New Delhi: India Wednesday night expressed “disappointment” after China blocked yet another move at the United Nations to designate Pakistan-based terror group Jaish-e-Mohammed’s chief Masood Azhar as a “global terrorist”. In its reaction, the External Affairs Ministry, without naming China, said the UN’s 1267 Sanctions Committee was not able to come to a decision on […]
Srinagar: A Sweden-based think tank revealed that India was the world’s second largest importer of major arms in 2014-18 and accounted for 9.5 per cent of the global total. The Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI) released the data in their annual report titled ‘Trends in International Arms Transfers-2018’. According to the think tank, the […]
Srinagar: Pakistan has been elected as the deputy chairman of the general body of the Parliamentary Union of Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC), an influential grouping of 57 countries, majority of which are Muslim-dominated. According to an official announcement, Pakistan was elected deputy chairman of the general body of the Parliamentary Union of the OIC […]
Srinagar: In the backdrop of recent simmering Pak-India tensions, Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi and US National Security Adviser John Bolton held a telephonic conversation to discuss the regional security situation. According to a statement issued by the Foreign Office, the purpose of the phone call was to provide Washington with Pakistan’s perspective on the […]
New Delhi: The Congress Tuesday cited a 2010 interview of National Security Advisor Ajit Doval to claim that he blamed the BJP-led government for the release of JeM chief Masood Azhar in the Kandahar hijacking episode and gave a “clean chit” to him. The scathing attack by the Congress comes a day after the BJP […]
Srinagar: The Election Commission of India (ECI) Saturday issued an advisory to political parties asking them not to use photographs of any Defence personnel in their advertisements for the upcoming elections. In a communication to heads of all recognized National and State Political Parties, ECI stated that the Ministry of Defence has brought to the […]
New Delhi: India on Saturday made it categorically clear that Kartarpur talks scheduled to be held on March 14 have nothing to do with resumption of talks with Pakistan. “Let me make it very clear that Kartarpur talks are not in any way related to resumption of dialogues…It is related to emotions and sentiments of Indian […]
Srinagar: Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi told the media that Beijing had played a “constructive” role in de-escalating tensions between Pakistan and India that had spiked following a suicide attack in Kashmir’s Pulwama district last month, South China Morning Post reported. In a press briefing held on the sidelines of the annual National People’s Congress […]
Srinagar: Pakistan Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi on Saturday said that Pakistan wants peace but if India resorts to any aggression, “we will give a befitting response”, Radio Pakistan reported. Talking to media in Sukkur today, he regretted that the Indian posture is so “belligerent that even the Indian cricket players are wearing caps of their […]
New Delhi: India on Saturday said its “non-military strike” on JeM camp in Pakistan achieved its desired objective and demonstrated the country’s firm resolve to take decisive action against “cross border terrorism”. Ministry of External Affairs Spokesperson Raveesh Kumar, at a media briefing, also said that an Indian Air Force MiG-21 Bison, piloted by Wing Commander […]
