UN Chief Ban Ki-Moon regrets India-Pak NSA-level talks fiasco
Fp Archives • 10 years agoUN chief Ban Ki-moon on Tuesday expressed regret over calling-off of the planned NSA-level talks between India and Pakistan and hoped that leaders of the two countries will use "all opportunities" to resume talks soon.
NSA talks fiasco: PM Modi has a clear Pakistan policy, but will it work?
Sandipan Sharma • 10 years agoSome experts believe that Modi has a clearly defined Pakistan policy, with two objectives. One, to address the domestic constituency by raising the bogey of Pakistan intermittently and satiating the anti-Pakistan feelings of his core voter by humiliating the neighbour publicly. The second objective, according to believers in the Modi-has-a-Pak-policy theory, is to isolate Pakistan in the international fora and in the sub-continent.
New Indian template for Pak: We won't talk to Hurriyat and won’t let you talk to them
Rajeevsharma • 10 years agoAfter the heat and dust over the India-Pakistan NSA talks is over, it is time to mull over who gained and who lost and what lies in store for the south Asian rivals’ bilateral engagement in near future.
Unfortunate India does not want to discuss Kashmir, says Hurriyat
Fp Archives • 10 years agoThe Syed Ali Shah Geelani-led Hurriyat Conference on Saturday said India's policy of non-inclusion of the Kashmir issue in the NSA level talks with Pakistan was "unfortunate".
Dump Hurriyat or NSA talks: Sushma Swaraj makes stellar comeback, puts Pakistan on the spot
Rajeev Sharma • 10 years agoSushma Swaraj came up with a sterling performance at her press conference on Saturday evening when she cleverly drew the red lines for Pakistan over the NSA-level talks without unilaterally calling off the 23-24 August meeting between National Security Advisors of both the countries.
UN chief calls on India, Pakistan 'to return to dialogue'
Fp Archives • 10 years agoAs the proposed talks between the National Security Advisers of India and Pakistan appeared deadlocked, UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on Friday called on the two sides "to return to dialogue" in the interest of their people and exercise maximum restraint.
Farooq Abdullah urges separatists not to meet Sartaj Aziz ahead of NSA-level talks
Fp Archives • 10 years agoNC leader Farooq Abdullah on Friday urged separatist leaders not to meet Pakistan NSA Sartaj Aziz during his visit to India for talks with his Indian counterpart so that the two countries can find a way of ending tensions along the border in Jammu and Kashmir.
Won't be appropriate if Sartaj Aziz met with Kashmiri separatists: India advises Pakistan ahead of NSA-level talks
Fp Archives • 10 years agoIndia on Friday made it clear to Pakistan that it should not go ahead with the meeting of its NSA Sartaz Aziz with Hurriyat representatives in New Delhi when he comes to hold talks with his Indian counterpart Ajit Doval, saying it will not be "appropriate".
NIA chief to brief Doval on Pak militant Naved's interrogation ahead of NSA-level talks
Fp Archives • 10 years agoNIA chief Sharad Kumar is likely to brief National Security Advisor A K Doval on the progress made so far in probing arrested Pakistani militant Mohammed Naved Yakub ahead of the NSA-level talks between India and Pakistan, sources in the anti-terror agency said on Thursday.
We've been invited for talks by Sartaj Aziz, say Kashmiri separatist leaders
Fp Archives • 10 years agoSeparatist leaders in Jammu and Kashmir on Wednesday said the Pakistan envoy in New Delhi has invited them for talks with Pakistan National Advisor Sartaj Aziz before he holds talks with his Indian counterpart.