ISLAMABAD — Pakistan has banned Indian-flagged ships from entering its ports with immediate effect after New Delhi imposed fresh punitive measures, including a ban on the import of goods and entry of Pakistani vessels into its ports, against Islamabad amid heightened tensions following the Pahalgam terror attack. India on Saturday, 3 May, imposed a ban […]
NEW DELHI — India has banned direct or indirect import of all goods from Pakistan with immediate effect, according to a notification of the commerce ministry. A provision in this regard has been added in Foreign Trade Policy (FTP) 2023 “to prohibit direct or indirect import or transit of all goods originating in or exported […]
ISLAMABAD — Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif Friday urged brotherly countries, including Saudi Arabia, to impress upon India to de-escalate and defuse tensions heightened after the Pahalgam terror attack that killed 26 people. Sharif separately met Saudi Ambassador Nawaf bin Saeed Al-Maliky, UAE Ambassador Hamad Obaid Al-Zaabi and Kuwait Ambassador Nasser Abdulrahman Jasser in Islamabad when […]
LONDON — The UK has called on all parties involved to take a measured approach and urged de-escalation in the aftermath of the “despicable” terrorist attacks in Pahalgam that claimed 26 lives last week. After an urgent question in the House of Commons, the issue of “Kashmir: Increasing Tension” was debated in the House of […]
UNITED NATIONS — The UNSC could meet “sooner rather than later” to discuss the situation between India and Pakistan, the President of the world’s topmost diplomatic body has said, noting that this would be an opportunity to express views and to help diffuse tensions between the nuclear-armed South Asian neighbours. “Of course, if a request […]
Srinagar — Terming Pakistan as a “failed state”, National Conference (NC) president Farooq Abdullah Thursday said relations between New Delhi and Islamabad would never improve until a peoples’ government is elected in the neighbouring country. Speaking to reporters after a party event at the NC headquarters here, he also said the people of Pakistan want […]
NEW DELHI — The US has urged India and Pakistan to de-escalate their tensions over the Pahalgam terror attack as US Secretary of State Marco Rubio held separate phone conversations with External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar and Pakistan Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif to emphasise on avoiding further escalation. In his phone conversation with Jaishankar on […]
Ballia (UP) — SP MP Afzal Ansari condemned the targeting of Muslims and Kashmiri students in several parts of the country following the terrorist attack in Pahalgam, alleging that those “government-backed” people spreading hatred share the same mindset as terrorists. Talking to PTI on the sidelines of a family function at the residence of Ballia […]
Mumbai/New Delhi — Indian airlines are likely to face additional weekly expenses of Rs 77 crore for international flights operated from north Indian cities as the airspace curbs result in increased fuel consumption and longer flight durations. An analysis of the number of overseas flights and back-of-the-envelope calculations based on increased flight time as well […]
NEW DELHI — A 24-year-old woman from Jammu and Kashmir was allegedly molested outside the Jamia Millia Islamia University Gate 8 in Delhi, according to police officials. The incident was reported to the Jamia Nagar Police Station after a call was received about a man misbehaving with a girl near the university’s gate. “It is […]
