The office of the former Indian Prime Minister said it was yet to receive any invite so far. “Will decide at that point of time if invited,” a close aide of Singh said. read more

The Congress had soon after backed the “erudite, to the point” rebuttal by a young diplomat posted at the permanent Indian Mission at UN, Vidisha Maitra. read more

Jaishankar was among the first ministers to arrive for the SAARC Ministerial Meeting. He was in the meeting for over 45 minutes and then left. read more

Indian officials trashed the Pakistani effort to make too much of the Indian request for the prime minister’s special flight. read more

Pakistan failed at the UNHRC. The next battle is in New York read more

In his statement a few hours earlier, Shah Mahmood Qureshi had focused entirely on Pakistan’s version of the events in Kashmir. read more

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India said the statement made by Pakistan foreign minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi was a ‘fabricated narrative from epicentre of global terrorism’. read more

Pakistan foreign minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi outlined Pakistan’s position while speaking at the UNHRC session in Geneva against the backdrop of tensions with India over the revocation of Jammu and Kashmir’s special status on August 5. read more

Pakistan turned to the UNHRC after its efforts, backed by China, to arrange a formal meeting of the UN Security Council on the Kashmir issue were thwarted by countries such as France and the US. read more

Pakistan has approached various world leaders to seek their interventions into the issue. However, Pakistan has been told to engage bilaterally with India to end tensions. read more

Kashmir came up during a phone conversation between Jean-Yves Le Drian, Minister for Europe and Foreign Affairs and his Pakistan counterpart Shah Mahmood Qureshi. This comes amid tension between the two Asian neighbours over the scrapping of Article... read more

If a dialogue is held between India and Pakistan in future, it would be focused on Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK), defence minister Rajnath Singh said on Sunday read more

The UNSC on Friday took up the issue of Kashmir in informal consultations. The meeting on Kashmir by the Security Council ended without any outcome or statement from the powerful 15-nation UN organ, dealing a huge snub to Pakistan and its all-weather... read more

Pakistan indicated on Saturday that it would press ahead with efforts to internationalise the issue and hit out at remarks by Indian defence minister Rajnath Singh hinting at a rethink of India’s no first use of nuclear weapons policy. read more