Beijing : China on Friday said it welcomed the “goodwill signal” by the Pakistan side responding to reports of Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan’s announcement that the captured IAF pilot Wing Commander Abhinandan Varthaman would be released as a gesture of peace. In the Ministry of Foreign Affairs briefing Friday, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson […]
Islamabad: Pakistan Prime Minster Imran Khan on Thursday announced that Indian Air Force’s captured pilot Wing Commander Abhinandan Varthaman will be released on Friday as a “gesture of peace”. The surprise announcement during a joint session of Parliament came barely an hour after Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi said that Prime Minister Khan is ready […]
New Delhi : US President Donald Trump said, “We have some reasonably decent news coming from India and Pakistan. Hopefully, the issue will end soon.” Talking on the sidelines of Hanoi Summit in Vietnam, where he was meeting North Korea’s Kim Jong Un, Trump said has the US has been in touch with the countries […]
New Delhi: India on Wednesday summoned Pakistan’s Deputy High Commissioner here to lodge a strong protest over Pakistan Air Force’s bid to attack Indian military installations, External Affairs Ministry sources said. According to sources, Pakistan Deputy High Commissioner Syed Haider Shah, who was summoned to the South Block here, also told Indian officials about capturing […]
ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Imran Khan on Wednesday once again invited India for talks and urged better sense should prevail. Addressing the nation in the wake of Pakistan Air Force (PAF) shooting down two Indian aircraft inside Pakistani airspace, the premier said, “I wanted to take you into confidence regarding the situation arising since yesterday. We […]
BEIJING: China called on Pakistan and India on Wednesday to “exercise restraint” and seek dialogue after the Pakistani military said it shot down two Indian warplanes in its airspace amid rising border tensions. “What we are concerned about is that India and Pakistan, as important countries of the South Asian subcontinent, can maintain good neighbourly […]
United Nations: UN chief Antonio Guterres is following the situation between India and Pakistan “very closely” and has appealed to the governments of both nations to exercise “maximum restraint” to ensure the situation does not deteriorate further, a top UN official said Tuesday. The UN Secretary General’s remarks came after Indian Air Force (IAF) carried […]
Islamabad: Pakistan on Tuesday confirmed Indian fighter jets violated its airspace, however refuted Indian claim of pondering militant’ hideout inside its side of Line of Control at Muzafarabad sector. Flanked by federal misters of defence and finance, Shah Mahmoud Qureshi, the Foreign Minister made it loud and clear that Pakistan will respond to Indian aggression […]
New Delhi: International flights that transit between Indian and Pakistani airspace have been hit by the airport shutdowns in cities near the India-Pakistan border after tension escalated between the two countries on Wednesday. While on the Indian side airports at Srinagar, Jammu, Leh, Chandigarh, Amritsar and Dehradrun were closed for civilian air traffic, Pakistan has […]
London: The British government has called on India and Pakistan to pursue diplomatic solutions in the wake of the Pulwama terrorist attack in Jammu and Kashmir. UK Foreign Secretary Jeremy Hunt held telephonic conversations with External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj and Pakistan Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi on Monday, the UK Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) […]