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Nuclear Powers and Terrorism: Challenges for Indo-Pakistani Strategic Stability
Both India and Pakistan are de facto nuclear powers, and nuclear weapons have become an important part of diplomacy between them. Nuclear deterrence has...
Pak-based groups to face action if role proved: PM
ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif assured his Indian counterpart Narendra Modi on Tuesday that Islamabad would not hesitate to take “prompt and decisive action”...
Nawaz assures Modi of ‘prompt, decisive’ action
ISLAMABAD/NEW DELHI: Pakistan has assured India it will take ‘prompt and decisive’ action against groups and individuals who might be linked to the...
Attack on Indian Air Force base in Pathankot near Pakistan border : Modi asks...
NEW DELHI/COLOMBO: Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi urged Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif Tuesday to take ‘firm and immediate action’ against those behind an attack...
Indian leadership has not levelled any allegation on Pakistan: Asif
ISLAMABAD - Minister for Defence Khawaja Muhammad Asif on Tuesday said that the Indian leadership had not levelled any allegation on Pakistan regarding the...
Pakistan is a safe country, good business destination: Canadian parliamentarian
LAHORE: Canada is keen to further strengthen economic ties with Pakistan as it is a safe country and a good business destination for foreigners,...
China to lodge protest with N. Korea after bomb test
BEIJING: China said on Wednesday it will lodge a protest with North Korea after it said it had successfully conducted a test of a...
N. Korea claims ‘successful’ hydrogen bomb test
SEOUL: North Korea said it had successfully conducted a test of a miniaturised hydrogen nuclear device on Wednesday morning, marking a significant advance in...
The Saudi-Iran showdown
THE escalating tensions between Saudi Arabia and Iran over the kingdom’s execution of a prominent Shia cleric has intensified sectarian polarisation in the Middle...
Reforms will boost Pakistan’s economy by more than 5 pct in 2015/16 – PM
Jan 5 Pakistan's economy is expected to grow at more than 5 percent in the current fiscal year due to some bold economic reforms,...