Asif Ali Zardari has asked all federal, provincial and local authorities to intensify coordinated preparedness, rescue and relief measures, with Pakistan entering a "critical phase of the monsoon season".
India has told the UN Security Council that the Indus Waters Treaty will remain in abeyance until Pakistan abandons cross-border terrorism, while reaffirming that Jammu and Kashmir is an integral part of India.
A high-level meeting in Washington has resulted in Pakistan seeking a rare $10 billion US financial facility to shore up its economy. If approved, the package could ease pressure on the rupee.
Hockey India has named a 20-member squad for the FIH Hockey World Cup in Belgium and the Netherlands, with Harmanpreet Singh set to lead India’s bid to end a 50-year wait for the title.
India will continue humanitarian flood warnings to Pakistan, but all institutional mechanisms under the 1960 water-sharing pact remain suspended as New Delhi pushes ahead with hydropower projects in the Chenab basin.
India on Saturday rejected Pakistan’s attempt to link New Delhi with a deadly suicide bombing in North Waziristan in which 13 Pakistani soldiers were killed.
The failure of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) defence ministers to adopt a joint statement exposes once again the brittle consensus within the bloc on fundamental issues like terrorism.
India faces a unique national security challenge: two of its neighbours possess nuclear weapons. U.S. intelligence agencies have concluded that the Pakistani military is developing an ICBM that could reach continental United States, possibly “to deter the United States from either trying to eliminate its arsenal in a preventive attack or intervening on India’s behalf in a future Indian-Pakistani conflict
A protest encampment organised by the Voice for Baloch Missing Persons (VBMP) in Quetta reached its 5,864th consecutive day on Friday, emphasising what families describe as the state's systematic practice of enforced disappearances in Balochistan, as reported by The Balochistan Post.
Traders, labourers, and civilians' peaceful sit-in protest against the border's closure continued for the second consecutive day. Protesters have vowed to continue until the border is reopened and their economic survival is secured.
