updated: Apr 19 2021, 08:57 ist
Islamabad on Sunday for the first time publicly acknowledged the efforts being made by the United Arab Emirates to bring India and Pakistan back on the table of negotiation, although New Delhi refrained from confirming it officially.
The visit of External Affair Minister S Jaishankar and his Pakistani counterpart Shah Mahmood Qureshi to the United Arab Emirates around the same time lent credence to speculation over the behind-the-scenes role Abu Dhabi has been playing to bring the two South Asian nations back on the negotiation table.
Jaishankar reached Abu Dhabi on Sunday – just a day after Qureshi flew from Islamabad to Dubai to embark on a three-day visit to the UAE.
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Uttar Pradesh (UP) Police has booked at least 15 young men, including two minor boys for raising pro-Pakistan slogans just for fun ,
Times of India.
The State s Police swung into action after a video of those booked begun to spread online. The video showed the group onboard a tractor shouting objectionable slogans just for fun . So far an FIR has been registered in the case under IPC Section 505/2 (statements conducing public mischief).
Also, upon identification, the UP Police had detained six from the group, including the two minor boys. The minor boys were handed over to the parents with a warning, while the other four were arrested.
After about two years of tension following the Balakot air strike and revocation of Article 370 in Jammu and Kashmir, there have been some forward movement in India-Pakistan ties in recent months. The Times of India s Vivekanand Ojha spoke to former diplomatVivek Katju on the status of India-Pakistan bilateral ties, as well as some other important foreign policy issues.
Q: Do you think there is a Biden administration role in recent developments in India-Pak relations?
A: The letter from the Prime Minister was on the occasion of the Pakistan National Day, and while it was a letter of greetings, I would not characterise that as particularly warm. So, also, Imran Khan s reply was not warm. As our Prime Minister laid out his concerns, Imran Khan responded with his concerns. The ceasefire agreement, or the reiteration of the ceasefire agreement by the DGMOs of India and Pakistan, was clearly a product of intense negotiations behind the scenes.
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India, under the leadership of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, is more likely than in the past to respond with military force to perceived or real Pakistani provocations, the US intelligence community told Congress in a report.
Although a general war between the two countries is unlikely, crises between India and Pakistan are likely to become more fervid, risking an escalatory cycle, the Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI) said in its Annual Threat Assessment report to the US Congress.