Posts Tagged ‘india’

Hafiz Saeed verdict: Pakistan tells India not to interfere

Hafiz Saeed verdict: Pakistan tells India not to interfere

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan on Tuesday told India to refrain from commenting on court decisions and questioning its sincerity about action against terrorist outfits. ‘Polemics and unfounded insinuations cannot advance the cause of justice in civilized societies. Legal processes cannot and must not be interfered with,’ said Foreign Office Spokesman Abdul Basit while commenting on Indian External [...]

June 2, 2009 National 0 Comments

Pakistan dismisses Indian data as ‘not evidence’

Pakistan dismisses Indian data as ‘not evidence’

ISLAMABAD, Pakistan: Pakistan’s prime minister has dismissed the significance of a dossier handed over by India about the Mumbai attacks, saying it was just information and “not evidence.” Yousuf Raza Gilani’s remarks will likely anger New Delhi, which says the dossier provides evidence that Pakistani militants staged the November slaughter of 164 people. Pakistan has [...]

January 14, 2009 Defence, Politics, World 0 Comments

India has not provided evidence on Mumbai attacks, just info: Gilani

India has not provided evidence on Mumbai attacks, just info: Gilani

ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Syed Yousuf Raza Gilani on Tuesday giving a policy statement in the National Assembly said that India has not given any evidence on Mumbai attacks but just information. “All that has been received from India is some information. I say information because these are not evidence.” He said the information, received on [...]

January 14, 2009 World 0 Comments

Pakistan urged to get to bottom of terrorist attacks

Pakistan urged to get to bottom of terrorist attacks

The UK’s Foreign Secretary David Miliband has called on the Pakistani government to bring those behind the Mumbai terrorist attacks to justice. Speaking after talks with the Indian foreign minister Pranab Mukherjee, he said he didn’t believe the Pakistani government ordered the attacks. But, he said it was absolutely clear Pakistan was the origin of [...]

January 14, 2009 World 0 Comments

Pakistan, India swap nuclear site lists amid tensions

Pakistan, India swap nuclear site lists amid tensions

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan and India exchanged lists Thursday of their nuclear installations under an accord aimed at protecting the sites in case of war, officials said, amid simmering tensions over the Mumbai attacks. The South Asian rivals, whose relations have been rocky since the deadly November attacks on India’s financial centre Mumbai, have exchanged the lists [...]

January 6, 2009 Defence 0 Comments

India signs biggest ever defence deal with US

India signs biggest ever defence deal with US

New Delhi: In a sign of deepening strategic ties, India has inked a USD 2.1 billion deal with the US to buy eight Boeing P-8 Long-Range Maritime Reconnaissance (LRMR) aircraft for its Navy. This is India’s biggest ever defence deal with the US. According to reports, the deal was signed on January 1 by Preeti [...]

January 5, 2009 Defence, World 0 Comments