Pakistan Foreign Minister will not attend OIC meet

Islamabad (IANS) Pakistan Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi on Friday announced he will not attend a meeting of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) in the UAE due to his Indian counterpart's presence at the event.

India has…

Masood Azhar is in Pakistan, Qureshi admits

Islamabad (IANS) Pakistan Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi has admitted that Jaish-e-Mohammad (JeM) chief Masood Azhar is in Pakistan and is "very unwell", adding that Islamabad is open to "any step" that will lead…

Scores of people assemble in Attari to welcome IAF pilot

Attari (Punjab) (IANS) Scores of people assembled at the Attari Joint Check Post (JCP) here on Friday to receive Indian Air Force (IAF) pilot Abhinandan Varthaman who is likely to be released by Pakistani authorities later in the day.

No change in Article 370 and 35A following cabinet decisions on J&K

New Delhi (IANS) There has been no change in Article 370 and 35A following the Union Cabinet's decisions on Jammu and Kashmir, and any reports to the effect were "mischievous", official sources said here on Thursday.

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India's GDP growth projection lowered to 7% in 2018-19

New Delhi (IANS) India is estimated to grow at a slower pace of 7 per cent in 2018-19, down from the 7.2 per cent attained during the previous financial year, according to official data.

"Real gross domestic product (GDP) at constant (2011-12)…

Indian pilot to be freed tomorrow as 'peace gesture', says Imran

Islamabad (IANS) The captured Indian Air Force (IAF) pilot will be freed on Friday "as a peace gesture", Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan announced on Thursday.

Addressing a joint session of the National Assembly, Khan…

CCS to meet Thursday later

New Delhi (IANS) The Cabinet Committee on Security (CCS) meeting chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi is likely on Thursday evening to take stock of the situation as tension escalated between India and Pakistan.

An Union Cabinet meeting…

Australia, Brazil launch WTO action against India

Canberra (IANS) Australia and Brazil have decided to escalate a trade dispute with India over sugar subsidies before the World Trade Organisation (WTO), Canberra said.

Trade Minister Simon Birmingham announced this late Wednesday…

Canada urges India, Pakistan to engage in dialogue

Ottawa (IANS) Canada's Foreign Affairs Minister Chrystia Freeland has urged India and Pakistan to exercise maximum restraint to avoid any further military escalation over rising tensions between the two countries.

In a statement…

Imran again offers dialogue with India, warns against 'miscalculation'

Islamabad (IANS) Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan on Wednesday offered talks to India and urged that "better sense should prevail" as tensions spiked between the two nuclear-armed neighbours following an aerial engagement between…