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Pakistan envoy seeks expansion in U.S.-Pakistan educational ties
Pakistan’s ambassador to the United States Dr Asad Majeed Khan has vowed to expand educational ties with the United States as both countries work on convergence of peace and stability efforts in Afghanistan. Ambassador Khan said...Mar 17, 2019 990 0 -
Diplomacy: Envoy appreciates U.S. role in de-escalating Pakistan-India tensions
Pakistan’s ambassador to the United States Asad Majeed Khan on Thursday appreciated the Trump Administration’s role in de-escalating Pakistan-India tensions as he discussed the situation with Senator Mitt Romney, Chair of the Senate Foreign Relations Subcommittee...Mar 8, 2019 761 0 -
Pakistan gives peace a chance; opts not to target intruding Indian submarine
Pakistan Navy Tuesday detected an Indian submarine trying to enter Pakistani territorial waters and successfully thwarted the attempt, officials said amid ongoing South Asian tensions. Pakistan Navy said it chose not to target the Indian submarine...Mar 5, 2019 758 0 -
UN wants Pakistan, India to build on ‘positive momentum’ after Indian pilot’s release
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres says Pakistan and India should maintain the “positive momentum” produced by Islamabad’s release of Indian fighter pilot and hold talks to defuse tensions. The world body has been closely watching the South...Mar 2, 2019 696 0 -
U.S. steps up diplomacy to contain Pakistan-India crisis
President Trump may have come empty-handed from a meeting with North Korea leader over denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula but his administration is focused intently on containing a crisis between two South Asian nuclear powers Pakistan...Feb 28, 2019 764 0 -
Pakistan to release pilot of downed Indian jet as ‘peace gesture’
The picture of downed Indian jet, Wing Commander Abhinandan taking tea, has gone viral with calls for taking “chai” together instead of warring, Credit: Radio Pakistan In the midst of Pakistan-India military standoff, Prime Minister Imran...Feb 28, 2019 2432 0 -
Pakistan shoots down two Indian jets in Kashmir
Photo: Radio Pakistan courtesy Express Tribune Pakistan Wednesday shot down two Indian aircraft near the Line of Control inside Azad Kashmir, a day after India carried out incursions into the country with its warplanes. A pilot...Feb 27, 2019 938 2 -
India says it launched airstrike in Balakot; Pakistan says intrusion aborted
Pakistan Air Force aborted an early morning Indian incursion into Azad Jammu and Kashmir early Tuesday, Pakistani military said while New Delhi claimed the Indian jets targeted a camp of Jaish e Mohammed militants –which claimed...Feb 26, 2019 743 2 -
India’s perilous water war against Pakistan
Ravi River Chamba, Image Credit: Vjdchauhan/Wikimedia India has announced a plan to restrict the flow of water to Pakistan by diverting the eastern rivers Ravi, Sutlej and Beas rivers with an ultimate aim of damaging economy...Feb 24, 2019 761 0 -
U.S. in diplomatic drive to de-escalate ‘dangerous’ Pakistan-India standoff
Terming the standoff between nuclear-armed South Asian neighbors Pakistan and India as “very dangerous,” President Donald Trump has confirmed U.S. diplomatic efforts to stop further escalation in the tensions since an attack in Jammu and Kashmir...Feb 23, 2019 800 1