Pakistan-India conflict
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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...March 2, 2019 708 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...February 27, 2019 949 2 -
UN makes urgent appeal for restraint after Indian incursion into Pakistan
The United Nations has made an urgent appeal for calm and restraint in South Asia following Indian warplanes entered Pakistani territory in what New Delhi says was a strike against a hideout of Jaish e Mohammad...February 26, 2019 687 0 -
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...February 26, 2019 751 2 -
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...February 23, 2019 811 1 -
Kuldip Nayar – A powerful voice for South Asian peace
Kuldip Nayar, a fearless proponent of peace between Pakistan and India, left the world Thursday as an intellectual who defended human rights indiscriminately, looked inwardly and often rose above narrow nationalistic fervor to voice candid opinions....August 23, 2018 921 0 -
Indian shelling kills Pakistani woman, her three children in Sialkot area
The floodlit border zone between India and Pakistan has a distinctly orange hue in this astronaut photograph, Credit: NASA/Wikimedia Pakistan’s Foreign Ministry summoned the Indian High Commissioner, Ajay Bisaria, to condemn the “unprovoked and continuing “...May 19, 2018 1026 0 -
Human rights abuses in Indian Kashmir – Will the world act?
The Indian-controlled Kashmir has been in a state of turmoil and uprisings for far too long as the local population continues to see New Delhi as occupier of their land. The ruling India’s BJP government’s hard...November 6, 2017 1428 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 1349 0 -
Amid soaring Pakistan-India tensions, UN urges dialogue on disputes
Flag lowering ceremony at Wagah border between Pakistan and India, Photo: Kamran Ali/Wikimedia Commons Amid exacerbating South Asian security situation, UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has underscored the need for India and Pakistan to find a peaceful solution...May 16, 2017 1437 0