Imran Khan says war between India and Pakistan was averted due to 'timely and correct decisions'
5 years, 10 months ago

Imran Khan says war between India and Pakistan was averted due to 'timely and correct decisions'

Firstpost  

“It was because of timely and correct decisions that war was averted,” Khan said at a Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf meeting on Wednesday, according to Geo News Islamabad: Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan said tensions with India had eased, adding that war was averted because of “timely and correct decisions.” “It was because of timely and correct decisions that war was averted,” Khan said at a Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf meeting on Wednesday, according to Geo News. Meanwhile, speaking at the National Assembly today, Pakistan’s foreign minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi talked about Indian Air Force Wing Commander Abhinandan Varthaman’s release. The Minister of Foreign Affairs had earlier claimed that tensions “appear to be de-escalating” between India and Pakistan as well. Notwithstanding the heightened tensions, India and Pakistan will be holding the first meeting to discuss and finalise modalities for the Kartarpur Corridor at the Attari-Wagah on 14 March.

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India TV News  

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Pakistan terms PM Modi’s remarks as jingoism
5 months, 2 weeks ago

Pakistan terms PM Modi’s remarks as jingoism

Deccan Chronicle  

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Kargil imprint on India and Pakistan
5 months, 2 weeks ago

Kargil imprint on India and Pakistan

Hindustan Times  

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Can Pakistan’s Imran Khan and army patch up, a year after violent clashes?
7 months, 4 weeks ago

Can Pakistan’s Imran Khan and army patch up, a year after violent clashes?

Al Jazeera  

Both sides have so far rejected concessions, but many analysts say this rupture is untenable and a compromise is needed. Addressing army officials during his visit to Lahore Garrison on May 9, Munir said, “There can be no compromise or deal with the planners and architects of this dark chapter in our history.” Munir was referring to the events of …

Pakistan: No end in sight to Army, Imran Khan confrontation
8 months ago

Pakistan: No end in sight to Army, Imran Khan confrontation

Firstpost  

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India, Iran & Afghanistan: How Pakistan’s ‘Bleed Neighbours With Terrorism’ Policy Has Backfired
9 months, 3 weeks ago

India, Iran & Afghanistan: How Pakistan’s ‘Bleed Neighbours With Terrorism’ Policy Has Backfired

Hindustan Times  

India, Iran & Afghanistan: How Pakistan’s ‘Bleed Neighbours With Terrorism’ Policy Has Backfired Pakistan seems to be caught in a disaster of its own making, facing adversaries on three fronts. Months after cross-border tensions with Iran, now Pakistan & its neighbour Afghanistan conducted strikes on each other's territories. Former Prime Minister of Pakistan, Imran Khan, had praised the Taliban, hoping …

No good choices ahead for Pakistan after elections
10 months, 3 weeks ago

No good choices ahead for Pakistan after elections

Hindustan Times  

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India-Pakistan: An inside story with few details
11 months ago

India-Pakistan: An inside story with few details

Live Mint  

The challenge about writing a book about Pakistan is to find novel ways to tell an old story, even one in which new sub-stories keep sprouting within an apparently unchanging main frame. Bisaria’s term in Islamabad began in September 2017, a year after Jaish-e-Mohammed’s Uri attack and the subsequent “surgical strike” by India, an episode that put paid to all …

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11 months ago

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India TV News  

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Pakistan elections 2024: How the military has bowled a bouncer to Imran Khan
11 months ago

Pakistan elections 2024: How the military has bowled a bouncer to Imran Khan

Firstpost  

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Keep an eye on the turbulence in Pak
1 year, 4 months ago

Keep an eye on the turbulence in Pak

Hindustan Times  

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Pakistan’s political roller coaster continues
1 year, 4 months ago

Pakistan’s political roller coaster continues

The Hindu  

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Pakistan is ready to talk to India on issues, Shehbaz Sharif says: ‘War not an option’
1 year, 5 months ago

Pakistan is ready to talk to India on issues, Shehbaz Sharif says: ‘War not an option’

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Pakistan’s prime minister Shehbaz Sharif …

Pakistan ready for talks if India willing to address serious issues: Shehbaz Sharif
1 year, 5 months ago

Pakistan ready for talks if India willing to address serious issues: Shehbaz Sharif

The Hindu  

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Pakistan ex-PM Imran Khan takes U-turn; ‘Who wants to fight the army, my fight is not with them'
1 year, 7 months ago

