Islamabad: Pakistan’s coalition government has endorsed an 18 per cent increase in defence spending to over Rs 2.5 trillion in the next budget due to tensions with India, according to a media report on Tuesday. The government is set to unveil the 2025-26 budget in the first week of the next month, ahead of the start…
New York: UN Security Council member nations have posed tough questions to Pakistan while discussing the Pahalgam terror attack amid increasing global outrage over the dastardly strike that killed 26 civilians. The Security Council refused to state the meeting, which was held in a consultative room rather than the main hall, effectively dismissing Pakistan’s attempt…
United Nations: The UN Security Council commenced closed-door consultations here on the situation between India and Pakistan, hours after Secretary General Antonio Guterres voiced concern over tensions between the nuclear-armed neighbours being “at their highest in years”. Pakistan, currently a non-permanent member of the powerful 15-nation Security Council, had requested for “closed consultations” on the…
Islamabad: Pakistan’s parliament on Monday unanimously passed a resolution condemning the Indian government’s “mala fide campaign” to malign Pakistan in the aftermath of the Pahalgam terror attack. Ruling Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) lawmaker Tariq Fazal Chaudhry tabled the resolution, which rejected all “baseless attempts” to link Pakistan to the April 22 attack in Pahalgam in…
Moscow: Russian President Vladimir Putin has accepted Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s invitation to visit India for the annual high-level meeting as the two leaders held a telephone conversation on Monday, the Kremlin said. The leaders emphasised the need for an uncompromising fight against terrorism in any of its manifestations, it said. “The Indian leader confirmed…
Islamabad: Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi arrived in Pakistan on Monday on a day-long visit to hold talks with the country’s leadership ahead of his trip to New Delhi, amid tensions between India and Pakistan following the deadly Pahalgam terror attack. The visit comes days after Araghchi offered to defuse tensions between India and Pakistan,…
Peshawar: Jailed former premier Imran Khan’s Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) on Sunday declined the government’s invitation to attend a briefing on Pakistan-India tensions, citing political grievances and demanding broader political consultation. In a statement, PTI spokesperson Sheikh Waqas Akram announced the party’s decision to boycott the briefing, saying that while PTI firmly condemns all forms of…
Islamabad: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Saturday said that Pakistan’s response was responsible and measured to India’s provocation following the Pahalgam terror attack. Sharif was talking to the Turkiye Ambassador Dr Irfan Neziroglu who met him in Islamabad, reported Radio Pakistan. The prime minister said, “Despite India’s provocative actions following the Pahalgam incident, Pakistan’s response…
Singapore: Singapore’s long-ruling People’s Action Party won another landslide in Saturday’s general elections, extending its 66-year unbroken rule in a huge boost for Prime Minister Lawrence Wong, who took power a year ago. The Election Department announced the PAP won 82 Parliamentary seats after vote counting ended. The party had earlier won five seats uncontested,…
Moscow: Rejecting the Kremlin’s offer for a three-day ceasefire to mark the 80th anniversary of Victory Day, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on Saturday warned the foreign dignitaries invited by Russia to watch the Red Square parade on May 9 that he cannot guarantee their safety. “We cannot be responsible for what happens on the territory…
