Islamabad: Pakistan strongly condemned India's "mischievous attempt" to politicise the 44th Chess Olympiad 2022, which begins today in Chennai, and has boycotted the event in protest. According to Foreign Office spokesperson Asim Iftikhar, Pakistan has been invited by the International Chess Federation (FIDE) to compete in
Islamabad: The Ministry Foreign Affairs categorically rejected baseless and misguided remarks made by the Official Spokesperson of the Indian Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) in an effort to politicize the China- Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC), a statement released by the Ministry. “CPEC is a transformational project
Islamabad: Pakistan remains the largest refugee-hosting country in Asia and the Pacific as 1.5 million Afghans still prefer to stay in this country, even though one year has elapsed since the US forces beat a hasty retreat from Kabul. The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees
Karachi: Former Pakistani and Indian diplomats have urged the immediate resumption of long-stalled peace talks between the two nuclear neighbours to resolve a raft of disputes, mainly Jammu and Kashmir. On the eve of the 23rd anniversary of the Kargil war, which was part of the
Islamabad: Pakistan has rejected and strongly condemned the unwarranted and totally unacceptable comments made by Indian Defence Minister Rajnath Singh in Jammu. The Minister in his remarks distorted the well-established historical facts about the Kashmir dispute, leveled baseless allegations and hurled threats against Pakistan. This is not
Islamabad: Pakistan strongly rejected Indian Defence Minister Rajnath Singh’s distorted remarks about the Jammu and Kashmir dispute, terming them “unwarranted and totally unacceptable”. At a recent event held in Jammu, the Indian minister said that Kashmir “is and shall always remain an integral part of India”. Responding
Qaiser Mansoor From the beginning India has adopted an illegal stand on Kashmir issue and continues to occupy the disputed territory in utter violation of UN resolutions and international law. Indian leaders also frequently issue belligerent statements threatening the Kashmiris struggling for their rights. In a recent
Lahore: The Pakistani High Commission as part of a goodwill gesture issued a three-month visa to a 92-year-old Indian woman, Reena Chhibar, who reached Pakistan. As she made her way through the Wagah-Attari border to see her ancestral home, Prem Niwas, in Rawalpindi, she urged the
Pakistan lies in a region that can easily be regarded as the most complicated and difficult with respect to regional/global geo-politics.
Islamabad: Pakistan, Italy, Argentina and other like-minded countries have once again thwarted plans by the so-called Group of 4, comprising India, Brazil, Germany and Japan, who are seeking the expansion of the UN Security Council.