Research Associate, Institute for Conflict Management Two 'commanders' of the Balochistan Liberation Front (BLF) and Tanzeem Lashkar-e-Balochistan (TLB), along with a group of 57 insurgents, laid down their arms in the presence of Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) leader Nawab Sanaullah Zehri in the Khuzdar District of Balochistan on June 13, 2015. According to reports, BLF commander Din Jan aka Meeran and TLB leader Ubaidullah aka Beebarg laid down their arms and vowed to join the 'national mainstream'. The leaders also chanted 'Pakistan Zindabad' (Long Live Pakistan) and 'Balochistan Paindabad' (Balochistan Live Forever).
Pakistan a well wisher, will wave its flags : Geelani
Srinagar, June 1 (IBNS) Calling Pakistan a "well wisher", Hardline Hurriyat Conference leader Syed Ali Shah Geelani has said people will continue to wave Pakistan flags at its rallies in Jammu and Kashmir.
Indian foreign secretary Jaishankar in Pakistan for talks
New Delhi, Mar 3 (IBNS) Indian foreign secretary S Jaishankar arrived at Islamabad for Foreign Secretary level talks on Tuesday.
"Pak still desperate in proxy war": Army chief
New Delhi, Jan 13 (IBNS) Army chief General Dalbir Singh on Tuesday said Pakistan was still 'desperate' in continuing 'proxy war' in Jammu and Kashmir despite itself suffering from it.
PM Modi says strong concerns conveyed to Pakistan on Lakhvi's bail issue
New Delhi, Dec 19 (IBNS): Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday said in Parliament that India has conveyed strong concerns to Pakistan on the issue of Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) commander Zaki-ur-Rehman Lakhvi's bail.
Malala urges world leaders to seize 2015 to "do better" for children
New Delhi, Dec 10 (IBNS) Pakistan's Malala Youssafzai who along with India's Kailash Satyarthi will receive this year's Peace Prize at a ceremony in Oslo on Wednesday, has in an open letter urged the world to seize the opportunity of 2015 to do better.
Dr. Rubina Khalid (55), a senior professor of the Dow University of Health Sciences and a Sunni, was shot dead by unidentified assailants on University Road in Karachi, the provincial capital of Sindh, in the night of November 25, 2014. Police said it was still unclear whether the shooting was a robbery gone wrong or a targeted murder.
India condemns the terrorist attack at Wagah in Pakistan
New Delhi, Nov 3 (IBNS) India on Monday strongly condemned the dastardly terrorist attack against innocent civilians, mercilessly targeted by terrorists last at Wagah in Pakistan.
PAK claims "inadvertent crosser" killed by BSF troops, summons Indian envoy
New Delhi, Oct 30 (IBNS): Pakistan on Thursday summoned the Indian acting high commissioner to lodge a protest over the killing of an inadvertent crosser by India’s border-guarding agency Border Security Force (BSF), media reports said.
Pakistani troops target Indian posts in Poonch district
Srinagar, Oct 18 (IBNS): Pakistani troops fired at Indian posts on Friday night along the Line of Control (LoC) in Poonch district of Jammu and Kashmir, reports said.
Government gives armed forces "free hand" to deal with Pakistan
New Delhi, Oct 8 (IBNS): Prime Minister Narendra Modi has given a "free-hand" to country's armed forces to respond appropriately and deal with border tension with Pakistan, media reported on Wednesday citing Government sources.
Pak has spoilt the game: Sushma Swaraj
New York, Sep 26 (IBNS): Foreign Minister Sushma Swaraj on Thursday said that Pakistan “spoilt the game†by engaging with Kashmiri separatists before talks between the two countries last month, media reports said.
For over three weeks, beginning August 16, 2014, Constitution Avenue in Pakistan's capital, Islamabad, have been the epicenter of violent demonstrations. Thousands of demonstrators, belonging to the Imran Khan led-Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) and cleric Tahir-ul-Qadri's Pakistan Awami Tehreek (PAT), have thronged the venue. Constitution Avenue, also called Shahra-e-Dastoor, is the main road in Islamabad where prominent Government institutions, including Parliament House, Pakistan Secretariat, Supreme Court, Prime Minister's House, President's House, and Diplomatic Enclaves, are situated. The entire area has been designated the 'Red Zone' of Islamabad.
Ceasefire violation by PAK troops in Jammu
Jammu, Aug 22 (IBNS): In another ceasefire violation, Pakistani troops opened fire late on Thursday night targeting two Border Security Force (BSF) posts in RS Pura sector of Jammu and Kashmir, reports said.
Pakistan committed to peace with India: Envoy
New Delhi, Aug 20 (IBNS) After India cancelled talks with Pakistan at the foreign secretary level over the involvement of Kashmir separatist leaders, its envoy in India Abdul Basit said his country is committed to peace and normal relations with India and would not let the efforts go waste.