ISLAMABAD: The Foreign Office (FO) on Friday said that there had been an “alarming surge in provocative statements from Indian leaders asserting unwarranted claims over Azad Jammu and Kashmir”, adding that Pakistan rejected such claims. The remarks by the FO spokesperson did not mention any specific

LONDON: U.S. authorities are reported to have indicted an individual, Nikhil Gupta, for plotting the assassination of Gurpatwant Singh Pannun, a prominent Sikh leader of the Khalistan movement. According to the indictment, Gupta was directed by an Indian government officer to pay $100,000 to a purported

KARNATAKA: Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah rejected Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s claims that the state’s Congress-led government had transferred reservations meant for backward classes and Dalits to the Muslim community, calling the remark a “blatant lie”. A day earlier, the prime minister has said at an election

ISLAMABAD: In a landmark development aimed at bolstering diplomatic ties between the Islamic Republic of Pakistan and the Islamic Republic of Iran, President Dr. Seyed Ebrahim Raisi of Iran concluded his official visit to Pakistan today. The visit, spanning from April 22nd to April 24th, was