KHUZDAR: A powerful explosion ripped through a school bus in volatile Balochistan province on Wednesday, killing six people, including four children, and injuring dozens more, officials said.
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Army chief Asim Munir promoted to field marshal after India triumph
ISLAMABAD : Pakistan has elevated its army chief, General Asim Munir, to the rank of field marshal, a rare and prestigious honor that makes him only the second general in the nation’s history to hold this title, Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif’s office announced on Tuesday.
Pakistan-India ceasefire holds with no end date
ISLAMABAD: A ceasefire between India and Pakistan, brokered by the US administration after intense military clashes, has no expiration date, officials from both countries confirmed on Sunday.
Bhutto-Zardari to lead Pakistan’s diplomatic response to India’s clash claims
ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif has tapped former foreign minister Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari to lead a diplomatic delegation to global capitals, aiming to counter India’s portrayal of their recent military clash.
Sharif calls for peace with India after military confrontation, celebrates victory
ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif struck a defiant yet conciliatory tone on Friday, saying the country had won the war against India after a week of military clashes but calling on New Delhi to pursue peace as ‘neighbors, not adversaries’.
Pakistan, India extend ceasefire as US pushes for talks
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan and India have prolonged their U.S.-brokered ceasefire until May 18, a move that tempers hostilities between the nuclear-armed neighbours, Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Ishaq Dar said on Thursday.
Ready for war, open to peace: Sharif tells Modi
ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Wednesday called for a comprehensive dialogue with India to address longstanding disputes over Kashmir and water rights, as a fragile truce holds between the nuclear-armed neighbours following recent military clashes.
Pakistan reaffirms ceasefire commitment, slams Modi’s speech as ‘dangerous escalation’
SLAMABAD: Pakistan on Tuesday doubled down on its commitment to uphold the fragile ceasefire with India but warned that any aggression would be met with full resolve.
Trump says trade leverage helped secure India-Pakistan ceasefire
ISLAMABAD: President Donald Trump said Monday that his administration used trade leverage to broker a ceasefire between India and Pakistan, halting what he claimed could have escalated into a nuclear war.
UPDATED: US brokers ‘full and immediate’ India-Pakistan ceasefire
ISLAMABAD: The United States on Saturday brokered ‘a full and immediate’ ceasefire between India and Pakistan, pausing a rapid military escalation that saw the nuclear-armed rivals exchange missile strikes, drones attacks and deadly cross-border aggression in their most serious confrontation in decades.