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Pakistan has strongly rejected Indian media claims of alleged drone intrusions along the Line of Control (LoC), calling them baseless and fabricated, ARY News reported, citing security sources. Sources report that no Pakistani drone has crossed the border or the LoC at any point. They added that Indian media is once again spreading false narratives […]

Journalists and media outlets from the United States, United Kingdom, and France have acknowledged Pakistan’s military capabilities during its recent confrontation with India, highlighting its effective strategy and technological edge.

Drones, Rafales, JF-17s, and scathing rebukes — India and Pakistan, both nuclear-armed states, witnessed one of their biggest escalations last week. While the neighbours are not new to conflict, this time, the breakdown in their relations was different, given the frequency and intensity of the aggression. It began with the horrific killing of 26 tourists at a hill station in the Indian-occupied Kashmir. India blamed Pakistan for the attack, an accusation the latter denies. Islamabad has since called for an international independent probe into the massacre. However, on the night of May 6-7, New Delhi took things a step forward and launched a series of air strikes on Pakistan, resulting in civilian casualties. Both sides then exchanged missiles, which stretched over the week. It took American intervention for both sides to finally drop their guns. On Saturday, when tensions between the two countries peaked, US President Donald Trump announced that a ceasefire had been reached between India and Pakistan. However...

Deputy Prime Minister/Foreign Minister Senator Mohammad Ishaq Dar Monday informed Foreign Minister of Australia Senator Penny Wong that Pakistan had shown restraint throughout the recent crisis and only exercised its right to self-defense in line with the UN Charter and international law.

Awami Muslim League (AML) chief Sheikh Rashid Ahmed has expressed strong support for Pakistan’s armed forces, declaring that the entire nation stands united in defending the homeland.

Senior military officials from India and Pakistan are set to hold talks on Monday to determine the way forward following a US-brokered ceasefire that brought calm to the Line of Control after days of the heaviest cross-border shelling in nearly three decades.

ISLAMABAD - Pakistan yesterday supported US President Donald Trump’s role as mediator and welcomed the American leader’s statement regarding Pakistan-India relations.

ISLAMABAD - Pakistan yesterday welcomed United Nations Secretary General Antonio Guterres’ statement on ceasefire agreement between Pakistan and India.

Defence Minister Khawaja Muhammad Asif on Sunday said that Pakistan exercised maximum restraint in the face of baseless allegations and provocative actions by India following the Pahalgam incident.

Air Vice Marshal Aurangzeb revealed that Pakistan successfully used GPS jamming technology to bring down Indian drones that were attempting to hit civilian areas in the country, ARY News reported. He shared this information during a joint press conference held with DG ISPR Lieutenant General Ahmad Sharif Chaudhry and Vice Admiral Rab Nawaz of the […]

Director General Inter-Services Public Relations (DG ISPR) Lieutenant General Ahmad Sharif Chaudhry has firmly clarified that Pakistan never requested a ceasefire during the recent military tensions with India. He made this statement while sharing detailed insights into the successful execution of Operation Bunyan-un-Marsoos. DG ISPR in a joint press briefing alongside Air Vice Marshal Aurangzeb […]

The Afghan government under the Taliban has called for “mutual respect and constructive engagement” with Pakistan and China, according to a statement issued by its interior ministry. The statement was issued after special envoys of Pakistan and China, Mohammad Sadiq and Yue Xiaoyong, met Afghan Interior Minister Sirajuddin Haqqani in Kabul. The trilateral forum was established in 2017, with earlier meetings held in Beijing and the Afghan capital. “Minister of Interior Khalifa Sirajuddin Haqqani emphasised the importance of strengthening regional ties, stating that, from the Islamic Emirate’s perspective, the advancement of economic and political relations, as well as regional understanding, can be achieved through mutual respect and constructive engagement,” the Afghan interior ministry said. It added that the special envoys of China and Pakistan reaffirmed their commitment to strengthening good neighbourly relations and fostering cooperation with Afghanistan based on mutual engagement. They also agreed that ...

Pakistan has welcomed US President Donald Trump’s expression of support for efforts to resolve the Jammu and Kashmir dispute, terming it a key issue with far-reaching consequences for regional and global peace.

Pakistan’s High Commissioner to the United Kingdom, Dr.

RAWALPINDI: Pakis­tan reopened its airspace for all types of flig­hts on Saturday as tensions eased with India following a ceasefire agreement. The two neighbouring nations closed their airspaces multiple times since Wednesday, when India launched missiles into Pakistan, triggering a series of hostilities. On Saturday evening, the Pakistan Airport Aut­hority (PAA) announced that the airspace has been fully restored for all types of flights and issued a fresh notice to airmen (NOTAM). “All airports in the country are available for normal flight operations,” a spokesman for PAA said. He requested passengers to contact the airline for the latest flight schedule. However, the normalisation of flight operations is expected to take time as passenger aircraft and other equipment were shifted to safe locations as a precaution during escalating tensions between Pakistan and India. Officials have said the aircraft are being brought back to the operational area for routine operations. The Pakistan International Airlines...

ISLAMABAD - Pakistan late Saturday night said that it had not violated any ceasefire agreement reached with India hours earlier.

ISLAMABAD - After days of rising tensions, missile and drone strikes, and near-daily warnings from both sides of further escalation, a flurry of quiet diplomacy appears to have averted a deeper crisis between nuclear-armed rivals India and Pakistan.

ISLAMABAD - Pakistan and India on Saturday agreed to a full and immediate ceasefire, hours after Pakistan launched an operation to exercise its right of self-defence following the Indian missile attacks.

ISLAMABAD - Pakistan early Saturday a robust response to blatant Indian aggression under “Operation Bunyan un Marsoos” (Iron Wall), symbolising national unity and an unwavering commitment to safeguarding the sovereignty and territorial integrity of the homeland.

ISLAMABAD - Federal Minister for Information and Broadcasting Attaullah Tarar said on Saturday that Pakistan was neither aggressor nor provocator, it only responded to unprovoked Indian aggression in self-defence under the United Nations Charter.