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The director generals of military operations (DGMOs) of Pakistan and India held talks over the hotline and agreed that both sides would consider immediate measures to ensure troops reduction from borders and forward areas, the Indian military said on Monday. The Indian military said it discussed issues related to the commitment that both sides must not fire a single shot …

US President Donald Trump announced on Saturday that India and Pakistan have agreed to a “full and immediate ceasefire” following a night of U.S.-mediated negotiations between the two nuclear-armed neighbours. “After a long night of U.S.-mediated talks, India and Pakistan have agreed to a FULL AND IMMEDIATE CEASEFIRE. Congratulations to both countries for choosing Common Sense and Great Intelligence.” The …

ndian shares fell for a second straight session, losing about $83 billion in market value, as intensified military action between India and its neighbouring Pakistan rattled investors. The nuclear-armed neighbours have been locked in conflict since Wednesday, when India targeted multiple “terrorist infrastructure” locations in Pakistan in response to a deadly attack in India Kashmir last month. Pakistan retaliated, and …

US President Donald Trump offered to help Pakistan and India ease growing tensions and urged both nations to stop attacking each other and work towards peace. Speaking to reporters in the Oval Office, Trump said he was willing to step in and assist if needed. “It’s so terrible,” Trump said at the White House. “I get along with both, I …

Even as India was gearing up to use its military to strike at Pakistan this week, calling it revenge for a terrorist strike in Kashmir last month, the government was pursuing other forms of power projection as well: bloodless and more refined, and mostly aimed at Pakistan’s economic vulnerability. On Friday, May 9, the executive board of the International Monetary …

Shares of Chinese defence manufacturing companies rallied on Wednesday, as the escalation in tensions between India and Pakistan boosted the outlook for exporters. Pakistan, which has imported a bulk of the defence equipment, claimed to have shot down Indian jets. This led to speculation that Chinese platforms may have been deployed in the conflict. Source link

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The United Nations Security Council held closed consultations today under the agenda item “The India-Pakistan Question”. The meeting was held to discuss the deteriorating regional security environment, heightened tensions between India and Pakistan and the situation in Indian Illegally Occupied Jammu and Kashmir (IIOJK). The meeting was convened at Pakistan’s request, in view of India’s recent unilateral measures and provocative …

Amid mounting India-Pakistan tensions, Pakistani Ambassador to the United Nations,Asim Iftikhar Ahmad, met UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Thursday and discussed the latest developments in the region. “The discussion focused on the evolving security situation in South Asia as well as the imperative of de-escalation and the efforts being made to that effect,” a press release issued by the Pakistan …

US Secretary of State Marco Rubio has called on India and Pakistan to work together to ease tensions after last week’s militant attack in Indian Illegally Occupied Jammu and Kashmir (IIOJK), the State Department said. Rubio spoke separately with Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif and Indian Foreign Minister Subrahmanyam Jaishankar. He also urged Pakistan to cooperate in investigating the attack …