IWT fully in force, Pakistan writes to India
ISLAMABAD – Pakistan yesterday sent a letter to India reminding that the Indus Waters Treaty (IWT) was fully in force and there was no change in its status.
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Trump meets Syrian president in Saudi Arabia, urges him to establish ties with Israel
DOHA – US President Donald Trump met with Syria’s president in Saudi Arabia on Wednesday and urged him to normalise ties with longtime foe Israel after a surprise U.
One dies,10 injured in blast at PPP rally in Quetta
QUETTA – A man died and 10 others injured when a bomb blast struck the convoy of Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) MPA Ali Madad Jattak in Quetta on Wednesday.
Pakistan rejects Modi’s provocative remarks
ISLAMABAD – Pakistan on Tuesday strongly condemned the recent remarks by Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, terming them “provocative and inflammatory” and warned that such rhetoric could dangerously escalate tensions in South Asia.
US, KSA secure $600b investment deal to include $142bn arms sale
RIYADH – President Donald Trump announced on Tuesday that the US will lift long-standing sanctions on Syria, and secured a $600 billion commitment from Saudi Arabia to invest in the United States on a trip to the Gulf.
Unified response during Marka-e-Haq constitutes a defining chapter in Pakistan’s military history: COAS
ISLAMABAD – Chief of Army Staff (COAS) General Syed Asim Munir, NI (M), visited Combined Military Hospital (CMH) Rawalpindi on Monday to inquire after the well-being of soldiers and innocent civilians wounded during Marka-e-Haq/Operation Bunyanum Marsoos.
Pakistan not to accept any violation of its sovereignty: PM
ISLAMABAD – Prime Minister Muhammad Shehbaz Sharif Monday reaffirmed that Pakistan had always desired peace in South Asia but would never accept any violation of its sovereignty and territorial integrity.
Pakistan, India DGMOs hold talks, agree to troop reduction on borders
Islamabad – The Director Generals of Military Operations of Pakistan and India contacted over hotline, Radio Pakistan reported on Monday.
We stopped a nuclear conflict between Pakistan, India: Trump
WASHINGTON – US President Donald Trump said Monday his administration had helped avoid a nuclear war between India and Pakistan, crediting trade diplomacy for defusing tensions between the two South Asian neighbours.
US, China agree to drastically roll back tariffs
HONG KONG – The United States and China agreed Monday to drastically roll back tariffs on each other’s goods for an initial 90-day period, in a surprise breakthrough that has de-escalated a punishing trade war and buoyed global markets.