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Troops trade fresh fire on LoC
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Troops trade fresh fire on LoC 5 October 2016 MIRPUR (AJK) - Pakistani and Indian troops yesterday exchanged fresh fire across Line of Control. However, no casualties were reported in the latest firefight that came five days after India claimed to have carried out ‘surgical strikes’ – a claim Pakistan rubbished flatly. "Indian troops yet again r
Read Full ArticleFlawed Approach to Pakistan - Regional Dynamics are Once Again
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Regional dynamics are once again converging against Pakistan and its interests. And once again, terrorism and Afghanistan are the sources of growing regional differences. Testifying before the US Senate Committee on Foreign Relations, Special Representative for Afghanistan and Pakistan Richard Olson resorted to what has long been a cornerstone, and a flawed one at that, of US policy towards Pak
Read Full ArticleModi’s aggressive language - When India and Pakistan Misbehave
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When India and Pakistan misbehave with and provoke each other, the damage can quickly escalate. Seemingly alone among the various power centres in the two countries is the PML-N government, which has consistently held out the possibility of bilateral dialogue as the only reasonable solution to the two countries’ manifold concerns. Last week, following the devastating Quett
Read Full ArticleUS Refuses to Support Modi’s Position on Balochistan
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The United States has unambiguously distanced itself from Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s attempt to internationalise the Baloch issue and in the process has also assured Pakistan of its continued support to the country’s territorial integrity. “The US government respects the unity and territorial integrity of Pakistan and we do not support independence for Baloc
Read Full ArticlePAKISTAN WANTS PEACE WITH INDIA
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Pakistan wants peace with India AFP NEW YORK: Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif, while addressing the United Nations General Assembly session on Wednesday, said Pakistan wants peace with India but maintained it is "not possible without resolving the Kashmir issue". "Confrontation should not be our destiny in South Asia. Pakistan wants peace with India." Nawaz asserte
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FOLLOWING the extensive discussions at the recent Pakistan envoys’ conference, Pakistan proposed a ‘separate’ dialogue on Jammu and Kashmir to India. As expected, India promptly interposed preconditions for the talks, even more onerous than in the past. Pakistan’s counter — that the talks would be strictly on the basis of the UN resolutions on Kashmir &mdas
Read Full ArticleGBLA Resolutions Assail Modi’s Controversial Remarks
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GILGIT: As big rallies were held across Gilgit-Baltistan in protest against a recent statement by Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, the Gilgit-Baltistan Legislative Assembly (GBLA) unanimously adopted two resolutions condemning the controversial remarks. The resolutions termed Modi an extremist Hindu leader and enemy of Muslims. One of the resolutions, tabled by GBLA Speaker
Read Full ArticleUS REFUSES TO BACK MODI ON KASHMIR
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US refuses to back Modi’s claims Anwar Iqbal WASHINGTON: The United States continues to view the Kashmir issue as a dispute that needs to be settled by both India and Pakistan, says the US State Department, while distanci
Read Full ArticleIndian Foreign SecretaryInvited for Talks on Kashmir
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Indian foreign secretary invited for talks on Kashmir ISLAMABAD: Three days after Adviser to Prime Minister on Foreign Affairs Sartaj Aziz proposed to India a dedicated dialogue on Kashmir, Pakistan on Monday moved ahead by inviting the Indian foreign secretary to visit
Read Full ArticleIs Pakistan Isolated? The writer is a former Pakistan ambassador to the UN
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The writer is a former Pakistan ambassador to the UN. SEVERAL Pakistani commentators have concluded that Pakistan is isolated because its relations with three of its four immediate neighbours are hostile. Some have ascribed this ‘failure’ exclusively to the absence of a fulltime foreign minister and the hydra-headed leadership at the Foreign Office. Pakistan is far f
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