Islamabad, Jan.1 (ANI): Reiterating its concerns over the alleged interference of India in Pakistan through Afghanistan, Pakistan Foreign Office has said that the situation in the region can not improve unless New Delhi stops its covert activities.
Addressing a press conference here, Foreign Office spokesperson Abdul Basit said Pakistan wants stability in the region, but is [...]
Islamabad, Dec 24 (IANS) Pakistan Thursday described India’s announcement of troop withdrawals from Jammu and Kashmir as an attempt to divert the attention of the international community from the basic problem of the Kashmir dispute.
Foreign Office Spokesperson Abdul Basit expressed the views during a chat with Online news agency and state-run PTV.
Indian Defence [...]
Islamabad, Dec. 20 (ANI) : Calling for an early resumption of a ‘meaningful and result-oriented’ bilateral talks with India, Pakistan Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani has said that the non-resolution of all outstanding issues (including Kashmir) between the two countries is hampering counter-terrorism efforts in the region.
Speaking during a meeting at the Prime Minister’s house [...]
Washington, Dec.11 (ANI): The United States has clarified that the long pending Kashmir dispute between India and Pakistan should be resolved bilaterally with active participation of the people of Kashmir.
Addressing a regular briefing, US Assistant Secretary of State for Public Affairs P.J. Crowley said Washington has been discussing the decades-old issues with both the [...]
Srinagar, Dec 1(IANS) The United Jehad Council (UJC), a conglomerate of guerrilla outfits based in Pakistani Kashmir, has rejected the proposed ‘quiet dialogue’ between the Indian government and Kashmiri separatist leaders.
In an interview to a prominent English daily newspaper, Syed Sallahuddin, the Muzaffarabad-based chief of Hizbul Mujahideen and the man who heads the UJC, said: [...]
Islamabad, Nov.26 (ANI): Former Pakistan Foreign Minister Sartaj Aziz has said that India and Pakistan had agreed to settle the long pending Kashmir dispute through a well devised mechanism, according to which India would annex the Jammu and Ladakh regions, leaving the Kashmir valley and some adjoining areas for further discussion.
Talking to reporters on the [...]
Lahore, Nov. 23 (ANI): Pakistan’s Foreign Ministry has said that India does not have the right to decide the issue unilaterally and the Kashmir dispute must be resolved in accordance with UN resolutions.
Reacting to Indian Primer Minister Dr Manmohan Singh’s statement that India would not redraw the Indo-Pak border in Kashmir, Pakistan Foreign Office [...]
Srinagar, Nov 19 (IANS) Jammu and Kashmir’s Hurriyat Conference is committed to solving the Kashmir issue through meaningful dialogue with New Delhi but also wants Pakistan on board, says the separatist group’s chief Mirwaiz Umar Farooq.
‘We firmly believe that the solution has to be found through a dialogue. There is no other way. We are [...]
Islamabad, Nov 14 (IANS) Pakistan Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani has said the country’s focus on the war on terror is being affected because of persistent tensions with India.
‘While Pakistan is fully committed to taking to logical conclusion the ongoing operations against the Taliban, the country’s forces are overstretched because of perpetual tensions on the [...]
Islamabad, Nov.14 (ANI): Pakistan Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani has said heightened tension with India is affecting its ongoing war against the Taliban.
During a meeting with US National Security Adviser Lt.General (retired) James Jones here, Gilani said his government is fully committed to rooting out extremism from its soil, but the tension on the [...]
Lahore, Nov. 2 (ANI): Punjab Governor Salmaan Taseer has reassured newly elected prime minister of Pakistan-occupied Kashmir, Raja Farooq Haider Khan, that Pakistan will continue to support the freedom struggle of the Kashmiris.
The Daily Times quoted Taseer as saying [...]
Muzaffarabad, Oct 27(ANI): Pakistan Foreign Minister, Shah Mehmood Qureshi, has said that a solution to the Kashmir dispute is critical for better ties between Pakistan and India.
