PICKING UP THE PIECES Among those most affected by the fighting were residents on either side of the border, many of whom fled their homes when the fighting began on Wednesday, two weeks after a deadly attack in Indian Kashmir’s Pahalgam that India said was backed by Islamabad. Pakistan deniedContinue Reading
Pakistan Information Minister Attaullah Tarar dismissed earlier Indian accusations of Pakistani attacks as “baseless and misleading” and said Pakistan had not carried out any “offensive actions”. In Pakistani Kashmir, officials said heavy shelling from across the border killed five civilians, including an infant, and wounded 29 others in the earlyContinue Reading
SIRENS IN AMRITSAR A “major infiltration bid” was “foiled” in Kashmir’s Samba region on Thursday night, India’s Border Security Force said, and heavy artillery shelling persisted in the Uri area on Friday, according to a security official who did not want to be named. “Several houses caught fire and wereContinue Reading
WASHINGTON: United States Vice President JD Vance said on Thursday (May 8) that India and Pakistan should de-escalate tensions, but he added that the US cannot control the nuclear-armed Asian neighbours and a war between them would be “none of our business”. “We want this thing to de-escalate as quicklyContinue Reading
The Indian army said in a statement the Pakistani army “resorted to arbitrary firing”, including gunfire and artillery shelling, across the Line of Control, the de facto border that divides disputed Kashmir between the two countries, and their international border. Source linkContinue Reading
The strikes – called an ‘act of war’ by Pakistan’s Prime Minister- were ordered after last month’s deadly attack on Indian tourists in Kashmir Source linkContinue Reading
ISLAMABAD: Seven Pakistan army soldiers were killed on Tuesday (May 6) when their vehicle was targeted by an improvised explosive device, Pakistan’s military said, blaming arch rival India for the attack. Ties between the two nations have been strained since the Apr 22 attack in Indian Kashmir that targeted Hindu tourists,Continue Reading
NEW DELHI: Germany’s Lufthansa Group said on Monday (May 5) that its flights were avoiding Pakistani airspace until further notice, which will result in longer travel times on some routes. Lufthansa Flight LH760 from Frankfurt to New Delhi had to fly nearly an hour longer on Sunday due to theContinue Reading
QUETTA, Pakistan: A separatist militant group in southwestern Pakistan on Sunday (May 4) claimed an attack on a prison van in which five police officers were taken hostage. Between 30 and 40 gunmen blocked a major highway that cuts across Balochistan province overnight on Friday, intercepting a prison van beingContinue Reading
MUZAFFARABAD, Pakistan: Pakistan-administered Kashmir called on residents near the de facto border with India to stockpile food on Friday (May 2) as tensions flare between the arch-rivals following a deadly attack last month. India blames Pakistan for backing a shooting on civilians at the tourist site of Pahalgam in Indian-administeredContinue Reading
