Nawaz Sharif’s Kashmir remarks: A bid to boost popularity or a genuine concern?

Nawaz Sharif's Kashmir remarks: A bid to boost popularity or a genuine concern?

Nawaz Sharif has made the right overture by saying he wants to reach out to India. But he needs to get permission from the Pakistan Army before any initiative. Former Pakistan prime minister Nawaz Sharif marked his homecoming with a mega rally in Lahore’s Minar-e-Pakistan. The 73-year-old Pakistan Muslim League (Nawaz) supremo raised the Kashmir issue while addressing his party workers. Sharif, who ended his self-imposed exile in London, also said there was a need to have an effective foreign policy and ‘good relations’ with neighbours, without mentioning India. What…

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Pakistan coaches allege bias in World Cup after India win

Pakistan coaches allege bias in World Cup after India win

Pakistan team director Mickey Arthur went on to state that the IND vs PAK World Cup match felt like a BCCI-organised bilateral rather than an ICC event. Pakistan coach Grant Bradburn and team director Mickey Arthur were not amused by the way the crowd at the Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad treated them during their World Cup 2023 match against India on Saturday. India outplayed Pakistan to beat them by seven wickets and go on top of the points table with a dazzling performance in front of more than one…

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Dutch scientist warns of strong earthquake in Pakistan

Dutch scientist warns of strong earthquake in Pakistan

The Solar System Geometry Survey (SSGEOS), a Netherlands-based organization known for its seismic predictions, has predicted a major earthquake in Pakistan within 48 hours. The SSGEOS specializes in monitoring fluctuations of electric charge in the atmosphere near sea level, which they claim are indicative of regions where stronger seismic activity might occur, typically within a range of 1 to 9 days. While the organization emphasizes that the regions they mark as potentially affected are approximations, they provide valuable insights into potential earthquake-prone areas. In a recent prediction, the Dutch scientist…

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Garcetti: Kashmir Issue Must Be Resolved by India and Pakistan, Not Third Party

Garcetti: Kashmir Issue Must Be Resolved by India and Pakistan, Not Third Party

US ambassador to India Eric Garcetti was responding to questions on US ambassador to Pakistan Donald Blome’s multi-day visit to Gilgit-Baltistan Days after the US envoy to Pakistan made a low-profile visit to Gilgit-Baltistan in Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK), the US ambassador to India, Eric Garcetti, said on Tuesday that the Kashmir issue can only be resolved by New Delhi and Islamabad. Donald Blome, the US ambassador to Pakistan, made a multi-day visit to Gilgit-Baltistan that concluded on Sunday. He toured different parts of the strategic region and met several officials,…

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Turkish President Erdogan urges India-Pakistan talks on Kashmir at UN

Turkish President Erdogan urges India-Pakistan talks on Kashmir at UN

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has again raised the Kashmir issue saying that resolving it through dialogue by India and Pakistan will lead to regional stability. “Developments that will pave the way for regional peace, stability and prosperity in South Asia will be the establishment of a just and lasting peace in Kashmir through dialogue and cooperation between India and Pakistan,” he said on Tuesday at the high-level UN General Assembly meeting. “Turkiye will continue to support the steps to be taken in this direction,” he added. His latest comment…

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India will give a strong response if Pakistan does not stop harming Kashmir: Ravinder Raina

India will give a strong response if Pakistan does not stop harming Kashmir: Ravinder Raina

Ravinder Raina, President, Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), J&K said that if Pakistan does not shun wounding Kashmir onwards, India has no option left except to respond heavily while penetrating in their territory. “Whenever Kashmiris start to live a peaceful and untroubled life and continue their affairs brotherly with each other, Pakistan intervenes with violent activities like Anantnag and Rajouri encounters. Pakistan wants to turn Kashmir into a graveyard. It has paid a heavy price in the past for such actions, and if the neighboring country will not mend its behavior…

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Deciphering the Post-SC Verdict Landscape: Navigating Jammu and Kashmir’s Uncharted Waters

Deciphering the Post-SC Verdict Landscape: Navigating Jammu and Kashmir's Uncharted Waters

Amidst Constitutional Watershed, Jammu and Kashmir’s Future Hangs in the Balance By: Javid Amin In a seismic legal pronouncement, the Supreme Court’s verdict on Article 370 has thrust Jammu and Kashmir into a state of profound ambiguity. The implications of this landmark decision transcend the legal realm, casting an indelible shadow over the region’s intricate future. Article 370, a constitutional provision historically emblematic of Jammu and Kashmir’s unique status, conferred a measure of autonomy upon the region. Its revocation by the Indian government in 2019 ignited a conflagration of protests…

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Imran Khan’s Judicial Remand Extended Till September 13 in Cipher Case

Imran Khan's Judicial Remand Extended Till September 13 in Cipher Case

A special court extended the judicial remand of former Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan by two weeks in connection with the leakage of a confidential diplomatic cable that was allegedly misused for political purposes by his government, reported news agency PTI. According to Geo News report, Judge Abual Hasnat Zulqarnain, who arrived at Attock jail in Punjab to conduct the hearing, issued the decision in the case of the missing cipher. Khan was imprisoned after a district court sentenced him to three years in jail in the Toshakhana case on…

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India & Pakistan should sit together to resolve outstanding issues: Taliban

India & Pakistan should sit together to resolve outstanding issues - Taliban

In his first comments on Kashmir, Taliban spokesman Zabiullah Mujahid has said that Pakistan and India should sit together to resolve all their outstanding issues because both are neighbors and their interests are linked to each other. Mujahid made the remarks during a wide-ranging interview with Pakistani TV channel ARY News. On Jammu and Kashmir, Zabihullah said New Delhi needs to have a “positive attitude towards the disputed territory”, ARY News reported. About ties with countries, particularly India, Mujahid said the Taliban desires good ties with all nations, including India…

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Afghanistan’s neighbors watch warily as Taliban completes its dramatic takeover

Afghanistan’s neighbors watch warily as Taliban completes its dramatic takeover

The Taliban’s stunning takeover of Kabul sent shock waves around the world — with immediate implications for the complicated knot of three regional powers in Afghanistan’s neighborhood: Pakistan, India, and China. In recent months, all three governments have escalated their diplomatic outreach to the Taliban in anticipation of the possibility that it would grow into a political force in Afghanistan. That possibility became reality as the group swept into the capital Sunday, ushering in a new geopolitical landscape in Asia. For Pakistan, the Afghan Taliban’s return delivers a strategic defeat…

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