Posts published in “Day: September 22, 2016”

LAHORE – Key security services have enough information regarding border points which can be the possible targets of Indian forces in a limited war or surgical strike plans, security agencies’ officials told The Nation during background interviews on the matter of New Delhi threats of limited military action. At the same time, security agencies’ officials foresee minimum chances of Indian adventure inside the Pakistani territory, keeping in view the level of preparedness of the latter…

The author is Associate Editor, The Daily Star. PEACE in South Asia is a direct function of the Indo–Pak relational dynamics. If the region continues to remain unstable, the responsibility for that lies squarely at the doors of the two countries and the nature of their bilateral relations which at best of times has been cool, in spite of the attempt to put a veneer of amity through efforts like “Birthday Diplomacy” from time to…

ISLAMABAD – Opposition leader Khurshid Shah yesterday said that war with India over the Kashmir issue was not an option. The Pakistan People’s Party veteran said that the decades-old issue can be resolved only through talks. Speaking to journalists here, Khurshid Shah said there was a need to settle the issue through diplomatic efforts. “One debate in the UNGA cannot resolve this. Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif also knows this. We went to wars in the…

WASHINGTON: Two American lawmakers have introduced legislation in the US Congress+ to designate Pakistan as a state sponsor of terrorism+ , in a humiliating setback to Islamabad ahead of Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif+ ‘s speech before the UN General Assembly. The bill, H.R 6069 or the Pakistan State Sponsor of Terrorism Designation Act, enjoins the US administration to make a formal call on the matter within four months of its passage. The President will have…

Pakistan’s permanent representative to the United Nations Dr Maliha Lodhi has said that Kashmir is no more an issue for US or Pakistan, but from now on it has turned into “Mission Kashmir”, and this will be a one-point agenda of Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif’s visit to the UNO this time. She was responding to a question during the daily press briefing at the Roosevelt Hotel in New York. The composed Pakistani ambassador’s cinematic and…

NEW YORK – It was surprising as well as shocking for those attending the 71st session of the United Nations General Assembly that President Obama did not utter a word on the plight of the Kashmiri people who are subjected to unprecedented and untold torture at the hands of the brute Indian troops killing scores of them and injuring thousands of men, women and children. The interpretation of his apathy to the Kashmiri people was…

India, Afghanistan, Bangladesh are likely to boycott SAARC summit to be held in Pakistan in November over Islamabad’s perceived state-sponsored terrorism. All three nations have been victims of what they say is Pakistan-sponsored terrorism, India’s media reports. The three countries will unite to hold a victim of State Sponsored of Terror Conference. The three countries will reportedly take the lead to create global awareness about Pakistan sponsored terrorism and sources said the three countries will…

There had always been anticipations of trouble between India and Pakistan since the ultra-Hindu nationalist government of Prime Minister Narendra Modi took charge in New Delhi in 2014. The years since then have seen some highs but many lows, with the BJP government increasingly becoming aggressive towards Pakistan. The situation has, however, never seemed as grave as it is now. After claiming that Pakistan perpetrated the attack on the Uri military base inside Kashmir, India…

AS the initial frenzy subsides, it appears that at least the official Indian response to the Uri terrorist attack is taking on a more measured tone. After Pakistan’s high commissioner to India was called in by the Indian foreign secretary, the Indian foreign affairs ministry issued a statement yesterday that ended with: “If the Government of Pakistan wishes to investigate these cross-border attacks, India is ready to provide fingerprints and DNA samples of terrorists killed…

A military official and the Foreign Office dismissed the Indian claims of ceasefire violation by Pakistan on the Line of Control (LoC) on Tuesday. The Indian allegations of having thwarted an infiltration bid were termed as baseless as there had been no activity at the LoC at all.As pointed out by Pakistani officials, India’s three-tier counter-infiltration arrangement on the LoC and Pakistan’s own fortifications on this side of the border would make cross-border infiltration a…