External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar and Pakistan NA Speaker Ayaz Sadiq briefly shook hands in Dhaka on the sidelines of Khaleda Zia's funeral. The interaction came amid strained India-Pakistan ties following the Pahalgam terror attack and India's subsequent security and diplomatic act
Former diplomat Vikas Swarup on Wednesday warned that the US is making a "strategic mistake" by strengthening ties with Pakistan, a country closely aligned with China, a strategic competitor of the US.
BJP leader Shahnawaz Hussain slammed Mehbooba Mufti's remarks on India-Pakistan ties, saying talks will only be on PoK and terrorism. He called Pakistan a terror state that begged for a ceasefire. Mufti had earlier said war isn't an option and urged for diplomacy after the recent Pahalgam te
"Pakistan may try very hard, but its reputation as the epicentre of global terrorism will not diminish," he said during an official press briefing in the national capital.
While speaking in Lok Sabha on Friday, Jaishankar said that India has made it very clear it is for the Pakistani side to show that they are changing their behaviour of the past and if they don't, it will have implications for the bilateral ties and for them.
In his first remarks since the announcement, 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 cou
Rajya Sabha MP Kapil Sibal has raised a tough question after the Ministry of External Affairs announced that External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar will lead the Indian delegation to Islamabad for the SCO Summit 2024.
"The truth is that Pakistan covets our territory and has continuously used terrorism to disrupt elections in Jammu and Kashmir, an inalienable and integral part of India. A reference has been made to some proposals of strategic restraint," she said.
Pakistan Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Friday once again raked up the Kashmir bogey in his speech at the United Nations General Assembly. He called on New Delhi to enter a dialogue with Islamabad for a peaceful resolution of the dispute.
In perhaps the first acknowledgement of its kind on a global forum that the "new India is a dangerous entity", Pakistan's Permanent Ambassador to the United Nations, Munir Akram said, invoking the alleged targeted and extra-judicial assassinations in his homeland and elsewhere.
"As Pakistan is concerned, there is a history of cross-border terrorism. But you also know that till the Modi government came we were tolerating it. We were turning the other cheek. We were not acting. After Modi ji came, things have changed," EAM Jaishankar said.