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Showing posts with label #Pakistan. Show all posts
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Sunday, February 15, 2015
Friday, February 13, 2015
PM Modi sending Foreign Secretary Jaishankar to Pak soon since calling off talks over Kashmir
New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi is sending Foreign Secretary Subrahmanyan Jaishankar to Pakistan as part of a regional tour, the first top-ranking visit since Modi broke off talks last year over the disputed region of Kashmir.
The sign of a thaw in ties comes weeks after a visit to India by US President Barack Obama.
The United States has long privately encouraged dialogue between India and Pakistan hoping that better ties between the nuclear-armed neighbours could lead to cooperation in other areas such as Afghanistan.
Modi called his Pakistani counterpart, Nawaz Sharif, early on Friday to wish his country luck in the World Cup cricket tournament beginning this weekend and to tell him that Jaishankar will soon visit Islamabad as well as other regional capitals.
The Indian government last year abruptly called off talks between the foreign secretaries, incensed that Pakistan`s envoy in New Delhi had hosted Kashmiri separatists in the run-up to those talks.
India considers the whole of Kashmir as an integral part of the country and the decision by Modi`s government to pull the plug on talks with Pakistan represented a stiffening of India`s stand on the 68-year-old dispute over the territory.
Pakistan criticised the decision to cancel the talks and there have since been calls, including from within India, that the two countries must remain engaged.
Sharif told Modi that he welcomed the proposed visit of the Indian envoy to Pakistan to discuss all issues of common interest, the Pakistani foreign office said in a statement.
The neighbours have fought two wars over Kashmir since independence from Britain in 1947 and ties remain difficult since a 2008 attack on Mumbai by Pakistan-based gunmen.
India wants speedy trials of those suspected to have orchestrated the attacks. Pakistan says it is doing all it can.
Modi said in a Twitter post that he called the leaders of Afghanistan, Bangladesh and Sri Lanka, besides Pakistan to wish them luck in the cricket tournament being held in Australia. India play Pakistan in their opening game on Sunday.
Reuters
Pics: Peshawar: Blast outside Shiite mosque; 20 killed, 55 injured
At least 20 people were killed and over 55 others injured when Pakistani Taliban militants attacked a Shia mosque in Peshawar city during Friday prayers, police and hospital officials said.
The Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) claimed responsibility for the attack, Dawn quoted citing an email sent by the group.
Heavy firing was also reported and residents said a thick cloud of smoke engulfed the Hayatabad area of the city.
Residents said three explosions took place inside the Imamia Masjid at the time of Friday prayers.
The attack comes two weeks after a suicide bombing at a Shia mosque in Shikarpur in Sindh province killed over 6o people, the deadliest sectarian incident to hit the country in nearly two years.
The Muttahida Majlis Wahdatul Muslimeen (MWM), Shia Ulema Council, Jaffria Alliance and Imamia Rabita Council have announced a three-day mourning.
Mushtaq Ghani, information minister of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, called for deployment of Frontier Corps personnel, saying the mosque was very close to tribal areas, which made access for terrorists easy.
A police and army personnel-led operation at the mosque after the militant attack ended with the officials saying that one of the suicide bomber's jacket had been defused.
Shia scholar Arif Hussain said there was no one to control terrorists, adding that these attacks would continue if they are not brought under control.
"They are enemies of the state and enemies of Islam," he said.
Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) Inspector General of Police Nasir Durrani said the attackers did not enter the mosque through the main gate as security personnel were deployed there.
Ghani has confirmed that 19 people have been killed in the attack.
Hayatabad came under heavy surveillance as helicopters hovered over the area and dozens of FC troops took up position to clear the vicinity.
Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif and President Mamnoon Hussain issued strong condemnation of the incident.
Political leaders, including Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf chairman Imran Khan, Jamaat-i-Islami (JI) leader Sirajul Haq, and Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) chief Altaf Hussain also condemned the attack.
Thursday, January 15, 2015
Terror Threat for US President's Visit? 'Terrorists might launch attack ahead of Republic Day'
New Delhi: The Army on Thursday warned that terrorists might try to carry out attacks ahead of US
President Barack Obama's visit to India later this month.
Lt Gen KH Singh, General Officer Commanding (GoC) of Army's 16 Corps, today revealed there are inputs that terrorists might try to attack soft targets including schools and civilian areas ahead of the US President's visit. Army camps and important highways are also on the radar of terrorists, Lt Gen Singh added.