Tag: Tensions
US wishes to see tensions between India, Pakistan decrease: John Kirby
State Department’s spokesperson John Kirby on Thursday said that United States (US) is desirous to see decrease in tensions between Pakistan and India.
He advised...
Nawaz calls for defusing LoC tensions
As tensions between Pakistan and India remain high, Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif on Wednesday vowed to play his role as a peacemaker by observing...
Not the right time to talk about PMs’ talks: India
Indian External Affairs Minister Salman Khurshid on Thursday said it was not an appropriate time to say anything about the September meeting between Prime...
Pakistan, Afghanistan trade accusations at UN over extremist havens
Afghanistan and Pakistan traded accusations in the UN Security Council on Thursday over the whereabouts of extremists on their porous border as the United...
Pakistani prisoner attacked in India dies
Sanaullah Haq, the Pakistani prisoner who was attacked in an India prison in Jammu last week, died in the Chandigarh Hospital on Thursday.
“His condition...
Travel advisory issued for Pakistanis travelling to India
The Foreign Ministry of Pakistan on Tuesday issued a travel advisory for all citizens travelling to India, local media reported.
A spokesman for the Foreign...
North Korea removes missiles from launch site
North Korea has moved two missiles from launch sites on the country's eastern coast, after weeks of concern that Pyongyang had been poised for...
Pakistan and Afghanistan seek to ease tensions in Brussels talks
Afghan President Hamid Karzai and Pakistan's army chief General Ashfaq Pervez Kayani and a foreign ministry official held "productive" talks on Wednesday on easing...
US reaffirms support for Pakistan-India talks to resolve LoC firing
The United States Monday reaffirmed its support for Islamabad-New Delhi talks to address cross-Line of Control firing in the disputed Kashmir region, calling discussions...
Hillary moves to de-escalate Pakistan-India tensions
In a diplomatic bid to de-escalate Pakistan-India tensions over cross-Line of Control violence in the disputed Kashmir region, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has...
General McChrystal details Pentagon tensions with Obama on Afghanistan
In a memoir, Gen (r) Stanley A McChrystal, the former American commander in Afghanistan, wrote that tensions between the White House and the Pentagon...
Myanmar police ‘open fire’ amid religious unrest
Police in western Myanmar on Friday opened fire in an attempt to quell religious tensions in a town dominated by the Rohingya Muslim minority...
Govt-military tensions threat to Pakistan’s political stability: Moody’s
Tensions between the civilian government and military in Pakistan pose a threat to political stability, while the presence of a high debt burden and...
Civil-military tensions
Ignoring the external context for our internal turmoil
In the last few days, a number of scenarios are being discussed in the media that could...
Britain sends new warship to Gulf amid Iran tensions
Britain's newest warship is heading to the Gulf for its first mission at a time of tensions over Iran's threat to close the strategic...
Baghdad blasts kill 63 as political tensions rise
A series of bombings hit Baghdad on Thursday, killing at least 63 people in the first big assault attack on Iraq's capital since a...
South Asia vows to boost trade as tensions ease
South Asian leaders ended a summit in the Maldives Friday with pledges to increase regional trade as arch rivals India and Pakistan demonstrated signs...