Pakistan ex-PM Imran Khan takes U-turn; ‘Who wants to fight the army, my fight is not with them'

India TV News  

Pakistan's former Prime Minister Imran Khan, who has been fearing getting rearrested by Shehbaz Sharif-led government, has again reiterated its critical stance over the Pakistani army, but acknowledged whoever fights with the military would lose the country. Whoever fights the army will only lose the country … all this that is being done, only the PDM will benefit from it,” …

K.C. Singh | Frozen India-Pak ties need relook amidst power shift
1 year, 8 months ago

K.C. Singh | Frozen India-Pak ties need relook amidst power shift

Deccan Chronicle  

India-Pakistan relations have virtually disappeared from the public discourse in India over the last few years. At a book release function, handled deftly by Mrs Nina Lambah, four former Indian high commissioners to Pakistan debated the issue. Having developed its nuclear deterrent, Pakistan chose to abet terror against India assuming immunity from India’s superior military power. One example of the …

Imran Khan Q&A: ‘Pakistan civil-military imbalance has to change’
1 year, 9 months ago

Imran Khan Q&A: ‘Pakistan civil-military imbalance has to change’

Al Jazeera  

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Imran Khan reveals Pakistan’s ex army chief sought ‘friendly ties with India’
1 year, 9 months ago

Imran Khan reveals Pakistan’s ex army chief sought ‘friendly ties with India’

Live Mint  

India-Pakistan ties may have improved in recent years if former army chief General Qamar Javed Bajwa had had his way. Ousted Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan has revealed that the former army chief had pressurised him to develop friendly ties with the neighbouring nation when they were at the helm of affairs. The ousted premier insisted that Pakistan should only …

Pakistan's general Bajwa wanted to restore ties with India? Imran Khan says…
1 year, 9 months ago

Pakistan's general Bajwa wanted to restore ties with India? Imran Khan says…

Hindustan Times  

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India-Pak Tensions Raise Risk of Conflict, Delhi Under Modi Likely to Respond with Force: US Intel
1 year, 10 months ago

India-Pak Tensions Raise Risk of Conflict, Delhi Under Modi Likely to Respond with Force: US Intel

News 18  

A US intelligence report said on Wednesday that it apprehends increased tension between India and Pakistan and India and China with the possibility of a conflict between them. It also said that under the leadership of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, India is more likely than in the past to respond with military force to Pakistani provocations. New Delhi and Islamabad …

Under PM Modi, India more likely to use military force on Pak provocation: US report
1 year, 10 months ago

Under PM Modi, India more likely to use military force on Pak provocation: US report

India Today  

India is more likely to respond with military force to perceived or real Pakistani provocation under the leadership of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, according to a US intelligence report. The Annual Threat Assessment of the US Intelligence Community report states that Pakistan has a long history of supporting anti-India militant groups, adding that under the leadership of PM Modi, India …

K.C. Singh | Growing instability in Pak to increase risks for India
1 year, 10 months ago

K.C. Singh | Growing instability in Pak to increase risks for India

Deccan Chronicle  

Pakistan is the fifth most populous nation in the world and one of eight nations with declared nuclear weapons. The recent passing away of Gen. Pervez Musharraf came as a reminder of the abiding role that Pakistan’s Army has played and will continue to do so. The dominance of the two main political parties — the Pakistan Muslim League and …

DC Edit | India must see big picture, bad time for talks with Pak
1 year, 11 months ago

DC Edit | India must see big picture, bad time for talks with Pak

Deccan Chronicle  

Pakistan Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif’s appeal for talks with India in an almost pleading tone, conveyed publicly through an interview to the Dubai-based pan-Arab television station Al Arabiya, which came to light earlier this week, suggests that the Pakistan leader is adrift as far as decent advice on foreign policy goes. Mr Sharif revealed in the interview that when he …

DC Edit | Pak an irritant, keep eye on key adversary China
2 years ago

DC Edit | Pak an irritant, keep eye on key adversary China

Deccan Chronicle  

The United States has welcomed Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s call for cessation of hostilities and pursuing the path of diplomacy to end the Ukraine war. In the next half century, India may have had to engage with Pakistan in Siachen in 1999 and in more recent times to contend with China’s belligerence and its continued transgression and encroachment in pursuit …

Imran Khan Says Army Can Play ‘Constructive’ Role in His Future Plans, Makes U-Turn on US: Report
2 years, 1 month ago

