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The dramatic flare-up of tensions and targeted cross-border strikes between India and Pakistan this week has raised the spectre of a first all-out war between the two nuclear-armed neighbours in decades. The two countries have fought two wars since independence over the disputed region of Kashmir – and three in total – and the picturesque

Ambassador Sheikh argues US would need to pursue a more comprehensive, sustained initiative than witnessed in past NEW YORK/ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s Ambassador to the United States, Rizwan Saeed Sheikh, has urged President Donald Trump to step in and help ease simmering escalation between India and Pakistan as the US leader simultaneously strives to solve conflicts in

WASHINGTON — A senior White House official on Thursday (Dec 19) said nuclear-armed Pakistan is developing long-range ballistic missile capabilities that eventually could allow it to strike targets well beyond South Asia, making it an "emerging threat" to the United States. Deputy National Security Adviser Jon Finer's surprise revelation underscored how far the once-close ties between

ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Muhammad Shehbaz Sharif has said Pakistan stood united with the global community in reaffirming its firm commitment to strengthening the national HIV response and ensuring that no one was left behind. The theme, “Take the Rights Path : My health, My right,” reminds us that the journey to eliminate AIDS as a

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