Pakistan and India are continuing their back channel talks aimed at resolving vexed issues like Kashmir, Sir Creek and Siachen, and improve bilateral relations, Sartaj Aziz, Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif’s adviser on national security and foreign affairs, said Saturday. But any breakthrough could be expected only after the April-May general election in India, he […]
BJP leader Arun Jaitley Saturday asked Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to clarify his remarks that “an important breakthrough was in sight” with Pakistan on Kashmir some years ago. He hoped the gains made by India of stemming efforts to internationalise the Kashmir problem were not squandered. He said the prime minister revealed for the first […]
Pakistan Friday said it would welcome a visit to the country by Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh who said he would visit Pakistan if circumstances are “appropriate”. Pakistan Foreign Office spokesperson Tasnim Aslam, asked at briefing in Islamabad if any visit by the Indian prime minister was the offing, said: “There is an outstanding invitation […]
India and Pakistan Wednesday exchanged lists of their nuclear installations and facilities as also one listing the names of their nationals in each others’ jails. The list of nuclear installations and facilities is simultaneously exchanged by both countries on Jan 1 every year as part of the Agreement on the Prohibition of Attack against Nuclear […]
Former Pakistani president Pervez Musharraf Wednesday again failed to appear before a special court for a hearing in a high treason case against him, with his lawyers citing security threats. A three-member bench had summoned Musharraf to formally frame charges of high treason against him. However, his defence lawyers told the court that the former […]