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Chinese envoy meets Pak PM to discuss ongoing tensions, peace with India

Chinese Ambassador to Pakistan Jiang Zaidong met Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif in Islamabad and exchanged views on the India-Pakistan tensions as Beijing kept abreast with the evolving situation. Official media here quoted a press release by the Chinese Embassy in Pakistan on Friday stating that Jiang met Sharif on Thursday and reiterated China's earlier call for both India and Pakistan to exercise restraint. China understands Pakistan's legitimate security concerns and supports its efforts to safeguard national sovereignty and security interests, the press release quoted Jiang as saying. He expressed China's support for a prompt and impartial investigation into the incident and called on both India and Pakistan to exercise restraint, meet each other halfway, properly manage differences, and jointly safeguard regional peace and stability, the release said. Sharif briefed Jiang on recent tensions and expressed appreciation for China's constructive efforts to promote peace and stabil

Pete Hegseth speaks to Rajnath Singh, backs India's right to defend itself

During the call, the US secretary of defence offered his sympathies for the deceased and reaffirmed his country's support for India in its battle against terrorism

80-year-old man dies during deportation process at Attari-Wagah border

An 80-year-old alleged Pakistani national died inside a bus at the Attari border while awaiting deportation, after his health deteriorated during the process

India vs Pakistan military power 2025: Who leads on land, sea and air?

Following the Pahalgam terror attack and rising border tensions, here's how India and Pakistan compare in military strength across land, sea and air

Mother of Shaurya awardee faces deportation as J&K deports 60 Pakistanis

The mother of a Shaurya Chakra awardee is among 60 Pakistanis being deported from J&K, as families plead for mercy after decades of living in India

Nawaz Sharif urges use of diplomacy to ease India-Pakistan tensions: Report

As Pakistan's former prime minister Nawaz Sharif has not yet condemned the Pahalgam terror attack, local media says he wants diplomatic channel to be used to deescalate tensions between Pakistan and India. The 75-year-old three-time former premier is the chief of the ruling Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N). His younger brother Shehbaz Sharif is prime minister while his daughter Maryam Nawaz is chief minister of Punjab province. Neither Nawaz and Maryam have condemned the Pahalgam terror attack nor issued any statement over the incident so far. However, The Express Tribune newspaper quoting sources in the PML-N said: Nawaz Sharif wants his government to utilise all the available diplomatic resources to restore peace between the two nuclear armed states. Nawaz is not keen on taking an aggressive position. It said that Shehbaz Sharif briefed Nawaz during a meeting in Lahore on Sunday on the decisions taken by the National Security Committee (NSC) meeting in the wake of the suspens

India's purpose should be to re-establish deterrence, says Ajay Bisaria

During his tenure as India's envoy to Pak from 2017 to Aug 2019, Bisaria had a front-row seat to India's response to the 2019 Pulwama attack and argues that India now needs to re-establish deterrence

Indian goods worth $10 bn annually reach Pakistan via third countries: GTRI

Indian goods worth over USD 10 billion are reaching Pakistan every year indirectly through ports such as Dubai, Singapore, and Colombo, bypassing trade restrictions, according to estimates of economic think tank GTRI. Explaining the system, Global Trade Research Initiative (GTRI) said that Indian firms send goods to these ports, where an independent company offloads the consignment and keeps the products in bonded warehouses, where goods can be stored without paying duties while in transit. "In the bonded warehouse, the labels and documents are modified to show a different country of origin. For example, Indian-made goods may be relabelled as 'Made in UAE'. After this change, they are shipped to countries like Pakistan, where direct trade with India is not allowed," GTRI Founder Ajay Srivastava said. This method, he said, helps firms to bypass India-Pakistan trade restrictions; sell goods at higher prices, using the third country route; and avoid scrutiny, since the trade appears to

Pak violates LoC ceasefire for 3rd straight night, Indian Army retaliates

Pakistani troops resorted to unprovoked firing, violating the ceasefire along the Line of Control in Jammu and Kashmir, officials said on Sunday and added Indian Army soldiers "responded effectively". This was the third consecutive night that Pakistan resorted to unprovoked firing along the Line of Control (LoC). "On the intervening night of April 26-27, Pakistan Army posts initiated unprovoked small arms fire across the LoC in areas opposite the Tutmari Gali and the Rampur sectors," the officials said. They said Indian Army soldiers "responded effectively with appropriate small arms fire".

Pakistan in panic as India vows to cut water supply after Pahalgam attack

For the first time, India suspended the World Bank-mediated Indus Waters Treaty of 1960 that ensures water for 80 per cent of Pakistani farms

Markets trim weekly gains on geopolitical concerns; Nifty drops nearly 1%

Domestic indices managed to eke out 0.8 per cent gain for the week. Most global markets rose on Friday as US-China trade tensions eased

Explained: What Pakistan’s Simla Agreement suspension really means | India-Pak tensions | Pahalgam

In a major diplomatic move, Pakistan has announced the suspension of the 1972 Simla Agreement, a foundational pact that has guided India-Pakistan relations for over 5 decades. Watch the video to know

With Indus and Simla pacts halted, a look at key India-Pakistan treaties

With the Simla Agreement and Indus Waters Treaty now suspended following the terror attack in Kashmir's Pahalgam, a look at the milestones and breakdowns in decades of India-Pakistan diplomacy

Indian Rupee falls 18 paise to 85.45/$ as tensions escalate with Pakistan

The domestic currency closed 18 paise weaker at 85.45 after ending at 85.27 against the greenback on Thursday

IndiGo offers refunds after Pak shuts airspace over Pahalgam terror fallout

Pakistan closed its airspace to Indian flights as part of retaliatory steps after the Pahalgam terror attack, prompting IndiGo to offer full refunds and rebooking

World Bank not informed of Indus Waters Treaty suspension by India

India maintains there is no need to notify the World Bank, a past neutral broker of the 1960 Indus Waters Treaty, as Pakistan has already been informed

India retaliates as Pakistan violates LoC ceasefire after Pahalgam attack

Pakistan's ceasefire breach along the LoC triggers a strong Indian response, just days after the Pahalgam terror attack that claimed 26 lives

What makes the latest India-Pak standoff more dangerous than the past?

While civilians, including Hindu pilgrims, have been targets before, in recent years the most deadly militant raids in Kashmir have been on the army or the police

India briefs foreign envoys on Pahalgam attack, cross-border terror

India on Thursday briefed envoys of the US, the UK, France, China, Russia, Germany and several other countries on the Pahalgam terror attack and its link to cross-border terrorism, people familiar with the matter said. Foreign Secretary Vikram Misri apprised the diplomats about various aspects of the dastardly terror attack on innocent civilians and India's firm policy of "zero tolerance" against terrorism, they said. The briefing was held a day after India announced a raft of measures against Pakistan including expulsion of Pakistani military attaches, suspension of the Indus Water Treaty of 1960 and immediate shutting down of the Attari land-transit post. The Cabinet Committee on Security headed by Prime Minister Narendra Modi firmed up the punitive measures against Pakistan in view of the cross-border links to the Pahalgam attack that killed 26 people. In the briefing, the diplomats were apprised about the dastardly terror attack and India's firm policy of "zero tolerance" again

Pakistan suspends Simla Agreement to counter India's Indus water move

Pakistan has announced a series of retaliatory measures agaisnt India including closing of Wagah border, visa suspension