Islamabad: India’s High Commissioner to Pakistan Ajay Bisaria offered a public apology after numerous Pakistanis trying to attend an iftar party hosted by him were harassed and forced to leave the venue. “I want to apologize to all the friends who were subject to some extra scrutiny outside,” Bisaria said[Read More…]
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Meeting between Jadhav and his mother, wife lacked humanity’: Sushma Swaraj
External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj on Thursday said the meeting between alleged Indian spy Kulbhushan Jadhav and his mother and wife lacked “humanity” and “goodwill” accusing Pakistan of conducting it as a “propaganda exercise” and “an opportunity to exploit the situation”. Sushma Swaraj was making a statement in the Rajya[Read More…]
Jadhav family to reach Islamabad to meet Kulbhushan Jadhav today
The relatives of Kulbhushan Jadhav will reach Islamabad on Monday for a scheduled meeting with the death row prisoner, according to an activist. “His mother, Avanti Jadhav, and his wife are expected to fly from Dubai to Islamabad for their first ever interaction later in the day. According to available[Read More…]
India replies to offer on Jadhav, wife to meet: Islamabad
Pakistan on Saturday said it has received a response from India on Islamabad’s offer to allow alleged Indian spy Kulbhushan Jadhav to meet his wife and it was being considered. “Indian reply to Pakistan’s humanitarian offer for Commander Jadhav received & is being considered,” Foreign Office spokesperson Mohammad Faisal said.[Read More…]
ICJ’s intervention in Kashmir issue is not a practical move: Congress
The Congress party on Monday said that the International Court of Justice’s intervention in Kashmir issue is not a practical move while responding to the reports of Pakistan’s alleged move to seek redressal on the same from the ICJ. Islamabad is gravely ‘mistaken in the matter,’ it added. “In the[Read More…]
Indian held in Islamabad for carrying insufficient travel documents
An Indian national was allegedly held in Islamabad on Sunday, as he did not carry complete travel documents while travelling in the country, ANI said, quoting Pakistani media. A case has been registered under Article 14 of the Foreign Act and the man has been transferred to jail for judicial remand, according[Read More…]
Jadhav death sentence: Indian fueling hatred against Pakistan, says Islamabad
The “rhetoric” in the Indian Parliament on the sentencing of Kulbhushan Jadhav was “un-warranted,” said Pakistan, alleging that it is fueling hatred against them. Pakistan refused India’s request for consular access to Kulbhushan Jadhav. Pakistan foreign secretary Tehmina Janjua said Indian high commissioner Gautam Bambawale that the hatred against Islamabad[Read More…]
Motion passed in British Parliament declares Gilgit-Baltistan as a part of J&K
A motion passed in the British Parliament condemns Islamabad’s declaration that Gilgit-Baltistan is its fifth frontier. It accepted that the region is a legitimate and constitutional part of Jammu & Kashmir and is illegitimately occupied by Pakistan since 1947. The motion was tabled on March 23. It was sponsored by[Read More…]
Swaraj asks Islamabad about missing Indian clerics
Nine-member investigation team visits Pak flight crash site
The crash site of the Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) flight PK-661 in Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa province is being visited by a nine-member investigation team. The team comprises of three French officials and three Canadian officials belonging to France-based aircraft manufacturer ATR and US-based engine manufacturer Pratt & Whitney. Three Pakistani officials are[Read More…]
Pakistan International Airlines plane crashes with 47 on board
A Pakistan International Airlines flight crashed on Wednesday near Abbottabad, Pakistan, officials said. The airline said the ATR-42 aircraft was carrying 48 people – 42 passengers, five crew members and one ground engineer – when it lost contact with a control tower on its way from Chitral to Islamabad. The[Read More…]
Another blow: Sri Lanka pulls out of SAARC Summit; 5th nation to do so
In yet another setback to Pakistan, Sri Lanka on Thursday pulled out of 19th SAARC Summit in Islamabad, becoming the fifth country to do so after India expressed its inability to participate in the summit. “Sri Lanka regrets that the prevailing environment in the region is not conducive for holding[Read More…]
SAARC summit may be postponed as Bangladesh, Afghanistan and Bhutan pull out
A day after India announced its decision of not attending the 19th SAARC summit in Islamabad in November, Afghanistan, Bangladesh and Bhutan have also pulled out of the summit. All the three countries blame Pakistan for the current atmosphere of terror and held that it was not fit for hosting[Read More…]
After India, now Bangladesh & Bhutan pull out of SAARC Summit in Pak
In yet another setback for Pakistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan and Afghanistan on Wednesday pulled out of the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (Saarc) Summit in Islamabad. Bangladesh said it was unable to participate in the summit because of “growing interference in internal affairs of Bangladesh by one country”. News reports[Read More…]
India-Pakistan tug-of-war involves J&K and Balochistan
The Congress has openly supported Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s statements against Pakistan, where he raised the Balochistan and Pakistan-occupied-Kashmir issues to counter its stance on Jammu and Kashmir and the on-going unrest. In 2009, India and Pakistan—Prime Ministers Manmohan Singh and Yusuf Raza Gilani—signed a joint declaration at Sharm-el-Sheikh, which said that[Read More…]