ISLAMABAD: In its communication with the Pakistan Army’s military operations directorate, the Indian Army has asked for the release of its soldier who it believes is in Pakistani custody, a military source said on Friday. The Indian side contended that its soldier, identified in media reports as Chandu Babulal Chuhan of 37 Rashtriya Rifles, had ‘inadvertently’ crossed the Line of Control (LoC) and entered the Pakistani side, the source privy to the contact made between…
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ISLAMABAD – Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif yesterday warned India that Pakistan was capable to launch surgical strikes inside India and asked the nuclear armed neighbour to burry its dreams of crushing Pakistan. This came as a snub from Pakistan to India after the last day’s skirmishes along the Line of Control. India claimed of airdropping 150 commandoes into Azad Kashmir to launch ‘surgical strikes’ in wee hours of Wednesday night, which was quickly rejected by…
ISLAMABAD: The Indian claim of carrying out ‘surgical strikes’ is still shrouded in mystery while Pakistan insists no such activity took place on its side of the Line of Control (LoC) before dawn on Thursday. On the contrary, an Indian minister on Friday retracted his country’s earlier claim that helicopters were used during the ‘surgical strikes’. The retraction by Minister of State for Information and Broadcasting Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore cast doubts on the Indian narrative…
NEW DELHI — India’s military remained on high alert and villagers fled border areas Friday, a day after a claimed commando-style mission against suspected militants in Pakistan-controlled territory — an operation that could signal a key shift in India’s longtime policy of restraint toward its regional rival. Details remained scarce about the “surgical strike” that Indian paramilitary forces say they conducted Thursday against militants assembled in six “staging areas” just across the “line of control”…
Washington: Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton has expressed concern over the possibility of Pakistan’s nuclear weapons falling into the hands of jihadists, which she said was “a threatening scenario”, according to a media report. “Pakistan is running full speed to develop tactical nukes in their continuing hostility with India,” the former secretary of state told a close-door fundraiser in Virginia in February, The New York Times reported, citing 50-minute audio audio being hacked from the…
ISLAMABAD: Russia has also supported the US, calling upon both Pakistan and India to show restraint and resolve all the outstanding issues through peaceful means, the Sputnik reported on Friday. The Russian foreign ministry on Friday issued a statement demonstrating its strong commitment to fight terrorism and showing concern over the developing situation between Pakistan and India in disputed Kashmir. “We are concerned over the aggravation lately of the situation along the Line of Control…