escalation

MUZAFFARABAD, Pakistan — Residents near the disputed boundary in the divided Kashmir region on Sunday experienced their first lull since a dangerous escalation between Pakistan and India erupted last week, bringing the two nuclear-armed rivals close to war. Many villagers used the calm in Pakistani-held Kashmir to leave […]

Pakistan-India train service resumes as border tensions ease

LAHORE, Pakistan — A key train service with neighboring India resumed and schools in Pakistani Kashmir opened Monday in another sign of easing tensions between the two nuclear-armed rivals since a major escalation last week over the disputed Kashmir region. Pakistan Railways spokesman Ejaz Shah said the train […]

IAF doesn’t count number of dead: Air Force chief Dhanoa

Coimbatore, Mar 4: The casualty figure in the air strike on the Balakot camp will be given out by the government, Air Chief Marshal B S Dhanoa said on Monday while asserting that the Indian Air Force does not count the number of dead. Addressing a press conference here, […]

Pakistan army chief spoke with top military officials from U.S., UK, Australia

ISLAMABAD – Pakistan’s army chief, Qamar Javed Bajwa, spoke on Friday with top military officials from the United States, Britain and Australia, Pakistan’s military spokesman said, amid a volatile standoff with nuclear-armed neighbour India. Major General Asif Ghafoor said in a tweet that Bajwa had discussed the standoff […]

Pakistan to lodge U.N. complaint against India for ‘eco-terrorism’ forest bombing

ISLAMABAD – Pakistan plans to lodge a complaint against India at the United Nations, accusing it of “eco-terrorism” over air strikes that damaged pine trees and brought the nuclear-armed nations to blows, a government minister said on Friday. India and Pakistan are amidst their biggest stand-off in many […]

By invoking Rafale, Narendra Modi himself is questioning Balakot air strikes, says Congress

Asserting that the Prime Minister should himself explain what would have been different with Rafale jets, Congress spokesperson Manish Tewari held Mr. Modi responsible for the delay in induction of the French-made jets by “cancelling” earlier negotiations. The Congress on March 3 claimed that Prime Minister Narendra Modi […]

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