Islamabad: Pakistan’s Defence Minister Khawaja Asif has acknowledged that the country’s assertion of having shot down five Indian jets, including Rafale fighters, during India’s ‘Operation Sindoor’. is based on ‘social media posts.’ In an interview with CNN, Asif was asked whether Islamabad had concrete evidence to support its claim. He responded, “It is all on social…
London: The rising tensions between India and Pakistan in the wake of the Pahalgam terror attack and Op Sindoor targeting terror camps in PoK was debated at length in the British Parliament, with members across parties appealing for UK efforts to aid de-escalation in the region. India launched Operation Sindoor early Wednesday, hitting nine terror…
Lahore: In a late-night development Wednesday, the Pakistan government has closed its airspace for all commercial flights at Lahore and Islamabad airports. “The country’s airspace is closed for all commercial flights at Lahore and Islamabad airports,” said the Pakistan Airports Authority (PAA) in a statement late Wednesday night. The Karachi airport is, however, operational. Pakistan…
Islamabad: Pakistan’s National Security Council on Wednesday said the country’s armed forces have been duly authorised to undertake retaliation at a time, place, and manner of their choosing in response to the Indian military strikes. Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif presided over the National Security Council (NSC) meeting, which was attended by cabinet ministers, chief ministers,…
Islamabad: Pakistan is ready to “wrap up” tensions with India, if New Delhi de-escalates the situation, Defence Minister Khawaja Asif said on Wednesday. His remarks came hours after India carried out a military strike on terror targets in Pakistan and Pakistan-occupied Kashmir. Asif was reported as saying by Bloomberg Television that Pakistan will only respond…
Islamabad: The Pakistan Army said that India launched air strikes against the country early Wednesday, vowing to respond to the attack. Army spokesman Lt Gen Ahmed Sharif Chaudhry said that missiles fired by India targeted Kotli and Muzaffarabad in Pakistan-occupied Kashmir and Bahawalpur in Punjab province. Some time ago, India launched air strikes on the…
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…
