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Pakistan ready to move forward on Kashmir if India agrees: General Bajwa

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Pakistan ready to move forward on Kashmir if India agrees: General Bajwa

He had made similar comments at the Islamabad Security Dialogue last year when he had said it was time for both countries to ‘bury the past and move forward’ Pakistan’s Chief of Army Staff (COAS) Gen Qamar Javed Bajwa said that his country is ready to move forward on Kashmir if India agrees, Dawn reported. “Pakistan continues to believe in using dialogue and diplomacy to resolve all outstanding issues, including the Kashmir dispute, and is ready to move forward on this front if India also agrees to do so,” he…

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Want good ties with neighbours, so need to resolve core issue of Kashmir: Pakistan

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Want good ties with neighbours, so need to resolve core issue of Kashmir: Pakistan

For lasting peace and stability in the region, it is essential to resolve the core issue of Jammu and Kashmir in accordance with the UN resolutions and aspirations of the people of Kashmir, said Pakistan Chargé d’Affaires Aftab Hassan Khan on the occasion of his country’s National Day at the High Commission here. The Chargé d’Affaires underlined that Pakistan wishes to have mutually beneficial relations with all its neighbors including India and believes in resolving all outstanding disputes through peaceful means of dialogue and diplomacy, stated a High Commission release.…

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10 Points: Russia declares ceasefire in two war-hit Ukraine cities for evacuations

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10 Points: Russia declares ceasefire in two war-hit Ukraine cities for evacuations

Ukraine war: Russia launched a full-scale invasion of Ukraine last week. Russia on Saturday declared a ceasefire in two war-hit Ukraine cities – including the strategic port city of Mariupol – to open humanitarian corridors for civilians. “Today, March 5, from 10 am Moscow time, the Russian side declares a regime of silence and opens humanitarian corridors for the exit of civilians from Mariupol and Volnovakha,” news agency AFP quoted the defense ministry as saying. While the residents have been told to leave the cities, there is no confirmation, however,…

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Wants to debate Narendra Modi on TV to ‘Resolve Differences’: Imran Khan

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Wants to debate Narendra Modi on TV to ‘Resolve Differences’: Imran Khan

Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan said on Tuesday that he would like to have a TV debate with his Indian counterpart Narendra Modi to resolve differences between the two neighbouring countries. Khan made the remarks during an interview with Russia’s state-run television network RT on the eve of his maiden two-day visit to Moscow—the first by a Pakistani premier in over two decades—during which he will hold talks with President Vladimir Putin and review exchange views on major regional and international issues. “I would love to debate with Narendra Modi…

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Talks with India only if special status of Kashmir restored: Imran Khan

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Talks with India only if special status of Kashmir restored: Imran Khan

Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan said India’s decision to scrap the special status of Jammu and Kashmir in August 2019 increased Islamabad’s security concerns. There is currently “no relationship” between India and Pakistan and talks between the two countries can be held only if New Delhi restores the special status of Jammu and Kashmir, Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan said on Tuesday. The Kashmir issue is the “main difference” between the two countries and Pakistan’s security concerns increased after India’s decision to scrap the special status of Jammu and Kashmir…

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Kashmir Issue: Antonio Guterres hopes for peaceful resolution between India and Pakistan

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Kashmir Issue: Antonio Guterres hopes for peaceful resolution between India and Pakistan

New Delhi has been categorically rejecting any scope for third-party mediation between India and Pakistan on Kashmir, saying that India’s stand has been clear for decades and the two countries can discuss the issue bilaterally. UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has said that he hopes the Kashmir issue between India and Pakistan can be solved peacefully. “Well, the position of the UN and the resolutions that were taken are the same, remain the same. We have, as you know, a peacekeeping operation there. We are, of course, committed,” Guterres said on…

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‘War Crimes In Kashmir’: UK asked to nab Indian Army Chief, Home Minister and other Senior official over Kashmir ‘War Crimes’

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'War Crimes In Kashmir': UK asked to nab Indian Army Chief, Home Minister and other Senior official over Kashmir 'War Crimes'

A London-based law firm filed an application with British police Tuesday seeking the arrest of India’s army chief and a senior Indian government official over their alleged roles in war crimes in disputed Kashmir. Law firm Stoke White said it submitted extensive evidence to the Metropolitan Police’s War Crimes Unit documenting how Indian forces headed by Gen. Manoj Mukund Naravane and Home Affairs Minister Amit Shah were responsible for the torture, kidnapping, and killing of activists, journalists, and civilians. The law firm’s report was based on over 2,000 testimonies taken…

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Despite rise in billionaire’s wealth but over 16 crore more people forced into poverty in 2 years of pandemic: Oxfam

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Despite rise in billionaire's wealth but over 16 crore more people forced into poverty in 2 years of pandemic: Oxfam

According to Oxfam, billionaires’ wealth has risen more since COVID-19 began than it has in the last 14 years. At USD 5 trillion, this is the biggest surge in billionaire wealth since records began. The first two years of the COVID-19 pandemic saw incomes of 99 percent of humanity fall and over 16 crore people were forced into poverty even as the world’s ten richest men saw their fortune more than double to USD 1.5 trillion (over Rs 111 lakh crore) at a rate of USD 1.3 billion (Rs 9,000…

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Imran Khan unveils new National Security policy, ‘Kashmir at core of ties’ bats for better ties with India

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Imran Khan unveils new National Security policy, 'Kashmir at core of ties' bats for better ties with India

Pakistan desires to improve its relationship with India, though a “just and peaceful resolution of the Jammu and Kashmir” issue will remain the core of bilateral relations, according to Islamabad’s new National Security Policy released on Friday. Past governments had focused solely on military security and never planned beyond this, Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan said while addressing a ceremony at which he released the public version of the policy. “We’ve never had the concept of a coordinated national security policy,” he said. National security adviser Moeed Yusuf said the…

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South Asia hostage to ‘Kashmir Issue’, India mistook peace overtures for weakness: Imran Khan

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South Asia hostage to 'Kashmir Issue', India mistook peace overtures for weakness: Imran Khan

Ties between India and Pakistan are currently at an all-time low following a string of high-profile terror attacks in recent years that were all blamed on Pakistan-based terror groups. India has said that terrorism and talks cannot go together. The whole of South Asia is hostage to the issue of Kashmir and Islamabad’s overtures for peace were mistaken by New Delhi as a sign of weakness, Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan said on Thursday. Delivering the inaugural address at a conclave organised by the Institute of Strategic Studies Islamabad, Khan…

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