He also emphasised that there was a dire need to resolve the issue in accordance with the [...]
Srinagar, Oct 23 (ANI): Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah has said that talks were on, both formal and informal, to resolve the Kashmir dispute.
Talking to reporters here on Thursday, Abdullah said: “I will be satisfied only when this matter is resolved. Talks have been held on this issue both formal as well [...]
Srinagar, Oct 6 (ANI): The main separatist alliance in Jammu and Kashmir, All Parties Hurriyat Conference (APHC), today said that it favoured tripartite talks with India and Pakistan to resolve the dispute over the Himalayan region.
This was disclosed by Mirwaiz Umer Farooq, Chairman of APHC at a press conference in Srinagar [...]
Srinagar, Oct 6 (IANS) Mirwaiz Umer Farooq, chairman of the separatist Hurriyat Conference, Tuesday said the group will soon send a team to New Delhi and Islamabad to defuse tensions between the two countries so that the Jammu and Kashmir dispute is resolved through dialogue.
‘We would be sending a peace mission to Delhi and Islamabad [...]
New York, Sep.29 (ANI): Pakistan Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi has said that an international probe should be conducted to investigate the recent encounters by the Indian security forces in Kashmir.
Interacting with media persons in New York, Qureshi said the recent incidents in Kashmir indicated the struggle of the people of that region.
“The recent incidents [...]
Islamabad, Sep.20 (ANI): Pakistan Prime Minister Yosuf Raza Gilani is back to singing his ‘K-tune’ by describing Kashmir as Pakistan’s jugular vein.
Interacting with a group of political leaders during an Iftaar party at the PM House here, Gilani said Islamabad’s policy on Kashmir was based on Mohammad Ali Jinnah’s stance that “Kashmir was the jugular [...]
London, Sep 19 (IANS) Pakistan President Asif Ali Zardari has again blamed terrorist attacks on ‘non-state actors and supporters of dictatorship’ in Pakistan.
In remarks made ahead of what he described as coming ‘leadership level’ talks in New York, Zardari also called for ‘meaningful progress’ toward resolving the dispute with India over Kashmir.
‘Terrorist attacks are always [...]
Islamabad, Sep.12 (ANI): Pakistan is looking to rake up the Kashmir issue at the United Nations General Assembly which is scheduled to be held later this month.
According to sources, in two separate meetings held at the Foreign Office, concerned officials briefed Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi regarding both the Kashmir and Afghanistan issues.
Sources said that [...]
Islamabad, Aug.14 (ANI): Pakistan has reiterated its ad-nauseum stance of resolving the Kashmir dispute in accordance with the UN resolution.
Addressing a gathering at Rawalkot, Interior Advisor Rehman Malik said Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) has always supported the self-determination right of the Kashmiri’s.
Malik said the United Nations must step in and resolve the issue lingering for [...]
Islamabad, Aug.14 (ANI): Pakistan Prime Minister Syed Yousuf Raza Gilani said on Friday that he was optmistic about his country having better and improved ties with India in the near future, and added that Pakistan’s foreign policy rests [...]
Lahore, Aug. 13 (ANI): Pakistan occupied Kashmir’s (POK) Prime Minister Sardar Yaqoob Khan has said India is not in a position to prolong the Kashmir dispute, and that the issue would be resolved within two years.
Addressing the Lahore Chamber of Commerce and Industry (LCCI), Khan said the Kashmir issue could not resolved until India withdraws [...]
Islamabad, Aug. 8 (ANI): Islamabad has once again resorted to the old rhetoric of resolving the Kashmir issue in line with the UN Security Council resolutions and the aspirations of the Kashmiris.
“Pakistan seeks a just settlement of the Kashmir [...]
London: Statement of Mirwaiz Umar Farooq regarding a role of China in Kashmir dispute has surprised many. We people of Jammu and Kashmir are in limbo mainly because we are occupied by three countries, although it was only two who were considered party to the Kashmir dispute.
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