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ISLAMABAD: Secretary General South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation Esala Ruwan Weerakoon Wednesday assured Pakistan that he would spare...

Lack of concurrence has been cited by the sources as the reason behind the cancellation as India along with some other members expressed dissent to the proposal.

An offer and a reckoning Opinion May 7, 2021 After the February 25 LOC ceasefire, agreed upon by Pakistani and Indian DGMOs, several exchanges followed between the two governments in the shape of letters and greetings etc, which left little doubt that background meetings between India and Pakistan officials were underway. The Indian media briefed by its officials was first out with the story: that there had been exchanges between the security officials of the two countries, a timeline of acti...

Top Story April 10, 2021 ISLAMABAD: The Foreign Office once again on Friday offered result-oriented talks to India for solution to the contentious issues including the core issue of Indian Illegally Occupied Jammu and Kashmir (IIOJ&K). Addressing the weekly media briefing here, Spokesman Zahid Hafiz Chaudhry did not rule out Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s visit to Pakistan to attend the Saarc Summit if it was held in October and said Pakistan would be happy to host him. Media reports ...

Ag APP ISLAMABAD: The Foreign Office once again on Friday offered result-oriented talks to India for solution to the contentious issues including the core issue of Indian Illegally Occupied Jammu and Kashmir (IIOJ&K). Addressing the weekly media briefing here, Spokesman Zahid Hafiz Chaudhry did not rule out Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s visit to Pakistan to attend the Saarc Summit if it was held in October and said Pakistan would be happy to host him. Media reports had been suggesting...

‘This is a Break or Make Year for Peace Between India and Pakistan’ THE INTERVIEW Former Research and Analysis Wing chief A.S.Dulat is used to being in the eye of the storm. With a fruitful innings far longer than his actual term in office, Dulat attracted controversy with his books Kashmir: The Vajpayee Years and The Spy Chronicles; EAW ISI and the Illusion of Peace that he co-authored with Pakistan’s former head of the Inter Services Intelligence Asad Durrani. Known for thinking out ...

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan said on Thursday that it was ready to host the long delayed summit of the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC), which is an important organisation for regional cooperation. "Pakistan is committed to its process and to hold the SAARC summit...It believes that all artificial obstacles in the way of long overdue SAARC summit should be removed," Foreign Office spokesperson Zahid Hafeez Chaudhri told reporters during his weekly media briefing here. The last ...

Stalemate continues December 24, 2020 With the ‘India Chronicles’ and revelations by Foreign Minister Qureshi that New Delhi could be planning a surgical strike, India-Pakistan tensions are back in the headlines. Will the incoming Biden administration take notice? Not an easy question to answer, as the future of the relations is largely in the hands of Indian Prime Minister Modi for whom his Pakistan policy is serving interests that go well beyond Washington’s policies and influence. Mo...