Basit was summoned by secretary (east) Anil Wadhwa, who “conveyed our anger at the unprovoked firing by Pakistani troops since August 8″, a media statement from the foreign ministry said. The Government of Pakistan has serious reservations on the efficiency of the...
“Neither candies nor gifts will be offered or taken on August 14, Pakistan’s Independence Day and August 15, when India got freedom in 1947”, a senior government officer said.
Pakistan may have finally agreed to honour the bilateral understanding for NSA-level talks, but that has not calmed the apprehension in New Delhi about the intent of the estranged neigbour, especially that it may use the occasion for grandstanding for the domestic audience.
Also Monday, Kurdish rebels in the southeastern province of Sirnak fired at a helicopter carrying conscripts who either had finished their term of duty or were taking leave, killing one of them and injuring another, the military said.
Such was the power of the blast that houses in a village several hundred metres (yards) away were hit by debris and several villagers slightly injured, the Dogan news agency said. The account could not immediately be verified.
AJK president said that by waving Pakistani flags in occupied Kashmir, People of Kashmir have given a loud and clear message to the India and worldwide community that they would never compromise on their principled stand and would continue their struggle till goal of liberation...
US drones had previously executed a single lethal airstrike in Syria but this was the first time manned US fighter jets had carried out raids after taking off from Turkey’s strategically located Incirlik base. Its use would enable the U.S. -led coalition to conduct better...
US warplanes on Wednesday carried out their first air strikes on IS targets in Syria after taking off from a Turkish base, kicking off a key new phase in the campaign against the militants.
In the same province, units of the Turkish antiterrorist police on Friday killed three alleged militants or PKK sympathizers during raids on their homes, two days after a soldier died when attackers fired a grenade launcher at an armored vehicle.
The Anadolu news agency on Saturday reported that 260 PKK members have been killed and between 380 and 400 wounded in the bombardments launched a week ago by the Turkish army on their positions in northern Iraq.
Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) militants attacked a military outpost and a police vehicle in southeast Turkey overnight, killing a policeman, officials and security sources said on Sunday, in further violence jeopardising a fragile peace process.
With this, BSF beat its own record from last year when it planted over 3,09,000 trees in a similar drive. “Neither are we going to offer nor will we accept any gift”, said BSG IG Punjab Frontier Anil Paliwal. has decided that it will neither offer nor accept candies...