Pakistan Lodges Strong Protest with India After Two Civilians Killed in Border Firing
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan and India have summoned each other’s diplomats after two unarmed Pakistani civilians were killed in firing by India’s Border Security Force (BSF) along the international border, in an incident that has sharply raised tensions between the two neighbours. Pakistan’s Foreign Ministry said the two civilians were killed in the Bedian sector, while another […]
Govt, PTI Hold Second Round of Talks as Long March Looms
ISLAMABAD: The second round of talks between the government, the Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) and the opposition Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) was held on Saturday under the chairmanship of National Assembly Speaker Sardar Ayaz Sadiq, as both sides tried to find a way out of the political standoff ahead of the opposition’s planned long march. According […]