Imran Khan Says Army Can Play ‘Constructive’ Role in His Future Plans, Makes U-Turn on US: Report

News 18  

Pakistan’s former prime minister Imran Khan said that the Pakistan Army will have a constructive role to play in his future plans. Imran Khan’s comments come shortly after he was accused of trying to influence the selection of the new Pakistan Army chief. Observers say that Khan’s ascent was also aided by the Pakistan Army but they fell apart once …

Imran Khan’s assassination bid pushes Pakistan on the edge of a precipice: Will it descend into chaos?
2 years, 2 months ago

Imran Khan’s assassination bid pushes Pakistan on the edge of a precipice: Will it descend into chaos?

Firstpost  

The next few days are precarious for Pakistan, but the delay in renewing the Long March could be an indication, though small and tenuous, that some pulling back from the precipice is underway On 7 November, Pakistan’s respected and sober newspaper Dawn began its editorial — evocatively entitled “Democrats, dictators & demagogues” — thus: “The system is imploding, spectacularly — …

Imran Khan Assassination Attempt: Let's Try To Make Sense of Chaos in Pakistan
2 years, 2 months ago

Imran Khan Assassination Attempt: Let's Try To Make Sense of Chaos in Pakistan

The Quint  

The chaos seems to be spiralling out of control—with too many actors in the play. Anti-PTI groups immediately pointed at a self-created drama by Imran Khan—for reasons that he is a beneficiary and has been desirous of violence leading to anarchic conditions. To be fair, Imran Khan has wished aloud for it—mentioning far too many times that if the present …

Neighbourhood Watch: With Imran Khan Gone, Pakistan Is Back In US Lap. What This Means For India
2 years, 2 months ago

Neighbourhood Watch: With Imran Khan Gone, Pakistan Is Back In US Lap. What This Means For India

ABP News  

Pakistan’s Chief of Army Staff General Qamar Jawed Bajwa is set to demit office in a little more than one month from now. The all-powerful General has not only succeeded in securing a $450 million package deal to revive the combat potential of the Pakistan air force’s F-16 fighter fleet, he was also successful in getting the US to do …

Pakistan PM: Want ‘just and peaceful’ resolution with India on Kashmir
2 years, 4 months ago

Pakistan PM: Want ‘just and peaceful’ resolution with India on Kashmir

Live Mint  

Pakistan Prime Minster Shehbaz Sharif affirmed on Thursday that Pakistan aspires peaceful bilateral ties with India. The remarks by Pakistan PM also came after former Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan praised India for its independent foreign policy. Imran Khan's political party Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf played out a video clip in Lahore of India's External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar where he said …

India-Pakistan ties and the mirror of 2019
2 years, 7 months ago

India-Pakistan ties and the mirror of 2019

The Hindu  

An official delegation from Pakistan was in New Delhi on Monday to hold talks with its Indian counterparts under the aegis of the Indus Water Treaty. To prevent such a situation, India’s National Security Adviser Ajit Doval opened backchannel talks with Pakistan, using the United Arab Emirates as an interlocutor. In line with Home Minister Amit Shah’s statement in Parliament …

Imran Khan presses for fresh elections in Pakistan again; warns of 'civil war' if demands not met
2 years, 7 months ago

Imran Khan presses for fresh elections in Pakistan again; warns of 'civil war' if demands not met

India TV News  

Highlights Khan said he is waiting for SC to decide on his party's plea to provide protection to his supporters He recently held 'Azadi March' along with his supporters which had led to much chaos in Islamabad Imran Khan also said he would issue the date for the next march demanding general elections Imran Khan has warned of a civil …

No environment for ’fruitful, constructive dialogue’: Pak FO on ties with India
2 years, 7 months ago

No environment for ’fruitful, constructive dialogue’: Pak FO on ties with India

Live Mint  

Pakistan has ruled out any imminent talks with India due to the absence of a proper “environment” for "a fruitful, constructive dialogue." The remarks by Foreign Office spokesman Asim Iftikhar came in response to questions on ties with India during a weekly briefing on Thursday, according to news agency PTI report. Iftikhar said that notwithstanding Pakis­tan’s desire for a diplomatic …

No environment for ‘fruitful, constructive dialogue’ with India: Pakistan Foreign Office
2 years, 7 months ago

No environment for ‘fruitful, constructive dialogue’ with India: Pakistan Foreign Office

