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White House says caution must prevail in South Asia; regrets SAARC summit did not take place
While every country has a right to self-defense, the United States’s interest lies in seeing caution prevail in the friction-filled South Asia, a senior White House official said in the face of heightened Pakistan-India tension. Dr....Oct 13, 2016 801 0 -
Pakistan seeks comprehensive approach to peace in South Asia
South Asia needs a comprehensive approach for peace to prevail in the region, Pakistan said amid raging insurgency in Afghanistan to its west and turmoil in Indian controlled Kashmir to its east. “Peace cannot be compartmentalized...Oct 8, 2016 864 0 -
Peace Voices: West Bengali civil society leaders urge tripartite talks amid Kashmir standoff
Some 85 peace activists from Indian State of West Bengal have deplored attempts to ‘ deny the legitimacy of the struggle of Kashmiri people’ and called for negotiations involving the Kashmiris for last peace in the...Oct 7, 2016 898 0 -
Senator Mushahid Sayed explains why India should have peace with Pakistan
A top Pakistani senator, Mushahid Hussain Sayed, Wednesday outlined a range of reasons to South Asia watchers as being imperatives for New Delhi making peace with Pakistan through a fair settlement of Jammu and Kashmir dispute....Oct 5, 2016 1239 0 -
US for reduction in South Asian tensions; Pakistan presents dossier on Indian repression in Kashmir
Pakistan’s ambassador in Washington Jalil Abbas Jilani has handed overr a dossier to the United States on Indian human rights violations in Kashmir, as the State Department said America is continuing efforts to reduce South Asian...Oct 4, 2016 898 0 -
Pakistan-India standoff: Wagah trade and travel could be route to peace?
Although, India called off its flag retreating ceremony at Wagah border crossing the day it claimed to have carried out a “surgical strike” on the Pakistani side of Kashmir, the land route continues to allow mutually...Oct 1, 2016 902 0 -
UN urges immediate Pakistan-India deescalation; renews mediation offer
UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has called for urgent deescalation of tensions between India and Pakistan and an end to violence in the region. The UN chief made that call during a meeting with Pakistan’s UN Ambassador...Sep 30, 2016 850 0 -
World cannot afford to ignore referendum on streets of Kashmir: Masood Khan
“The world community has a stark choice to make: to be hamstrung by the dictates and dynamics of realpolitik or to take steps to help resolve the Kashmir dispute in pursuance of the UN Charter’s core...Sep 25, 2016 793 0 -
UN chief urges Pakistan-India talks for Kashmir settlement
UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon called for the resolution of Kashmir dispute between India and Pakistan through talks when Prime Minister Muhammad Nawaz Sharif met him on Wednesday, according to a U.N. statement. “The Secretary-General stressed the...Sep 22, 2016 770 0 -
Pakistan: Peace with India linked to Kashmir; renews dialogue offer; seeks UN probe
Condemning Indian state repression in the disputed Kashmir region, Pakistan on Wednesday made a case to the international community that peace and normalization between Pakistan and India cannot be achieved without a resolution of the Kashmir...Sep 21, 2016 802 0