All stories by SAJJAD HUSSAIN
Armed forces fully capable and prepared to respond to threats: Sharif
Rediff.com11 Apr 2017Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif today said that the nation wants good relations with all countries, particularly its neighbours, a day after a military court's order to execute Indian national Kulbhushan Jadhav spiked Indo-Pak tensions.
Reaction from India will be strong: Pak Media on Jadhav's sentence
Rediff.com11 Apr 2017The death sentence handed out to Indian national Kulbhushan Jadhav for "spying" was on Tuesday described as "unprecedented" by the Pakistani media, with experts weighing in the diplomatic fallout of the move.
Pakistani army court sentences Kulbhushan Jadhav to death
Rediff.com10 Apr 2017Jadhav was 'arrested' on March 3 last year by Pakistan security officials in Balochistan.
Chinese troops march in Pakistan day parade
Rediff.com23 Mar 2017Speaking at the annual Republic Day military parade attended for the first time by troops from China and Saudi Arabia, Hussain said: "Pakistan is ready for dialogue with India and wants resolution of the Kashmir dispute, which is the unfinished agenda of the partition."
India rejects Pak's claims of halting Miyar Dam project
Rediff.com22 Mar 2017Earlier, Pakistani media reports claimed that the Indian delegation agreed to halt the progress on Miyar hydroelectric project's design after accepting Pakistan's reservations.
Pak rules out 'spy' Jadhav's extradition, seeks more info from India
Rediff.com3 Mar 2017Pakistan on Friday made it clear that it will not "extradite" alleged Indian spy Kulbhushan Jadhav and said that more information on him has been sought from India.
Pakistan lists Hafiz Saeed under anti-terrorism act
Rediff.com18 Feb 2017Saeed and the four men added to the fourth schedule of the ATA were also placed under house arrest on January 30 in Lahore amid an angry uproar from his party and political allies.
Pak Senate passes landmark Hindu marriage bill
Rediff.com18 Feb 2017The Hindu Marriage Bill 2017, which is the first elaborate Hindu community's personal law, was adopted by the Senate on Friday.
Pakistan kills 100 terrorists in crackdown after shrine blast
Rediff.com17 Feb 2017Official said the crackdown would be intensified in the coming days as government had resolved to eliminate militancy.
'Kashmir Day': Pakistan army releases song on stone-pelters
Rediff.com5 Feb 2017Titled Sangbaaz (stone-pelters), the song expresses solidarity with the youth of Kashmir.
Days after crackdown, JuD rebrands under new name
Rediff.com4 Feb 2017The Mumbai attack mastermind had indicated about a week before his arrest that he might launch Tehreek Azadi Jammu and Kashmir (TAJK) to 'expedite the freedom of Kashmir'.
Saeed and his associates have a lot to answer: Pak media
Rediff.com1 Feb 2017Dawn in its editorial said the move to arrest Saeed and four of his colleagues and place the Jamaat-ud-Dawa and the Falah-i-Insaniyat Foundation on further terror watch list will be "closely watched both inside Pakistan and abroad".
Pak can now watch Raees, Kaabil; ban on Indian films officially lifted
Rediff.com1 Feb 2017The decision to allow import of Indian films was taken after a government committee held consultations with various stakeholders and recommended the Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif to allow screening of Bollywood movies.
Amid lobbying, Sharif deliberates on new Pak foreign secretary
Rediff.com25 Jan 2017PAk's Permanent Representative to the United Nations in Geneva Tehmina Janjua was the leading choice.
Pakistan tests 2,200 km-range Ababeel missile
Rediff.com25 Jan 2017The Ababeel missile brings many Indian cities within its range.
Pak test-fires 1st nuclear-capable submarine cruise missile
Rediff.com9 Jan 2017The missile, Babur-3, was fired from an underwater, mobile platform and hit its target with precise accuracy,
Pakistan's ex-army chief to head Saudi-led military coalition
Rediff.com7 Jan 2017The Saudi-led coalition is also engaged in a military operation in Yemen since March 2015 when Houthis drove out the government led by President Abdu Rabbu Mansour Hadi, who is believed to be in exile in Saudi Arabia.
Pak Gen invites India to join China-Pak economic corridor
Rediff.com21 Dec 2016"India should share the fruits of future development by shelving the anti-Pakistan activities and subversion," Lieutenant General Aamir Riaz said.
Will not accept any changes to Indus Water Treaty, says Pakistan
Rediff.com17 Dec 2016"Pakistan will not accept any modifications or changes to the provisions of the Indus Waters Treaty. Our position is based on the principles enshrined in the treaty. And the treaty must be honoured in... letter and spirit," Special Assistant to Prime Minister Tariq Fatemi told Dawn News.
Pak says Rajnath's remarks violate diplomatic norms
Rediff.com15 Dec 2016Zakaria, while talking about the unrest in Kashmir, claimed that 'genocide and crimes against humanity committed by India in Kashmir' were going on unabated.