The Hindu  

Pakistan has ruled out any imminent talks with India due to the absence of a proper “environment” for a “fruitful, constructive dialogue”. Mr. Iftikhar said that notwithstanding Pakis­tan’s desire for a diplomatic resolution of disputes, “the environment for a fruitful, constructive dialogue is not there”. India has repeatedly told Pakistan that it desires normal neighbourly relations with Islamabad in an …

No change in India's approach: MEA on Pakistan
2 years, 8 months ago

No change in India's approach: MEA on Pakistan

India Today  

Over a fortnight after Shehbaz Sharif became Pakistan’s new prime minister, India, on Thursday, April 28, asserted there is no change to its approach and that talks between the two sides can only take place in an atmosphere free of terror and insisted that the onus is on Islamabad to create such an environment. External Affairs Ministry spokesperson Arindam Bagchi …

Pakistan political crisis | The main entities who fueled the ouster of Imran Khan
2 years, 9 months ago

Pakistan political crisis | The main entities who fueled the ouster of Imran Khan

The Hindu  

After multiple adjournments of Pakistan’s National Assembly in a bid by Imran Khan to evade the no-trust vote tabled by the Opposition, the intervention of the Supreme Court, and eventually, a series of high-intensity political developments in the early hours of April 10, led to the ouster of Pakistan’s Tehreek-e-Insaf leader and the country’s embattled Prime Minister Imran Khan. Army …

Supreme Court of Pakistan must call Imran Khan's bluff | OPINION
2 years, 9 months ago

Supreme Court of Pakistan must call Imran Khan's bluff | OPINION

India Today  

As the Supreme Court of Pakistan deliberates upon the Constitutional validity of the Imran Khan government's recent actions in the National Assembly, patience in Pakistan is running thin. Read: Imran Khan cites decade-old 'Memogate' scandal in plea before Pak Supreme Court As someone who has been closely associated with the pro-democracy movement of the united opposition in Pakistan, what troubles …

How Imran Khan’s dangerous brinkmanship pitches Pakistan into constitutional crisis
2 years, 9 months ago

How Imran Khan’s dangerous brinkmanship pitches Pakistan into constitutional crisis

Firstpost  

Faced with the prospect of an adverse vote of confidence in Parliament that could have led to a humiliating denouement for his government, Prime Minister Imran Khan of Pakistan engineered the dissolution of the National Assembly by calling for fresh elections. However, PML-N leader Shehbaz Sharif’s contention is that the PTI government led by Imran Khan has committed “high treason” …

What Imran Khan’s exit could mean for India-Pakistan relationship
2 years, 9 months ago

What Imran Khan’s exit could mean for India-Pakistan relationship

Firstpost  

If Pakistan gets a new government, India can expect changes, but those are likely to be incremental and not sweeping Imran Khan is the 22nd Prime Minister of Pakistan among the 22 who lost their job before completing their term. Under a boisterous, narcissistic, and increasingly Islamist Imran Khan, Pakistan isolated itself from its traditional allies like the US, Saudi …

Pakistan is once again on the brink
2 years, 9 months ago

Pakistan is once again on the brink

Al Jazeera  

After the dissolution of parliament and an increase in tensions between the military and the Khan government, Pakistan is gearing up for a tense political battle. In a dramatic move on Sunday, Pakistani President Arif Alvi dissolved the country’s parliamentary assembly on the advice of the country’s Prime Minister Imran Khan, essentially taking the country one step closer to early …

Imran Khan No Longer PM, Says Pakistan Govt in Latest Notification After Assembly Chaos
2 years, 9 months ago

Imran Khan No Longer PM, Says Pakistan Govt in Latest Notification After Assembly Chaos

News 18  

The Pakistan government on Sunday issued a notification stating that Imran Khan no longer holds the position of prime minister. The notification signed by Additional Secretary Eazaz A. Dar stated: “Consequent upon dissolution of the National Assembly by the President of Pakistan, in terms of Article 58 read with Article 48 of the Constitution of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan… …

Pakistan Army chief Gen. Qamar Bajwa calls for talks with India
2 years, 9 months ago

Pakistan Army chief Gen. Qamar Bajwa calls for talks with India

The Hindu  

Pakistan Army chief General Qamar Bajwa on April 2 said that all disputes with India should be settled peacefully through dialogue, saying Islamabad continues to believe in using diplomacy to resolve all outstanding issues, including Kashmir, to keep the “flames of fire away from our region”. “Pakistan continues to believe in using dialogue and diplomacy to resolve all outstanding issues …

