lahore declaration

Following a deadly terror attack in Kashmir, India launched precision strikes on militant camps in Pakistan, escalating tensions to a full military standoff. Despite Pakistan's nuclear threats, India maintained a strong stance, ultimately leading to a ceasefire after significant damage to Pakistani military assets.

Lashkar-e-Taiba co-founder Amir Hamza was shot by unknown gunmen in Lahore, marking a second assassination attempt in less than a year. The 67-year-old, a designated global terrorist, was attacked outside a TV station while accompanied by a Pakistani judge. This incident follows a previous attempt where he survived a shooting last May.

A study reveals Jallianwala Bagh compensation was calculated by income and dependents, leading to payouts from a few thousand rupees for deaths to under Rs 100 for minor injuries. This formula, linking life value to economic productivity, sparked public debate over "blood money" and colonial accountability.

Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) has issued a show-cause notice to pacer Naseem Shah for allegedly violating his central contract. A deleted X post by Shah appeared to criticize Punjab CM Maryam Nawaz, who was the guest of honor at the PSL 2026 opening match. The PCB stated that disciplinary action will be determined after hearing Shah's explanation.

Russia has rejected a report by ‘redfish channel’, categorised on Twitter as Russia state-affiliated media, describing Kashmir as another Palestine in the making. The Russian embassy here said in a statement that Moscow continued to follow a policy of non-interference in bilateral issues.

India on Thursday made it clear that it was willing to discuss the issue of Jammu & Kashmir with Pakistan within the framework of bilateral agreements of Simla pact and lahore declaration.

The proposals on which both sides agreed included de-linking maritime boundary from that of land & delineation from seaward to a point where both sides concur.

Former Pakistan PM Nawaz Sharif admitted to violating the agreement with Vajpayee, refused Clinton's offer, and discussed accusations by Saqib Nisar and Gen Islam. "On May 28, 1998, Pakistan carried out five nuclear tests. After that Vajpayee Saheb came here and made an agreement with us. But we violated that agreement...it was our fault," Sharif said.

"President Trump has made it very clear that his offer to mediate on Jammu and Kashmir is dependent on both India and Pakistan accepting it. Since India has not accepted the offer of mediation, he has made it clear that this is not on the table anymore,” said India's Ambassador to the US, Harsh Vardhan Shringla in an interview to the Fox News.

Russian ambassador to India Nikolay Kudashev said Wednesday Moscow's position on abrogation of Article 370 was "almost 100 per cent identical to India's". "We want the 2 countries to resolve issues though dialogue in keeping with Simla Agreement and lahore declaration," said Kudashev. The ambassador said the revocation was within India’s "constitutional space".

1972, July 2, Shimla Agreement In Jammu and Kashmir, the Line of Control resulting from the cease-fire of December 17, 1971, shall be respected by both sides without prejudice to the recognised position of either side.

Buoyed by US President Donald Trump's offer of mediation on Kashmir, Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan on Tuesday said that the contentious issue between the two South Asian neighbours can never be resolved bilaterally. "I really feel that India should come on the table; US could play a big part. President Trump certainly can play a big part," Khan said.

ISLAMABAD: Deposed Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif-led Pakistan Muslim League has said Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf was turning out to be the biggest hurdle in finding a solution to the Kashmir issue and accused him of sabotaging the Lahore peace process.

When Pakistani premier Nawaz Sharif met Prime Minister Narendra Modi, he recalled his invitation to then PM, Atal Bihari Vajpayee, to Lahore in February 1999.

Minister of external affairs Sushma Swaraj told Rajya Sabha that the "government of India was not involved in organising the visit and meetings" of Norwegian Prime Minister Kjell Magne. Swaraj said that he reportedly "visited Pakistan and Pakistan-occupied Jammu and Kashmir from November 24-27, 2018".

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan and India were very close to reaching an agreement on the Kashmir issue after the lahore declaration, former Pakistani diplomat Niaz A Naik has said.

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan on Monday said it was ready to talk to India to resolve Kashmir and other outstanding issues under the Simla Agreement and lahore declaration.

Eight decades after Bhagat Singh’s execution by the British, a petition has been filed in a Pakistani court seeking the reopening of the freedom fighter’s case so that he can be declared innocent.

On July 24, a Taliban suicide bomber struck a police team near residence-cum-office of Punjab Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif here, killing 27 people, including policemen.

A Pakistani court has reserved its decision on a petition filed by authorities challenging an anti-terrorism court's order rejecting a plea to declare Ajmal Kasab and Fahim Ansari as fugitives.

India's foreign secretary Vijay Gokhale on Wednesday summoned Pakistan's envoy Sohail Mahmood in New Delhi and categorically told him that foreign minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi's telephonic conversation with separatist Kashmiri leader Mirwaiz Umar Farooq was a "brazen attempt" to subvert India's unity and violate its sovereignty and territorial integrity.

While hearing of the case pertaining to martyrs Bhagat Singh, Rajguru and Sukhdev has started in Lahore high court following a petition by Lahore-based Bhagat Singh Memorial Foundation, grandnephew of Sukhdev said he would also move the Supreme Court in India for reopening of the case here.