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Post Pulwama fidayeen attack, Tensions on rising between India and Pakistan, but Washington seems least bothered

February 20, 2019February 20, 2019 Editor

Last week, 40 paramilitary police officers were killed in a terrorist attack in Kashmir, a disputed Himalayan territory that both India and Pakistan claim in its entirety. The attack, the worst in the territory in decades, quickly spiraled into a major standoff between the two nuclear-armed rivals. Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi promised to avenge the fallen. “We will give a befitting reply, our neighbor will not be allowed to destabilize us,” Modi said. Jaish-e-Muhammad, a militant group based in Pakistan, asserted responsibility for the attack, but Pakistani Prime Minister…

Pakistan will be very important in the future: Saudi Crown Prince Mohammad bin Salman

February 18, 2019February 18, 2019 Editor

Visiting Saudi Crown Prince Mohammad bin Salman has expressed optimism about the economic future of Pakistan, saying his country had been waiting for a leadership like that of Prime Minister Imran Khan to partner with Islamabad in various areas. Addressing a reception dinner on Sunday night at the Prime Minister House hours after he landed in Islamabad, the Crown Prince said Pakistan was a “dear country” to all Saudis and that the two countries “have walked together in tough and good times”, Dawn news reported. “We believe that Pakistan is…

‘No longer a symbol of hope’ Amnesty International strips Aung San Suu Kyi of highest honour

November 13, 2018 Editor

Amnesty International on Monday stripped Aung San Suu Kyi of its highest honour over the de facto Myanmar leader’s “indifference” to the atrocities committed by the military against Rohingya Muslims. It was the latest in a string of awards the 1991 Nobel Peace Prize winner lost since Myanmar’s military drove 720,000 Rohingya out of the Buddhist majority country in what the United Nations has called an act of genocide. The London-based global human rights organisation said it was revoking the Ambassador of Conscience Award it gave Suu Kyi in 2009…

Minutes after take-off from Jakarta, Lion Air plane with 188 on board crashes into sea

October 29, 2018 Editor

Indonesia’s search and rescue agency said on Monday a Lion Air passenger flight from Jakarta, the capital, to the city of Pangkal Pinang off the island of Sumatra, had crashed into the sea. The flight was carrying 188 people, including crew, an Indonesia transport ministry official said. The debris, including plane seats, have been found near the offshore facility of Indonesia energy firm Pertamina in Java sea, a company official said. The plane lost contact 13 minutes after takeoff, the official said, adding that a tug boat leaving the capital’s…

Will once again extend hand of friendship to India after 2019 polls: Imran Khan

October 24, 2018 Editor

Prime Minister Imran Khan on Tuesday said that he would once again extend a hand of friendship to India after the 2019 Lok Sabha elections as he believed New Delhi rebuffed his offer of talks because Pakistan is an issue in the elections in the neighbouring country. Speaking at the high-profile Future Investment Initiative forum in Riyadh, Khan said Pakistan wants “peace with all our neighbours particularly India and Afghanistan for regional peace and stability.” “Peace with India would help the two countries to divert their resources towards human development…

Over IWT Pakistan to launch aggressive campaign against India

October 24, 2018October 24, 2018 Editor

Pakistan will launch an aggressive campaign against India to highlight its concerns over the 1960 Indus Waters Treaty (IWT) after New Delhi failed to let Pakistani officials visit two hydropower projects in Jammu and Kashmir, a media report said Tuesday. Pakistan’s Commissioner on Permanent Indus Water Commission Syed Mehr Ali Shah said the Indian water commissioner had promised on the conclusion of the August 29-30 annual meeting to arrange a visit to the 1,000MW Pakal Dul and 48MW Lower Kalnai in Jammu and Kashmir in the last week of September.…

Delhi using chemical weapons in Kashmir: Pakistan Foreign Office

October 5, 2018 Editor

Pakistan Foreign Office spokesman Mohammad Faisal Thursday accused New Delhi of using chemical weapons in Jammu and Kashmir said asserted that Kartarpur border crossing cannot be opened till India responds. “Pakistan was not pleading with India to hold talks, but that it was the latter who had initiated contact,” the FO said. He said Pakistan “could only try” to co-exist peacefully with its neighbour. Faisal said 18 Kashmiris have been killed by Indian forces in the past two weeks in Kashmir. He condemned the killing of Kashmiris as well as…

‘Small men occupying big Offices’, Disappointed at India’s arrogant response: Imran Khan

September 22, 2018September 22, 2018 Editor

Reacting sharply to the cancellation of talks between the foreign ministers of India and Pakistan, Imran Khan on Saturday termed India’s move as “arrogant” and “negative” to his call for resumption of dialogue between the two countries. “All my life I have come across small men occupying big offices who do not have the vision to see the larger picture,” tweeted Khan. Imran Khan @ImranKhanPTI Disappointed at the arrogant & negative response by India to my call for resumption of the peace dialogue. However, all my life I have come…

Pakistan releases special stamps of Burhan, Pellet Victims

September 21, 2018 Editor

Slain Hizbul Mujahideen commander Burhan Wani has been declared a ‘freedom icon’ by Pakistan as they expressed their solidarity with Kashmiris in their ‘fight against the Indian oppression’. To commemorate the ‘victims of atrocities by Indian troops in Kashmir’, Pakistan has issued 20 such special postage stamps. A Times of India report quoted a senior official of Pakistan Post as saying that stamps — many with disturbing images – were issued from its headquarters in Karachi on July 24 to locally and internationally highlight the plight of people living in…

New Pakistan govt sells 70 luxury cars including Mercedes, BMW

September 18, 2018 Editor

The cash-strapped Pakistan government on Monday sold 70 cars “above their market price” as it started the process of auctioning of 102 luxury vehicles of the PM House under Prime Minister Imran Khan’s austerity drive, a media report said. Apart from luxury cars, the government, facing huge debts and liabilities, plans to auction eight buffaloes kept by deposed and jailed former prime minister Nawaz Sharif at the PM House for his “gastronomic requirements”, a senior aide to Khan said last week. It will also sell the four surplus helicopters lying…