Tag: India-Pakistan
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Pak troops violate ceasefire, shells LoC areas in Poonch
Pakistan on Wednesday resorted to firing and shelling on forward posts and civilian areas along the Line of Control in Jammu and Kashmir’s Poonch district, prompting the Indian army to give a befitting response. “Pakistan Army initiated unprovoked and indiscriminate firing of small arms, automatics and mortars from 0534 hours today in Poonch sector along...
August 16, 2017 -
Soldier injured in Pakistan shelling on LoC
An Indian soldier was injured in a ceasefire violation by the Pakistan Army along the Line of Control (LoC) in Jammu and Kashmir's Baramulla district, a Defence Ministry official said on Tuesday. The Pakistani troops resorted to unprovoked firing at Indian positions in the Uri sector on Monday evening. "Indian positions effectively and strongly retaliated....
August 8, 2017 -
‘Failure to revive cricket ties with India biggest regret’
Shaharyar Khan said it had been a challenge for Pakistan to keep its cricket going despite these major problems.
August 6, 2017 -
‘Pak’s proxy war policy responsible for strained Indo-Pak ties’
Senior Congress leader Manish Tewari has asked Pakistan to not blame Prime Minister Narendra Modi but their own policy of using terror groups for a proxy war against India for the current low-ebb in the relations between the two countries. "The infliction point in India Pakistan relations was 26/11 (Mumbai attacks). After 2008, irrespective of...
July 25, 2017 -
Indian, Pakistani army trade heavy fire on LoC
Heavy shelling and firing exchanges are on between Indian and Pakistani Army on Monday on the Line of Control (LoC), a defence official said. Pakistan, initiating the attack, resorted to unprovoked targeting of the Indian positions on the LoC in Bhimber Gali sector of Jammu and Kashmir, Defence Ministry spokesman Lieutenant Colonel Manish Mehta said....
July 17, 2017 -
India-Pakistan bus service suspended due to tension on LoC
The cross-Line of Control (LoC) bus service between Chakan Da Bagh and Rawalakot was suspended on Monday due to tension in Poonch district. Indian and Pakistan armies traded heavy fire on the LoC in Gulpur, Kalmara and Chakan Da Bagh areas on Sunday and Monday. Two persons, including an army soldier on leave and his wife, were killed and their...
July 10, 2017 -
Pakistan should forget they are playing India: Haris Sohail
For Pakistan, the focus shifts to taking on India in the opening pool encounter of the Champions Trophy.
May 30, 2017 -
Not averse to having series with Pakistan: BCCI
"But everything depends on whether the government gives the clearance."
May 29, 2017 -
Common ineptitude
Given the presently pathetic state of Indo-Pak relations, any comparison of a bilateral nature would probably be frowned upon on both sides of the border. For people are more than fed up of romantic recollections of the cultural bonds that obtained prior to 1947, and are more alive to the tensions that now divide the...
May 27, 2017 -
Guterres watching India-Pakistan situation closely: Spokesperson
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres is watching the tense situation between India and Pakistan and there is no reluctance to talk about it, his spokesperson Stephane Dujarric reiterated Tuesday. He dismissed a reporter's assertion that Guterres was reluctant to wade into the "festering dispute" in South Asia. "I don't think it is a matter of reluctance,"...
May 16, 2017 -
Pak complains against India on visa delay for Asian squash championships
The PSF claimed that it had submitted applications for visas of players and officials well before time.
April 26, 2017 -
IPL 2017: Rishi Kapoor wants Pakistani players to play too
No Pakistani player has played in the IPL after 2008 (year of its inception).
April 5, 2017 -
Pakistan disowns history
Till very recently, Sindh or ‘Mehran’ was an oasis within Pakistan’s undeniably syncretic past, a melting pot that gently hosted the forgotten and faceless diversities of the ancient land. The name ‘Sindh’ itself is etymologically derived from Sanskrit for river i.e. Sindhu (reference to the Indus river). Even the name ‘India’ owes its origin to...
March 8, 2017 -
Indian, Pakistani troops trade fire in Jammu
Firing exchanges continued well past midnight after Pakistan Rangers violated ceasefire at the International Border in Ramgarh sector of Jammu region, a BSF official said on Sunday. According to the Border Security Force official here, the Pakistani side at around 11.30 pm on Saturday resorted to unprovoked firing at SM Pura and Fathwal border outposts in Samba...
February 19, 2017 -
Shared history
Ferozepur road, one of Lahore's arterial thoroughfares, evokes a lot of nostalgia. Starting from the Walled City, connecting several small ancient hamlets on the way, including Ichra, Mozang, Amar Sadhu and Kasur, it leads to Ferozepur in India. Or so it did. Somewhere along its path, a boundary fence has been constructed. Two of the...
February 12, 2017 -
Sartaj Aziz to visit India, hints at easing of hostility
Pakistan´s foreign policy chief, Sartaj Aziz, has said that he plans to attend the Heart of Asia Conference in India on December 3 and suggested the visit could be used to “defuse the tension” between the nuclear-armed neighbours. “Unlike India, that had sabotaged Saarc summit in Pakistan by pulling out, Pakistan will respond by participating...
November 16, 2016