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Feb 28, 2021 07:16 PM IST Yousafzai, a Pakistani activist for girls education who miraculously survived a bullet to the head from the militant Taliban in October 2012, said the news of internet shutdown and arrests of activists "protesting peacefully" in India is "worrying" and expressed the hope that the government will make sure that people are heard.
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Feb 28, 2021 06:15 PM IST The arrival of the sticky bombs in India-controlled Kashmir – including 15 seized in a February raid – raises concerns that an unnerving tactic attributed to the Taliban insurgents in nearby Afghanistan could be spreading to the India-Pakistan conflict.
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Feb 28, 2021 01:56 PM IST Citing sources in the Ministry of Commerce, The Express Tribune reported that Adviser to the Prime Minister on Commerce Abdul Razak Dawood may take a decision on whether to import cotton and yarn from India next week.
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Feb 27, 2021 03:14 PM IST In his first comments since the militaries of India and Pakistan jointly announced on Thursday that they have agreed to strictly observe all agreements on the ceasefire along the Line of Control (LoC) and other sectors, Khan said, "The onus of creating an enabling environment for further progress rests with India."
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Feb 27, 2021 03:14 PM IST He said the northern command, which looks after the security of the twin union territories of Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh, remained on the highest alert and made possible what was believed impossible by the bravery, grit and determination of its personnel in the face of challenging situations along the border.
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Feb 26, 2021 06:18 PM IST A joint statement issued in Islamabad and New Delhi said the Director Generals of Military Operations of the two countries held discussions over the established mechanism of hotline contact and reviewed the situation along the LoC and all other sectors in a "free, frank and cordial" atmosphere. The agreement came into effect from the midnight of February 24/25.
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Feb 26, 2021 05:09 PM IST The India-Pakistan ceasefire move coincides with a new incumbent in the White House and no sooner than India began the disengagement process with China. What is the significance, can it hold and other questions answered.
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Feb 26, 2021 09:29 AM IST The 'non-military' and 'pre-emptive' air strike by the Indian Air Force in Pakistan's Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province was India’s response to the Pulwama terror attack
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Feb 26, 2021 08:38 AM IST India and Pakistan, in a joint statement issued on February 25, said they had agreed to 'strict observance' of all agreements, understandings and cease firing along the Line of Control and all other sectors.
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Feb 26, 2021 07:35 AM IST Marcus Pleyer, president of the Financial Action Task Force (FATF), said the deadline given to Pakistan has already expired and asked Islamabad to address their concerns "as quickly as possible".
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Feb 26, 2021 07:17 AM IST Since the Balakot airstrike in 2019, the Indian Air Force has undertaken several reformative measures to bolster its operational capabilities.
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Feb 25, 2021 07:29 PM IST Stressing that the concept of 'Akhand Bharat' is possible, Bhagwat said some people had expressed serious doubts before the partition of the country in 1947 whether Pakistan would be formed, but it happened.
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Feb 23, 2021 03:52 PM IST Tahafuz-e-Haqooq-e-Chitral, a local NGO, raised the issue after being informed about the marriage of the underage girl with Ayubi, who is reportedly in his late 50s.
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Feb 23, 2021 08:51 AM IST Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan is scheduled to travel to Colombo on a two-day trip from February 22.
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Feb 21, 2021 09:25 PM IST The virtual FATF plenary will be held in Paris from February 22 to 25 to consider cases of various countries on the grey list, including Pakistan, and a decision will be made at the conclusion of the meetings
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Feb 19, 2021 01:06 PM IST Pakistan this month started the anti-coronavirus vaccination drive with 500,000 doses of Sinopharm’s vaccine donated by its ally China.
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Feb 18, 2021 03:54 PM IST The glitch was reported on Wednesday at the international submarine cable system near Egypt's Abu Talat area, following which the country experienced the lower internet speeds and frequent outages.
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Feb 18, 2021 03:32 PM IST The threat prompted Malala Yousafzai to tweet herself, asking both the Pakistan military and Prime Minister Imran Khan to explain how her alleged shooter, Ehsanullah Ehsan, had escaped from government custody.
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Feb 18, 2021 12:10 PM IST The envoys, including from member states of the European Union (EU), Brazil, Malaysia, were also briefed about the role of the Pakistani army in helping terrorist infiltrate into India, infiltration patterns and use of drones by Pakistan to airdrop weapons meant for terrorists, officials said.
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Feb 17, 2021 02:49 PM IST The TAPI pipeline project has been riddled with problems, primarily security issues in Afghanistan, as much of the pipeline runs through Taliban-controlled territory. This is what makes the Taliban's support important
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Feb 15, 2021 05:25 PM IST Sheikh Rashid Ahmed said the 'real problem' was was not the tear gas shelling but the pay raise that 'amounts to billions of rupees in this time of inflation [and is a burden on the] treasury'.
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Feb 14, 2021 05:28 PM IST The Pulwama terror attack, carried out by militants affiliated to Pakistan-based extremist organisation LeT, claimed the lives of 40 Indian security personnel. The attack had shook the entire nation, and was followed by the retaliatory Balakot strikes by the Indian Air Force (IAF).
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Feb 10, 2021 09:40 AM IST India’s policies and steps taken since August 5, 2019, in J&K have left Pakistan without a response. Its decades-old tactics of instigating the locals, and causing unrest has been blunted by the Centre. Perhaps this is why Islamabad’s all-weather friend, China, has resorted to antics in eastern Ladakh
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Feb 03, 2021 06:20 PM IST India's fall in the Economist Intelligence Unit's (EIU) Democracy Index 2020 was attributed to the enactment of the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA), the subsequent riots in Delhi and an 'increasing influence of religion' under Prime Minister Narendra Modi's tenure.
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Feb 03, 2021 11:41 AM IST General Qamar Javed Bajwa’s remarks assume significance as it hints at possible softening of Pakistan’s stand on Jammu & Kashmir and the country's aim to improve bilateral ties with India.