South East Asia

Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif said Thursday that it was imperative for both India and Pakistan to take effective steps to ensure and restore ceasefire on the Line of Control (LoC).

India’s government on Thursday for the first time directly accused Pakistan’s army of involvement in a deadly ambush on its troops in Kashmir and warned of retaliation. Defence Minister AK Antony also warned the ambush would damage warming ties with Islamabad and hinted at

US has evacuated most of its diplomats from Lahore, Pakistan in response to a terrorist threat against the U.S. consulate. The State Department issued an “ordered departure” for all of its diplomats in Lahore Thursday, except

Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif on Thursday expressed “sadness” over the border clashes in Kashmir, and said India and Pakistan must take “effective steps” to restore normalcy on the frontier. Sharif told foreign ministry officials in Islamabad that he was sad over the incidents  involving Pakistani and Indian troops along …

Tajik President Emomali Rahmon yesterday congratulated Mr. Mamnoon Hussain on his election as President of Pakistan.

The Indian Prime Minister is currently meeting senior opposition leaders and sources say he is expected to tell them that he does not plan to cancel talks with his Pakistani counterpart, Nawaz Sharif, despite a deadly attack on Indian soldiers in Kashmir on Tuesday morning, said sources.

The two Houses of Parliament were not allowed to function for more than 45 minutes each on Wednesday, after being rocked by repeated interruptions on the alleged inconsistencies in the statement by Defence Minister A K Antony on Tuesday about the India-Pakistan clash on the Line of Control (LoC) in …

Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh is keen to go ahead with the Indo-Pak dialogue and meet his Pakistani counterpart Nawaz Sharif in New York in September-end on the sidelines of the United Nations General Assembly session.

Pakistan summoned a senior Indian diplomat and asked him to ensure security of its diplomatic mission in New Delhi following a protest demonstration outside the Pakistani High Commission. Indian media has reported that a group of youth belonging to the Indian ruling Congress

The United Nations Security Council on Monday condemned the recent suicide attack near the Indian Consulate in Jalalabad, which killed nine children and injured 23 civilians.