ISLAMABAD: Amid India’s unrelenting provocative measures following its reckless missile attacks on civilian targets in Pakistan, Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif told US Secretary of State Marco Rubio that “Pakistan reserves the right to act in self-defence.” PM Shehbaz received a telephone call from Secretary Rubio on Thursday in which they discussed the evolving situation in the South Asian region, according …
ISLAMABAD: India said it attacked Pakistan early on Wednesday following a deadly attack on tourists in Kashmir last month. Pakistan reported eight deaths and said it had responded to the Indian strikes. This is what global leaders have said about the latest hostilities between the nuclear-armed neighbours: Turkish foreign ministry Turkiye warned of the “risk of all-out war” between India …
WASHINGTON: Amid escalating tensions between Pakistan and India following the IIOJK attack, the United States has stepped in diplomatically, with Secretary of State Marco Rubio set to speak with the foreign ministers of both nations to encourage restraint and prevent further escalation. Speaking to reporters on Tuesday, US State Department spokesperson Tammy Bruce said Washington is urging both sides to …
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan and Turkiye have pledged to continue efforts towards achieving a bilateral trade volume of $5 billion, Radio Pakistan reported on Thursday. The Turkish president arrived in Islamabad shortly after Thursday midnight and was received by the premier and President Asif Ali Zardari in Rawalpindi. Both leaders are set to hold meetings with the visiting guest during his official …
BAKU: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif is attending the 29th United Nations climate conference, also known as COP29, in Azerbaijan’s capital Baku on Tuesday, where he is expected to call for a “balanced and ambitious” climate action. PM Shehbaz is participating in the two-day ‘World Leaders Climate Action Summit’ today, and is set to address it tomorrow (Wednesday), where he will …
ISLAMABAD: Iran’s Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi is expected to travel to Islamabad this week as part of Tehran’s diplomatic outreach to consult regional countries before responding to the recent Israeli strikes amid simmering tensions between the two arch-rivals in the Middle East. After decades of shadow war, the two arch-rivals are now openly targeting each other. On October 26, Israel …
ISLAMABAD: Tehran’s ambassador to Islamabad on Friday commended the Pakistani public for its heightened awareness and deep concern over the rapidly evolving crisis in the Middle East, and Israel’s heightening aggression in the region. Speaking to journalists at a media event at the Iranian embassy, Iran’s Ambassador to Pakistan Reza Amiri Moghaddam tactfully avoided addressing why Iran had not engaged …
ISLAMABAD: India’s External Affairs Minister, Dr. S. Jaishankar, is set to visit Pakistan to attend the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) ‘Heads of Government’ (HoG) meeting on October 15-16 in Islamabad. The Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) confirmed the news during its weekly press briefing on Friday. Pakistan, holding the rotating chairmanship of the SCO Council of Heads of Government, will …
RAWALPINDI: Chief of Army Staff (COAS) General Asim Munir on Friday met with Malaysia’s Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim, who stressed the need to boost military ties between the two countries, state-owned Radio Pakistan reported. PM Ibrahim is in Islamabad for his three-day official visit aimed at reinvigorating the bilateral strategic partnership between Malaysia and Pakistan. According to Radio Pakistan, the …
PESHAWAR: Afghan Consul General in Peshawar, Hafiz Mohibullah Shakir, caused outrage on Tuesday during the Rehmat-ul-Alameen Conference in Peshawar by remaining seated during Pakistan’s national anthem, flouting diplomatic protocols and showing what experts have called “utter disregard” for the host nation. The conference, hosted by Chief Minister of Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa, Ali Amin Gandapur, saw Afghan consular officials in attendance. However, as …