P Chidambaram attacks Centre over 'India-Pakistan talks'
New Delhi, Sept 21 (IBNS): Former Union Minister and Congress leader P Chidambaram on Friday attacked the Centre as it agreed to hold a meeting of the foreign ministers of India and Pakistan on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly (UNGA) session.
Guwahati, Sept 20 (IBNS): Hizbul Mujahideen, a Kashmiri separatist terrorist group, has planned three major explosions in Assam this year and has sent 12 Assam youths for arms training in Pakistan and Afghanistan.
Modi does not have deeply thought out strategy to deal with Pakistan: Gandhi
London, Aug 24 (IBNS): Attacking Narendra Modi, Congress chief Rahul Gandhi on Friday said the Prime Minister does not follow a 'deeply thought out strategy' in dealing with Pakistan.
Sedition case filed against Navjot Singh Sidhu for hugging Pak Army Chief
Patna, Aug 20 (IBNS): A sedition case has been filed against Congress leader and Punjab minister Navjot Singh Sidhu for hugging Pakistan Army Chief General Bajwa at the swearing-in ceremony of Imran Khan as Pakistan’s Prime Minister, media reports said.
Amarinder Singh criticises Navjot Singh Sidhu for hugging Pakistan Army Chief General Bajwa
New Delhi, Aug 19 (IBNS): Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh on Sunday criticised Congress leader Navjot Singh Sidhu for hugging Pakistan Army Chief General Bajwa.
Pakistan, other nations mourn Vajpayee's death
New Delhi, Aug 17 (IBNS): Pakistan joined several other nations in condoling the death of former Indian Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee on Thursday.
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Pakistan releases 30 Indian prisoners ahead of I-Day, India reciprocates
Islamabad, Aug 13 (IBNS): The Pakistan government on Monday said it has released 30 Indian prisoners as a goodwill gesture ahead of the country' Independence Day. India also repatriated seven Pakistan civilian prisoners the same day.
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Indian government repatriate seven Pakistani civilian prisoners
New Delhi, Aug 13 (IBNS): India's External Affairs Ministry said seven Pakistan civilian prisoners were repatriated on Monday.
Huge honour for me: Navjot Singh Sidhu on Imran Khan's swearing-in ceremony invitation
New Delhi, Aug 2 (IBNS): Cricketer-turned-politician Navjot Singh Sidhu has said that he feels honoured to have received a personal invitation from Pakistan's Prime Minister-elect Imran Khan for the latter's swearing-in ceremony in Islamabad.
Imran Khan invites Aamir Khan, Kapil Dev, Sunil Gavaskar for oath-taking ceremony
Islamabad, Aug 1 (IBNS): Pakistan's Prime Minister-elect and Chairperson of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf Party Imran Khan has invited actor Aamir Khan and former cricketers Sunil Gavaskar, Kapil Dev and Navjot Singh Sidhu to his oath-taking ceremony on Aug 11, media reports said.
PM Modi hails Indian soldiers on Kargil Diwas
New Delhi, July 26 (IBNS): Prime Minister Narendra Modi has hailed the Indian soldiers on the 19th Kargil Diwas, which marks the victory of the country against Pakistan in the Kargil war, which took place in 1999.
Former Provincial Minister for Agriculture and livestock and Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) candidate for Province Khyber Paktunkhwa-99 (PK-99) Ikramullah Khan Gandapur was killed along with his driver and six persons, including two Police guards, seriously injured, in a suicide attack near his hometown Kulachi in Dera Ismail Khan District of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) on July 22, 2018. The head of the bomb disposal unit (BDU) in Dera Ismail Khan, Inayat Tiger, said that eight kilogrammes of explosives had been packed in the suicide vest when it was detonated. Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) ‘spokesperson’, Muhammad Khurasani, claimed the responsibility and termed the attack “an act of vengeance for their fallen comrades.”
Free Balochistan office inauguration in New Delhi triggers strong anti-India reaction from Pakistan
Islamabad, July 20 (IBNS): Launching a tirade over the opening of a Free Balochistan office in India, Pakistan has warned the latter against interfering in the former's internal matters, reports said.
On July 13, 2018, at least 149 civilians were killed and 186 others injured when a suicide bomber blew himself up targeting a political rally of the Balochistan Awami Party (BAP) at Dringarh village in Mastung District of Balochistan. According to the bomb disposal squad (BDS), up to 15 kilograms of explosive material was used in the incident. The dead included Siraj Raisani, the BAP candidate from National Assembly seat Province Balochistan–35 (PB-35, Mastung). Siraj’s elder brother, Nawab Aslam Raisani, was the Chief Minister of Balochistan Province between 2008 and 2013. Most of the other victims were residents of Kanak and Dringarh areas, who had invited Raisani to announce their support for him. The Islamic State (IS) and the ‘Ghazi force Lal Masjid’ wing of the Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) separately claimed responsibility for the attack.
China Pakistan's CPEC to destabilise sub-continent: European Parliament Member to EFSAS
Brussels, July 16 (IBNS): The China Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC), an ambitious economic project floated by Beijing in accordance with its South Asian ally Islamabad, has the potential to destabilise the entire sub-continent, said Member of the European Parliament (MEP) Tomáš Zdechovský.