Explained: Why Pakistan PM Imran Khan is blaming the West for his downfall
2 years, 9 months ago

Explained: Why Pakistan PM Imran Khan is blaming the West for his downfall

The Hindu  

Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan has claimed that a foreign conspiracy is being hatched to topple his government amid an upcoming no-confidence vote against him. "I would be quite surprised if a foreign country had so much at stake in Pakistan these days that it would be willing to orchestrate an effort to oust Khan," Michael Kugelman, a South Asia …

'Tried to establish friendship with India, but...': Imran Khan speech top quotes
2 years, 9 months ago

'Tried to establish friendship with India, but...': Imran Khan speech top quotes

India TV News  

After almost a delay of 45-minutes from the scheduled time, Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan finally addressed the nation. HERE ARE THE TOP QUOTES: #Entered politics to visualise the dreams of Pakistan's founding fathers. #General Musharraf led us to US' web by making Pakistan join the war on terror #I wanted an independent stand in the war on terror. #A …

Imran Khan: I would like to have a TV debate with Modi to resolve issues
2 years, 10 months ago

Imran Khan: I would like to have a TV debate with Modi to resolve issues

Deccan Chronicle  

Islamabad: Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan said on Tuesday that he would like to have a TV debate with his Indian counterpart Narendra Modi to resolve differences between the two neighbouring countries. The relationship dipped further after India's war planes pounded a Jaish-e-Mohammed terrorist training camp deep inside Pakistan on February 26, 2019 in response to the Pulwama terror attack …

Pak PM Khan says he would like to have TV debate with PM Modi to resolve differences
2 years, 10 months ago

Pak PM Khan says he would like to have TV debate with PM Modi to resolve differences

The Hindu  

Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan said on Tuesday that he would like to have a TV debate with his Indian counterpart Narendra Modi to resolve differences between the two neighbouring countries. "I would love to debate with Narendra Modi on TV," Mr. Khan said in response to a question. Prime Minister Khan also expressed hope for a "peaceful solution" to …

Pakistan PM Imran Khan offers TV debate with PM Modi to resolve differences
2 years, 10 months ago

Pakistan PM Imran Khan offers TV debate with PM Modi to resolve differences

India Today  

Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan on Tuesday proposed a televised debate with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi to resolve differences between the two neighbours. "I would love to debate with Narendra Modi on TV," Imran Khan told Russia Today on the eve of his visit to Moscow to meet Russian President Vladimir Putin. "India became a hostile country so trade …

Pakistan PM Imran Khan says his govt's relationship with military 'exceptional'
3 years ago

Pakistan PM Imran Khan says his govt's relationship with military 'exceptional'

India Today  

Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan has reiterated that his government's relationship with the country's powerful military was "exceptional” and the Opposition's narrative regarding a rift between the two was "dead and buried", a media report said on Tuesday. In an apparent response to his detractors, Khan told a meeting of the ruling Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf party spokespersons on Monday that "civil-military …

India Pakistan Relations Are Worsening, Thanks to Imran Khan's Statements
3 years, 1 month ago

India Pakistan Relations Are Worsening, Thanks to Imran Khan's Statements

The Quint  

Khan should, therefore, pay attention to his country’s descent into fundamentalist barbarism instead of pointing fingers at others. He can, however, be hardly expected to do so though because Pakistan has used extremists and terrorists to pursue its foreign policy agendas against India and in Afghanistan. Khan’s return to diatribe against the RSS and Hindutva support this assessment; in the …

Manish Tewari | Why 26/11 required a kinetic response
3 years, 1 month ago

Manish Tewari | Why 26/11 required a kinetic response

Deccan Chronicle  

Certain paragraphs from my recently published and released book 10 Flash Points 20 Years National Security Situations that Impacted India have created a brouhaha with the BJP even holding a press conference nine days before the formal unveiling of the book. It is these reasons and, above all, the imperatives of political messaging for the current dispensation that since the …

Prelude to a revolt
3 years, 3 months ago

Prelude to a revolt

The Hindu  

As New Delhi continues to rule the Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir with an iron fist, which seems to be working for the Bharatiya Janata Party regime on the face of it, a multitude of local, regional and international developments, including geopolitical factors, are pushing the erstwhile State into a highly volatile situation that New Delhi and the local …

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