Added on March 23, 2019  Press Trust of India

Lack of engagement creates dangerous vacuum: Pak envoy

New Delhi: Pakistan on Friday said a key take-away from recent developments was that a lack of engagement creates “dangerous vacuum and serious risks” for Indo-Pak ties, and hoped that the “long winter” in bilateral relations would come to an early end. Pakistan High Commissioner to India SohailMahmood, in his remarks at a reception here […]

 Added on March 23, 2019  Press Trust of India

Samjhauta blast case: We are weighing options after acquittal of all accused: Pak FM Qureshi

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan is studying the verdict on the 2007 Samjhauta train blast case by an Indian court and the acquittal of all the four accused and weighing its options, Foreign Minister Shah MehmoodQureshi has said. The Samjhauta Express is a bi-weekly train that runs between Delhi and Attari in India and Lahore in Pakistan. The […]

 Added on March 23, 2019  Press Trust of India

No room for ‘jihadi outfits’ in Pakistan, announces Imran Khan

No room for ‘jihadi outfits’ in Pakistan, announces Imran Khan

Islamabad: There was no room for “jihadi outfits and jihadi culture” in Pakistan, Prime Minister Imran Khan has said amidst intense global pressure on his government to rein in various outfits operating from its soil. Tensions between India and Pakistan escalated after a suicide bomber of Pakistan-based terror group Jaish-e-Mohammed (JeM) killed 40 CRPF personnel […]

 Added on March 23, 2019  Press Trust of India

Pakistan playing politics: India

New Delhi: India on Friday accused Pakistan of trying to politicise the court verdict in Samjhauta Express terror case to “deflect” attention from its “failure” to bring to justice perpetrators of several terror attacks in India and the region. External Affairs Ministry Spokesperson Raveesh Kumar said there was a complete lack of understanding on the […]

 Added on March 23, 2019  Press Trust of India

SCO recommends bilateral talks between India and Pakistan

Beijing: India and Pakistan should resolve their issues bilaterally, the SCO’s new Secretary-General has said, asserting that their participation in the security grouping could become “impossible” without a commitment for an “unconditional” fight against terrorism and separatism. The Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) was established in Shanghai in 2001 with China, Russia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan and […]

 Added on March 23, 2019  Press Trust of India

Kashmir turned into open air prison: Mehbooba after JKLF ban

Kashmir turned into open air prison: Mehbooba after JKLF ban

Srinagar: PDP president Mehbooba Mufti Friday said ban on the Yasin Malik-led Jammu Kashmir Liberation Front was a “detrimental step” that will turn Kashmir into an open air prison. The JKLF was banned on Friday for “promoting” secession of the militancy-hit state from the Union of India, officials said in New Delhi. “Detrimental steps like […]

 Added on March 23, 2019  Press Trust of India

HR activist AhsanUntoo detained in Delhi

New Delhi: Delhi Police Friday detained Kashmiri human rights activist Mohammed AhsanUntoo when he was about to enter Pakistan High Commission, officials said. Untoo, who runs an organisation International Forum of Justice and Human Rights, had been invited among others, including separatists, from the militancy-hit Jammu and Kashmir by the High Commission to attend the […]

 Added on March 23, 2019  Press Trust of India

Police claims arrest of close aide of Pulwama mastermind

New Delhi: Jaish-e-Mohammed (JeM) operative Sajjad Khan, a close aide of Pulwama attack mastermind Mudasir Khan was arrested by the police here, officials said on Friday. They said Sajjad Ahmed Khan (27), a resident of Pulwama is also suspected to be involved in the conspiracy of Pulwama attacks. Sajjad, who was arrested near the LajpatRai […]

 Added on March 23, 2019  Press Trust of India

Court remands arrested youth to NIA custody till Mar 29

New Delhi: A Delhi court Friday sent alleged Jaish-e-Mohammed operative Sajjad Khan, a close aide of Pulwama attack mastermind Muddasir, to NIA custody till March 29. The National Investigation Agency (NIA) had sought his custody for 10 days from Additional Sessions Judge RakeshSyal. Advocate M S Khan, appearing for Sajjad Khan, opposed the agency’s demand. […]

 Added on March 21, 2019  Press Trust of India

Massive troop’s requirement by JK led to deferring of assembly polls: Officials

New Delhi: The Jammu and Kashmir Assembly elections were deferred as the state administration asked for over 70,000 paramilitary troops for conducting simultaneous polls, a demand which could not be acceded to, officials said Wednesday. A home ministry official said the Jammu and Kashmir administration’s demand of about 717 companies of paramilitary personnel could not […]

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