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U.S. emphasizes peaceful resolution to Kashmir dispute
The United States is making it clear that it continues to view Kashmir as disputed territory and that it wants Pakistan-India talks toward resolution of the longstanding dispute. A series of statements by the U.S. senators...July 3, 2017 1203 0 -
China steps in to defuse Pakistan-Afghanistan tensions
In the wake of months-long deterioration in Pakistan-Afghanistan relations over allegations of failure to stem the two-way cross-border terrorism, China has stepped in with shuttle diplomacy to help the two neighbors focus on cooperation. Chinese Foreign...June 30, 2017 1749 0 -
After improved security and calm, terrorism makes sudden return to Pakistan
Friday’s bombings came almost out of the blue, although incidents of terrorism could not have been completely unexpected, given the tense situation in the region, and the rise of militancy in Afghanistan. After a marked improvement...June 23, 2017 1434 0 -
Panamagate: What Nawaz Sharif’s appearance before investigation team means
Supreme Court building in Islamabad, Photo: Khalid Mahmood/Wikimedia In a rare instance in Pakistan’s constitutional and judicial history, Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif will appear before an investigating team as part of the Supreme Court’s probe into...June 12, 2017 1306 0 -
Pakistan, India gain full membership of Shanghai Cooperation Organization
In a major geo-strategic development, Pakistan and India gained full full member status in Shanghai Cooperation Organization that held its summit in the Kazakh capital of Astana on Friday. The organization seeks to expand political, economic and...June 9, 2017 1238 0 -
Pakistani, Indian leaders exchange greetings amid Kashmir shelling
Pakistani and Indian prime ministers shook hands and exchanged pleasantries even as tensions in Kashmir spiraled with shelling across the Line of Control that divides the disputed territory. Nawaz Sharif and Narendra Modi had a brief...June 9, 2017 1021 0 -
Spotlight on Panamagate as Jemima finds financial records to support Imran Khan
Photo: Official Imran Khan Facebook Page Imran Khan’s former wife Jemima Khan has said that she has traced15-year-old statements to prove the Pakistan Tehrik e Insaaf leader’s innocence in the court, where the PML (N) government...June 1, 2017 2370 0 -
Pakistan says Indian forces fire at vehicle carrying UN observers in Kashmir
Map of Kashmir Photo Credit: CIA/Wikipedia Indian forces reportedly fired at a vehicle carrying UN military observers during their visit to the areas on the Pakistani side of the Line of Control in disputed Kashmir region....May 25, 2017 1350 0 -
Indian MP says writer Arundhati Roy be tied to army vehicle as human shield like Kashmiris
Booker Prize winning author Arundhati Roy, Photo Vikramjit Kakati/Wikimedia Commons Renowned author Arundhati Roy, whose intellectual honesty on Indian forces’s reign of bloodshed in Kashmir is taken as act of treason by the BJP followers, is once...May 23, 2017 1684 0 -
Pakistan now formally recognized as Emerging Economy
Karachi, Pakistan’s financial hub, Photo by Rahib ALi via Wikimedia Commons After knocking the frontier doors for nine years, Pakistan has entered the grouping of world’s next promising economies with the Index provider MSCI’s inclusion of...May 18, 2017 1677 0
