OIC calls for Kashmir resolution after civilian killings in Pulwama
Srinagar: Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) Monday expressed strong condemnation of the killing of ‘innocent’ Kashmiris by government forces in ‘Indian-occupied Kashmir (IOK)’ where direct shooting at demonstrators in Pulwama claimed the lives of a number of innocent citizens and injured others. In a press release the OIC General Secretariat condemned the ‘terrorist act’ and […]
Pak will try for peace despite India’s negative attitude: Official
Islamabad: Pakistan Foreign Secretary Tehmina Janjua has said that Islamabad would continue with its efforts for peace in its neighbourhood despite New Delhis negative attitude. Speaking on Tuesday at a conference on “Conflict and Cooperation in South Asia: Role of Major Powers” hosted by the Islamabad Policy Research Institute (IPRI), Janjua stated: “We are convinced […]
Pak will continue to lend full support to people of Kashmir: Imran Khan
Islamabad: Pakistan would continue to lend full diplomatic, political and moral support to the people of Jammu and Kashmir, Prime Minister Imran Khan said Monday. Khan’s remarks came in a message on the Human Rights Day which is observed every year on December 10. This year, the Human Rights Day marks the 70th anniversary of […]
Indian High Commission official walks out from SAARC meet over presence of Pak official in Pak
Islamabad: An official of the Indian High Commission in Pakistan walked out of a SAARC meeting over the presence of a minister from Pakistan-administered Kashmir (PaK) at the event,said a media report quoting sources. Indian High commission official in Pakistan,Shubham Singh, left the meeting to register India’s protest over the presence of PaK minister Chaudhary […]
BJP has ‘anti-Muslim’, ‘anti-Pakistan’ approach: Pak PM Imran Khan
Islamabad: Prime Minister Imran Khan has claimed that the approach of the ruling BJP was “anti-Muslim and anti-Pakistan” and expressed the hope that the stalled bilateral talks could resume after the general elections in India next year. Prime Minister Khan said his government was keen to bring the perpetrators of the 2008 Mumbai attack to […]
India abstains from voting on US sponsored resolution moved condemn Hamas activities
New York: India has abstained from voting on a UN General Assembly draft resolution put forward by the US that would have condemned the activities of Hamas and other militant groups in Gaza. The resolution ‘Activities of Hamas and other militant groups in Gaza’ got 87 votes in favour, 58 against with 32 abstentions. The […]
India ‘painting a political colour’ to Kartarpur corridor opening, unfortunate: Imran Khan
Islamabad: Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan on Thursday said that India painted a “political colour” to his gesture of opening the Kartarpur border and called it “unfortunate”. Pakistan opened the Kartarpur border in November to facilitate visa-free pilgrimage by Indian Sikhs to Kartarpur Sahib gurdwara, where Sikhism’s founder Guru Nanak Dev spent the last 18 […]
Pak issues visas to over 220 Indian pilgrims
New Delhi: The Pakistan High Commission Wednesday said it has issued visas to over 220 Indian pilgrims to participate in the 310th birth anniversary celebrations of religious leader Satguru Sant Shadaram Sahib, at Sukkur in Pakistan’s Sindh province from December 5-16. Under the framework of a bilateral protocol on visits to religious shrines, Sikh and […]
‘Vajpayee told me that Kashmir issue would have been resolved if BJP would have won 2004 Lok Sabha polls’, Says Imran Khan
Islamabad: Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan on Monday said that former Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee had told him that Kashmir would have been resolved if the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) had not lost the 2004 Lok Sabha elections. In an interview to a group of television journalists here, Khan added that former foreign minister […]
US welcomes efforts by India, Pakistan to increase people-to-people contact
Washington: The United States said on Friday that it welcomes efforts by India and Pakistan to increase people-to-people contact, days after the two neighbouring countries laid foundation stones for a corridor linking two revered gurdwaras on both sides of the border. I’m aware of reports on this Kartarpur corridor. I understand that it’s kind of […]
