Tag Archives: Pakistan

• Pakistan says wants peace with India, conducts missile test 23 May 2019 | James Mackenzie This post has no comments yet

  Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan congratulated India’s Narendra Modi on Thursday for a triumphant victory that returned him to power in New Delhi. ...

• Pakistani Christian woman Asia Bibi acquitted of blasphemy flees to Canada 9 May 2019 | Michel Comte, with Gohar Abbas in Islamabad This post has no comments yet

  Asia Bibi, a Pakistani Christian woman who escaped a death sentence for blasphemy, began a new life in Canada Wednesday following a decade-long saga that sparked violent unrest. ...

• UN adds Pakistani militant chief Masood Azhar to terror list 1 May 2019 | Carole Landry This post has no comments yet

  The United Nations on Wednesday added Masood Azhar, the leader of a Pakistan-based Islamist group, to its list of global terrorists after China lifted its objections to the move. ...

• Pakistan PM Imran Khan to visit China next week, sign new pacts 18 April 2019 | Asif Shahzad This post has no comments yet

  Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan will visit China next week to meet its leaders and deliver a keynote speech at the vast Belt and Road Forum in Beijing. ...

• Another terror attack on India will be “extremely problematic”: US warns Pakistan 21 March 2019 This post has no comments yet

  The US has asked Pakistan to take sustained and irreversible action against terrorists, while warning that another terror attack on India will prove to be "extremely problematic". ...

• Pakistan journalist compares Dalai Lama with Masood Azhar 14 March 2019 | HP Correspondent This post has 4 comments

  A senior Pakistani journalist Hamid Mir on Wednesday stoked a controversy when he compared Jaish-e-Mohammad chief Masood Azhar to Nobel laureate the Dalai Lama. ...

• China again blocks India’s bid to designate Masood Azhar as global terrorist This post has 5 comments

  India said Thursday it was "disappointed" by China again delaying a bid to blacklist the leader of a Pakistan-based militant group that claimed a massive suicide bombing in Kashmir. ...

• Fighter pilot Abhinandan captured by Pakistan returns to India 1 March 2019 This post has one comment

  Indian Air Force pilot Wing Commander Abhinandan Varthaman, captured by Pakistanis two days ago after his MiG-21 crashed in Pakistani territory, returned to India on Friday night. ...

• Pakistan promises to free Indian pilot as ‘peace gesture’ 28 February 2019 | Nasir Jaffry This post has no comments yet

  Pakistan promised to free a captured Indian pilot on Friday as a "peace gesture" aimed at its nuclear arch-rival, but New Delhi insisted it would remain on "heightened" military alert ...

• Thousands stranded in Thailand after Pakistan closes airspace This post has no comments yet

  Thousands of travellers were stranded in Bangkok on Thursday when Thai Airways cancelled all flights over Pakistan after Islamabad closed its airspace in response to soaring tensions ...