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Pakistan suspends Samjhauta Express train service till further notice

Pakistan suspends Samjhauta Express train service till further notice

Lahore:  Pakistani authorities have suspended the Samjhauta Express train service between Pakistan and India until further notice, a media report said Thursday, amidst tense bilateral ties in the aftermath of the Pulwama terror attack. The train departs on Monday and Thursday from Lahore. The Samjhauta Express train service between Pakistan and India has been suspended […]

Indo-Pak tensions: Canada urges for dialogue

Indo-Pak tensions: Canada urges for dialogue

Srinagar: Canada’s Foreign Affairs Minister Chrystia Freeland has urged India and Pakistan to exercise maximum restraint to avoid any further military escalation over rising tensions between the two countries. In a statement issued Wednesday afternoon, Freeland said that “Canada is gravely concerned about rising tensions between India and Pakistan”, Xinhua news agency reported. “Dialogue between […]

Heavy cross-LoC shelling rattles J&K’s Poonch

Heavy cross-LoC shelling rattles J&K’s Poonch

Jammu: There was heavy firing on Thursday between Indian and Pakistan across the Line of control (LoC) in Jammu and Kashmir’s Poonch district, the Defence Ministry said.  “At around 6 a.m. today, Pakistan initiated unprovoked ceasefire violation by shelling mortars and firing small arms along the Krishna Ghati sector,” Defence spokesman Lieutenant Colonel Devender Anand […]

Nepal chopper crash kills 7, including sitting minister

Nepal chopper crash kills 7, including sitting minister

Srinagar: A helicopter carrying top Nepalese officials crashed Wednesday in east Nepal, killing all seven on board, local media reported.  Nepalese Tourism Minister Rabindra Prasad Adhikari along with five other officials and the pilot were killed in the crash near Sisne river in Pathibhara, Taplelung. Locals reported to police a huge ball of flame at […]

Concerned about Indo-Pak tensions, main issue Kashmir, must be resolved soon: Turkey

Concerned about Indo-Pak tensions, main issue Kashmir, must be resolved soon: Turkey

Srinagar: Ankara is concerned over the prevailing tension between Pakistan and India, Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu said on Wednesday. “We are concerned over this tension. We want to call for common sense and calm between the parties. Steps that will escalate the tension should be avoided,” Cavusoglu told reporters in the capital Ankara. Cavusoglu’s remarks […]

Again offering India a chance to engage in dialogue: Imran Khan, says 2 IAF pilots ‘with us’

Again offering India a chance to engage in dialogue: Imran Khan, says 2 IAF pilots ‘with us’

Srinagar: Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan has said that his country is again offering India a chance to engage in dialogue over Pulwama attack. “Better sense should prevail, We should sit and resolve our issues through dialogue.” Speaking after two Indian jets were shot down across the Line of Control (LoC), the Pakistan premier said that given […]

Hospitals in Kashmir directed to paint Red Cross signs on rooftops

Hospitals in Kashmir directed to paint Red Cross signs on rooftops

Srinagar: In view of escalation in tension between India and Pakistan, all government hospitals in Kashmir valley have been directed to paint red-cross signs on the rooftops of the buildings. ”We have been directed to paint red-cross signs on the rooftops of all hospital buildings, in view of escalation in tension between India and Pakistan,” […]

Turkey stands in support of Pakistan against ‘Indian aggression’: Pak FM

Turkey stands in support of Pakistan against ‘Indian aggression’: Pak FM

Srinagar: Turkey on Wednesday announced to stand by Pakistan and its people in the pace of Indian aggression, ARY News reported. Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlüt Çavusoglu expressed these sentiments during his telephonic conversation with Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi. Sharing details of his talk, Shah Mahmood Qureshi said that the Turkish foreign minister also declared […]

Pakistan summons Indian diplomat over ‘ceasefire violations’

Pakistan summons Indian diplomat over ‘ceasefire violations’

Islamabad: Pakistan on Wednesday summoned India’s Acting High Commissioner Gaurav Ahluwalia and condemned the alleged “unprovoked ceasefire violations” by the Indian forces along the Line of Control which resulted in the killing of four civilians. Director General (South Asia and SAARC) Mohammad Faisal, who is also the foreign ministry spokesman, summoned Ahluwalia and “condemned the unprovoked […]