Nafees Zakaria

Pakistan notes 'Indian violation' at Doka La, says concerned over standoff between India and China

Pakistan on Thursday raised concern over the nearly two-month long standoff between the Indian and Chinese troops at Doka La area in Sikkim sector.

Pakistan engaged in backchannel talks with India to discuss contentious issues, says Nafees Zakaria

Pakistan on Thursday said though the bilateral dialogue with India has been stalled, a number of civil society organisations were engaged in back channel talks.

Pakistan claims of taking tough anti-terror steps after US puts it on nations sheltering terrorists list

Pakistan Thursday said it was fully resolved to fight terrorism and had taken strong measures against the menace, a day after the US listed it among nations providing "safe havens" to terrorists

Pakistan says sale of advanced weapons to India would undermine strategic balance in South Asia

Pakistan expressed concern over the reported sale of advanced weapons to India by some countries, saying it would undermine the strategic balance in the region

Pakistan says that UN has 'responsibility' to resolve Kashmir issue

Pakistan said on Thursday that the UN has a "responsibility" to resolve the Kashmir issue, days after UN chief Antonio Guterres stated that he is engaged in bringing about an Indo-Pak dialogue to resolve the matter.

Vladimir Putin on bilateral ties: Russia has not made offer to mediate between India and Pakistan, says MEA

India said Russia had not made mediation offers to it to resolve Indo-Pak issues, and said that they was "well aware" of Delhi's position on bilateral issues

Russia has not made offer to mediate between India, Pakistan: MEA

Russia has not made any offer to mediate, the government said after Islamabad "welcomed" Russian President Putin's reported offer to resolve tensions.

Pakistan welcomes Vladimir Putin's 'intention' to play role in resolving bilateral differences with India

Pakistan said it welcomed Russian President Vladimir Putin's "intention" to play a role in helping resolve its bilateral differences with India

LoC firing: Pakistan summons Indian Deputy High Commissioner, protests against 'deliberate targeting of civilians'

Pakistan summoned the Indian Deputy High Commissioner over firing on the Line of Control (LoC) and protested against the "deliberate targeting of civilians".

Gulf diplomatic crisis: Pakistan says reports of deploying troops in Qatar 'fabricated'

Pakistan on Sunday rejected "fabricated and baseless" reports that it plans to deploy its troops in Qatar amid diplomatic tensions in the West Asia.