ISLAMABAD — External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar on Tuesday landed in Islamabad to attend a conclave of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO), in the first visit to Pakistan by a high-ranking Indian minister in nearly a decade that came amid frosty ties between the two neighbours. Jaishankar’s aircraft landed at the Nur Khan airbase on […]
LAHORE — Pakistan’s law enforcement agencies have arrested more than 200 workers of Imran Khan’s party in the Punjab province to thwart its planned protest in Islamabad during the SCO summit, police said on Monday. The Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) had announced to hold a demonstration at the D-Chowk in the capital during the two-day Shanghai […]
ISLAMABAD — Foreign delegations started arriving in Pakistan Sunday for the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) summit, amid heightened security and the deployment of the army in the national capital to maintain law and order during the event. A 76-member Russian delegation and seven representatives of the SCO reached Pakistan. Separately, a four-member official delegation of […]
KARACHI — The Karachi administration has enforced Section 144 across the city for four days, starting from October 13, to ensure public safety and maintain law and order, ARY News reported. This decision comes after a recommendation from Sindh’s Inspector General of Police (IGP) Ghulam Nabi Memon, who cited potential threats to peace as the […]
ISLAMABAD — Pakistan on Monday ruled out talks with India on bilateral issues during the upcoming visit of External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar to Islamabad to attend the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) summit. India on Friday announced that Jaishankar would lead a delegation to Pakistan to participate in the SCO summit in Islamabad. However, Jaishankar […]
SRINAGAR — National Conference president Farooq Abdullah on Monday said External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar visiting Pakistan for the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation meeting is a “good step” and hoped that the ties between the two countries will improve. India on Friday announced that Jaishankar will travel to Pakistan to attend a conclave of the SCO. […]
SRINAGAR — National Conference president Farooq Abdullah on Saturday expressed hope that External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar’s upcoming visit to Islamabad for the SCO meeting would mark the start of a better relationship between India and Pakistan. India on Friday announced that Jaishankar will travel to Pakistan to attend a conclave of the Shanghai Cooperation […]
NEW DELHI — External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar said on Saturday that he is not going to Islamabad to discuss “India-Pakistan relations” but his visit is all about the multilateral event, which is the SCO Summit 2024, taking place in the neighboring country. The minister said that he is traveling to Pakistan only to be […]
