Asia

SCO meeting: Pakistan PM Shehbaz Sharif stays silent on Kashmir

ISLAMABAD — Pakistan Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif concluded the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) Council of Heads of Government (CHG) meeting in Islamabad on Wednesday by calling on the international community to focus urgently on the ongoing Israel-Gaza conflict. Interestingly, as he handed over the chairmanship to Russia at the Jinnah Convention Centre, Sharif refrained from […]

Asia

Foreign delegations arrive in Pakistan for SCO summit; security beefed up in national capital

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 […]

Asia

Pakistan rules out talks with India on bilateral issues during Jaishankar’s visit

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 […]

Politics

Hope it will be start of better relationship between India Pakistan: Farooq Abdullah on Jaishankar visit

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 […]