Category: Pakistan

MoFA rejects Pakistan’s claims of India using Afghan soil to plot attacks

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MoFA) on Sunday rejected Pakistan’s claims that India is using Afghanistan soil to plot attacks against Pakistan and said the claims are baseless. “We are committed to the policy of combating all forms of terrorism in the world without any discrimination,” the ministry said in a statement.

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Pakistani-Indian Military Clashes Kill 13 in Kashmir

Pakistan and rival India say fierce military clashes across their frontier in disputed Kashmir have killed at least 13 people and wounded many more on both sides, with each country accusing the other of initiating the fight. The two nuclear-armed South Asian nations routinely trade fire across the cease-fire boundary, known as the Line of Control (LoC), which splits the […]

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Pakistan’s Prime Minister Imran Khan to Visit Kabul This Week

Pakistan’s Prime Minister Imran Khan will visit Kabul this week, the Foreign Affairs Ministry said on Saturday. Gran Hewad, a spokesman for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, said the Afghan peace process and strengthening political, security, trade and economic ties will be discussed during this trip.

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Imran Khan accuses India of sponsoring terrorism inside Pakistan

Imran Khan, Prime Minister of Pakistan Saturday claimed that his country has provided “irrefutable evidence” of India’s sponsored terrorism inside Pakistan. Pakistan reportedly has submitted the evidence to the United Nations. Khan also warned that Pakistan “cannot remain indifferent or silent.”

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Indian, Pakistani troops exchange fire, at least 15 killed

At least 10 civilians and five security personnel were killed in cross-border shelling between India and Pakistan on Friday, in one of this year’s deadliest days along the heavily militarized frontier separating the nuclear-armed rivals, officials said. Indian officials said the barrage of mortars and other weapons along several parts of the Line of Control — the de-facto border — […]

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Pakistani visa operations none of Afghanistan’s business, Kabul told

Pakistani diplomats in Kabul have angrily reacted to suggestions by a senior Afghan official to interfere in the Pakistani visa operations. Afghan First Vice-President Amrullah Saleh has recently embarked on a “dangerous trend” by raking a debate around issuance of Pakistani visa and deliberately take the matter into controversies, a Pakistani official at the Pakistani embassy in Kabul told Daily […]

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Iran’s top diplomat, Senior Pakistani Army Chief discuss defense, security cooperation

In a meeting held in Islamabad on Wednesday, Iran’s top diplomat, Mohammad Javad Zarif, and Pakistani Army Chief General Qamar Javed Bajwa conferred on important issues, including the fight against terrorism and strengthening border security cooperation, as well as the expansion of military relations between the two neighboring countries.

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Muslims, terrorism, Pakistan – not development – were key issues for BJP in Bihar Polls 2020

The BJP leaders have failed to make development an electoral plank in the recently held Bihar Assembly Elections 2020. The Hindutva leaders, instead, have invoked Muslims, terrorism, and Pakistan in their electoral speeches. Last week the elections for the second (94 seats) and the third phase (78 seats) were held for 243-member Bihar Legislative Assembly. During this period, the top […]

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From Trump to Biden: Will Anything Change for Pakistan in Washington?

Pakistan’s Prime Minister Imran Khan has congratulated U.S. President-elect Joe Biden for winning the November 3 presidential election. “Congratulations @JoeBiden & @KamalaHarris. Look forward to President-Elect Biden’s Global Summit on Democracy & working with him to end illegal tax havens & stealth of the nation’s wealth by corrupt leaders [leaders]. We will also continue to work with the US for […]

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EU, Pakistan call for peace and scourge of unlawful activities to be curbed

In a joint declaration issued by the European Union and Pakistan on Wednesday evening, the EU and Pakistan said both sides should make earnest efforts to achieve lasting peace and stability in Afghanistan and rid the country of illicit activities.

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