Amid a freeze in India-Pakistan ties over Islamabad's support to cross-border terrorism, External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar on Friday said "victims of terrorism do not sit together with perpetrators of terrorism"
The spectre of terrorism surfaced again in Jammu and Kashmir on Friday with the Army engaged in an encounter with Pakistan-backed terrorists in the Rajouri district of Jammu and Kashmir with the incident taking place on a day Pakistan Foreign Minister Bilawal Bhutto Zardari is in Goa to t
External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar on Monday (local time) took a veiled dig at Pakistan and said that it is very difficult to engage with a neighbour, who practices cross-border terrorism against India.
A great friend of India, Tarek Fatah passed away in Toronto at the age of 73. He authored several books and was a lifelong and vocal advocate for Baloch human rights. He was a fierce critic of the cross-border terrorism perpetrated by Pakistan in Jammu and Kashmir.
The MEA report read, Pakistan is yet to show sincerity in delivering justice to the families of the 26/11 Mumbai terror attacks as it continued to engage in obfuscation and dilatory tactics.
Relations between the two countries have been precarious for many years with regard to issues of cross-border terrorism from Pakistan, even as Islamabad has been seeking the restoration of Article 370.
The Chief Minister also urged Amit Shah to provide more funds to ensure modernization of the state police force to effectively combat the new challenges. He said that the need of the hour is to provide ultra-modern gadgets and weapons to the state force for checking cross-border infiltration
"At a time, when J-K prepares for the upcoming elections under the new Constitution setup, we cannot afford to let terrorist activities go unquestioned. I also wish to alert the international community that the candidates in the upcoming elections are the next target of these terrorists," sa
Taking to Twitter PM Modi said, "President @AlsisiOfficial and I discussed ways to augment cooperation in healthcare, environment and global supply chains. We also talked about issues pertaining to security and the need to end cross-border terrorism."
While addressing the gatherings at Tughlaq's 53rd annual function, Jaishankar said that national security is being tested in all countries, but India has had more than a fair share. These have ranged from insurgencies and wars to cross-border terrorism, especially terrorism.b
Pakistan has witnessed a sharp rise in terror incidents, especially in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Balochistan, during the past couple of months after TTP put the truce with Islamabad to an end.
At the 40th National Security Committee meeting, Pakistan vowed to show 'zero tolerance' for terrorism amid the spurt in terrorist strikes by banned outfit Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) and a rise in cross-border terrorism on Pak-Afghanistan border, Geo News reported.