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Zardari said the best tribute to the PPP founder was to "follow in his footsteps, strengthen democracy... and empower the people by lifting them from hopelessness, poverty and deprivation".

NEW DELHI: Pakistan's Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam chief Fazal-ur Rehman, who is visiting India, said on Thursday that simla accord should be the guiding principle in resolving the Kashmir issue.

NEW DELHI: A day after advocating simla accord for settling the Kashmir dispute, Pakistan's Islamic leader Fazlur Rahman on Friday wondered why was it necessary to stick to the 1972 agreement.

It was 100 years back when Sir Henry McMahon drew the "McMahon Line" as the Sino-Indian border at a meeting here.

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.

Following defence minister Khawaja Asif's declaration, Pakistan's foreign ministry clarified that no decision has been made to revoke bilateral agreements with India, including the Simla Agreement. This comes amid heightened tensions after recent terror attacks and Indian strikes. While internal discussions occurred, all treaties remain operational, distancing the government from Asif's remarks that the Simla framework is obsolete.

A Mumbai electrician was allegedly robbed by an autorickshaw driver and two of his accomplices at the Simla office chowk.

Amidst national mourning over the Pahalgam terrorist attack, Pakistan has suspended the 1972 Simla Agreement, a crucial peace treaty established after the 1971 war. This move, protesting India's stringent measures, could escalate tensions. The agreement, aimed at peaceful bilateral resolutions, now faces potential third-party intervention, particularly concerning the Kashmir conflict and the Line of Control, raising concerns about regional stability.

NEW DELHI: Giving "highest priority" to close relations with its neighbours, the new government will pursue dialogue with Pakistan on all outstanding issues on a "sustained" basis.

India on Monday said the “issue that remains to be resolved’’ in Jammu & Kashmir is the vacation by Pakistan of the areas “under its illegal occupation’’, even as it held that it remained committed to resolve all outstanding issues with Pakistan “bilaterally and peacefully’’ in accordance with the Simla Agreement and the Lahore Declaration.

A diplomatic concession extended by the UK to China over Tibet could weaken India’s case in the territorial dispute with China and might be used by Beijing to bolster its argument in border talks with New Delhi.

Amid escalating tensions following the Pahalgam terror attack, Pakistan's envoy in Moscow has requested Russia's diplomatic intervention to de-escalate the situation with India. Ambassador Mohammad Khalid Jamali cited Russia's historical role, referencing the Tashkent Declaration, and its strong ties with both nations as qualifications for mediation.

Pakistan on late Saturday evening called off NSA-level talks citing conditions put forward by India were unacceptable.

New Simla Nagar, Ward No. 33 in Hubballi, is plagued by plenty of basic issues. The area suffers from a lack of good roads, proper street lighting, and other basic amenities.Residents have been pleading with civic authorities to resolve their problems, but they have received no response.

NEW DELHI: The India Pakistan dialogue on the Kashmir issue should include all shades of opinion among the people of Jammu and Kashmir and should be a strutured one, said the non-official Kashmir Committee on Saturday when it met the Pakistani delegation of Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam (JUI).

MUMBAI: Godrej Baug, a building on the quiet, plush reaches of the Napean Sea Road area, is an unlikely place for a mini civil revolt.

MUMBAI: Home Minister L K Advani on Sunday night said if Pakistan extradites underworld don Dawood Ibrahim, one of the 20 terrorists and criminals wanted by India, it would have a "dramatic effect" on the people here.

The Supreme Court on Wednesday stayed a Gujarat High Court order directing the Union government to move the International Court of Justice on Pakistan illegally detaining 54 Indian Army men.