12 h. ago Defeated India trying to pacify its domestic audience by blaming China: Khawaja Asif

ISLAMABAD: Defence Minister Khawaja Asif rejected the top Indian Army officer’s claims about China’s ‘live [satellite] inputs’ to Pakistan during its recent conflict with India in May, saying such statements are aimed at pacifying the domestic audience. India’s Deputy Chief of Army Staff, Rahul R Singh, claimed a day ago that Beijing provided real-time satellite […]

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5 d. ago SCO proved world is listening to Pakistan, not India: Khawaja Asif

Defence Minister Khawaja Muhammad Asif on Monday said that Pakistan’s stance was recognized and upheld during the recent Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) summit, where India was unable to assert its position. The minister stressed that Pakistan desires peace, but sustainable peace requires the resolution of longstanding disputes. Speaking to a private news channel, he said, […]

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8 d. ago Khawaja Asif’s address at SCO causes diplomatic isolation for India

QINGDAO: The Indian Defence Minister’s request to speak after Pakistan’s Defence Minister Khawaja Asif at the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) Defence Ministers’ Meeting in Qingdao, China, was rejected, highlighting further diplomatic tensions between the two countries. Khawaja Asif, during his address, presented evidence of India’s involvement in Pakistan’s internal matters, specifically referring to the terrorist […]

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2 w. ago Pakistan avoids FATF grey list despite pressure from India and Israel: Khawaja Asif

ISLAMABAD – Defence Minister Khawaja Asif announced on Sunday that Pakistan has successfully avoided being placed on the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) grey list, despite strong efforts by India and Israel to influence the outcome. In a post on social media platform X, Asif revealed that the FATF’s International Cooperation Review Group (ICRG) held […]

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3 w. ago Pakistan says 700 army personnel killed in militant attacks in last 2 years

Around 700 army personnel have been killed in various militant attacks over the past two years, Pakistan’s Defense Minister Khawaja Muhammad Asif said on Saturday, accusing India of supporting terror outfits in the country. Pakistan has witnessed a surge in militant attacks since November 2022 in its northwestern Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) and southwestern Balochistan provinces […]

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3 w. ago Bilawal Bhutto and Khawaja Asif express grief over India plane crash

Pakistani leaders have expressed deep sorrow over the deadly plane crash in Ahmedabad, India. Chairman of the Pakistan Peoples Party and former Foreign Minister, Bilawal Bhutto Zardari, shared a message of condolence on platform X. He said he was deeply saddened by the tragic crash of an Air India flight near Ahmedabad, which carried around […]

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last month No decision on abrogation of any bilateral deal with India: FO

A Foreign Office (FO) official on Thursday said that no formal decision had been taken so far to abrogate any bilateral agreement with India in the wake of Defence Minister Khawaja Asif saying that the Simla Agreement was now inapplicable. “No formal decision on abrogation of any bilateral agreement with India has so far been […]

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