Day: May 31, 2025

ISLAMABAD: Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Ishaq Dar on Friday announced that Pakistan would upgrade its diplomatic mission in Kabul by appointing an ambassador in place of a Chargé d’Affaires. Taking to X, Dar said that Pakistan-Afghanistan relations were on positive trajectory after his “very productive” visit to Kabul on April 19. “I am confident this step would further contribute towards enhanced engagement, deepen Pak-Afghan cooperation in economic, security, CT & trade areas and promote further exchanges between two fraternal countries,” he stated. Pakistan and Afghanistan have embassies in…

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In a rare admission, senior BJP leader Subramanian Swamy has admitted that Pakistan shot down five Indian Air Force (IAF) jets, including Rafales, during the recent military escalation between the two countries. Speaking in an interview, Swamy said that the Indian planes were defeated in air combat as Pakistan deployed Chinese fighter jets which outperformed the French-made aircraft used by New Delhi. “Pakistan downed five of our planes. They used Chinese planes to down our planes, which were French,” Swamy revealed. “The Chinese planes were good, but the French were…

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SINGAPORE: Pakistan and India are close to reducing the troop build up along their border to levels before conflict erupted between the nuclear-armed neighbours this month, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Committee (CJCSC) General Sahir Shamshad Mirza said on Friday, although he warned the crisis had increased the risk of escalation in the future. Both sides used fighter jets, missiles, drones and artillery in four days of clashes, their worst fighting in decades, before a ceasefire was announced. The spark for the latest fighting between the old enemies…

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