By Staff Reporter KARACHI: Stock surged 9 percent on Monday, its biggest-ever single-day gain, as a ceasefire with India brokered by US President Donald Trump
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India, not us, sought ceasefire, military says
ISLAMABAD The military rejected claims that it sought a ceasefire during last week’s fierce clashes with India, the deadliest in decades between the two nuclear-armed rivals, asserting that it was New Delhi who requested a halt to the fighting after launching missile strikes into Pakistani territory.
Trump offers to mediate Kashmir dispute as fragile ceasefire holds after deadly clashes
ISLAMABAD: US President Donald Trump offered on Sunday to mediate the decades-old Kashmir dispute between India and Pakistan, coupling his proposal with a promise to “substantially” increase trade with both nuclear-armed nations as a tenuous ceasefire took hold after a week of missiles, drones and air strikes that killed at least 66 people.
Balance restored
A US-brokered ceasefire has paused the latest clash between India and Pakistan, nuclear-armed rivals whose rivalry nearly spiraled into disaster. Yet this tenuous truce reveals a seismic shift: Pakistan, long outmatched by India’s military might, not only stood firm but gained a strategic edge, upending South Asia’s power dynamics.
Pakistan to observe ‘Youm-e-Tashakkur’ for military’s victory over India
ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif said on Saturday Pakistan had agreed to a ceasefire with India to “take a step toward regional peace” and praised the military for a “decisive response” to Indian aggression.
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.
UPDATED-Pakistan hammers India in fierce counterstrike, world urges calm
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan launched a sweeping military counterattack against India early Saturday, striking high-value defence installations, energy infrastructure, and a Russian-made air-defence system in what officials described as a “befitting response” to New Delhi’s missile strikes that targeted three Pakistani airbases in the wee hours.
UPDATED-Pakistan strikes back at Indian airbases, missile sites in operation Bunyan-un-Marsoos
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan launched a major counter-attack against India early Saturday, targeting key military installations in what it described as a “befitting response” to Indian aggression.
Pakistan strikes back at India
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan launched a major counter-attack against India early Saturday, targeting key military installations in what it described as a “befitting response” to Indian aggression.
IMF clears $1bn Pakistan tranche, rebuffs India
ISLAMABAD: The International Monetary Fund on Friday approved a $1 billion disbursement to Pakistan under its Extended Fund Facility, brushing aside India’s attempts to persuade the lender to withhold the funds.