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‘Russia's military ties with Pakistan limited to counter-terrorism’ SECTIONS Share Synopsis Days after Russian foreign minister Sergey Lavrov’s Pakistan visit, Russia’s ambassador to India Nikolay Kudashev and his deputy Roman Babushkin told media persons that there is “no reason to think there are divergences or misunderstandings between Russia and India as far as Pakistan is concerned”. Agencies Lavrov had suggested during his Islamabad visit, in a message for Pakistan Army, that South Asian disputes should be resolved in a civilised manner and based on international law. Russia...

Shrouded in mystery The writer served as executive editor of The Express Tribune from 2009 to 2014 It is still a mystery. The events that led Pakistan and India to recommit on February 25, 2021 to the 2003 ceasefire arrangement at the Line of Control (LoC) continue to remain shrouded in opacity. More so, because none of the two has publicly withdrawn her precondition for resumption of bilateral talks. Pakistan had said it didn’t want to talk unless India revoked its August 5, 2019 decision with regard to Indian-occupied Kashmir (IOK). And India had declared that it didn’t want to talk un...

The party is to kick off its anti-government protests from March 3; to be held throughout Punjab

Can Pakistan be trusted for truce on LoC? India, has all along been impressing upon Pakistan to strengthen neighbourly relations and has been offering all types of co-operation to that country in respect of keeping borders free from tensions and escalations. This stand has remained consistent irrespective of which party’s Government was ruling India. On the other hand, unprovoked shelling and firing along LoC and even International Border targeting even civilian population has remained the policy of Pakistan irrespective of whichever Government was there in power. However, an act of a great...

Showdown at Kargil: South Asia Could Have Seen Nuclear War in 1999 The Kargil conflict cost the lives of 527 Indian soldiers. After years of denial, Pakistan admitted its armed forces had suffered 453 dead in the border conflict.  Here's What You Need To Remember: Twenty years later in 2019, Pakistani and Indian forces again clashed on land and air. Tensions remain acute and both states deployed dozens more nuclear weapons than they did in 1999. For years, there was a conceit that no two states with nuclear weapons have ever directly fought each other. That conceit has at times been thin. F...