Chief of Army Staff (COAS) General Qamar Javed Bajwa on Tuesday said dividends of improved security situation including return of international cricket in the country was a result of numerous sacrifices rendered and challenges overcame to eliminate extremism and terrorism from Pakistan. Chairing the ..
National
February 8, 2021
ISLAMABAD: Senior leader of the Pakistan People’s Party and Chairman Senate Standing Committee on Interior Senator Abdul Rehman Malik on Sunday said the country is currently facing internal and external threats, both on eastern and southern borders which demand national unity as Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi was involved in anti-Pakistan moves.
“Time and again, I have advised the government to go to the International Court of Justice and the International Criminal Court. I appeal to the lawyers if the government does not go to the International Court of Justice, then the lawyers should go and I will fully support them,” he said while addressing an event organised at his residence here on Sunday.
Pakistan’s latest talks offer on Kashmir
It is highly unlikely that India would respond positively to Pakistan’s latest offer
This writer is a senior foreign affairs correspondent at The Express Tribune
Pakistan observed the Kashmir Solidarity Day on February 5. The day is observed annually since 1990 when late chief of Jamaat-e-Islami Qazi Hussain Ahmed first floated this idea to express support to the Kashmiris. Occupied Kashmir has remained a thorn in the relationship between Pakistan and India since 1947. The two nuclear-armed neighbours have fought wars, and intermittent rounds of talks have failed to break the deadlock.
What changed of late was that India made Kashmir a “non-negotiable” issue after it unilaterally revoked the special status of the disputed territory. The August 5, 2019 move was also in violation of the 1972 Shimla Accord that prohibits both countries from changing the status quo till the final settlement. The unilateral step coupled with Modi gover
National
February 8, 2021
ISLAMABAD: Senior leader of the Pakistan People’s Party and Chairman Senate Standing Committee on Interior Senator Abdul Rehman Malik on Sunday said the country is currently facing internal and external threats, both on eastern and southern borders which demand national unity as Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi was involved in anti-Pakistan moves.
“Time and again, I have advised the government to go to the International Court of Justice and the International Criminal Court. I appeal to the lawyers if the government does not go to the International Court of Justice, then the lawyers should go and I will fully support them,” he said while addressing an event organised at his residence here on Sunday.