The National Security Committee (NSC) on Wednesday, in light of India’s recent actions in occupied Kashmir, resolved to downgrade Pakistan’s diplomatic relations with New Delhi and suspend all bilateral trade. The top security body’s meeting, presided over by Prime Minister Imran Khan, was held in the aftermath of India’s “unilateral and illegal actions” through which […]

The Indian government’s revocation of the autonomy and special status of Jammu and Kashmir “violates the rights of representation and participation guaranteed to the people” under the Indian constitution and in international law, and “is a blow to the rule of law and human rights in the state and in India”, the International Commission of […]

DefenceTalkRAWALPINDI, Pakistan: Reference repeated Indian claims about shooting down of Pakistani F-16 by India and use of F-16 in air battle on 27 February: The event of 27 Feb is part of history now. No Pakistani F16 was hit by Indian air force. As regard PAF action for strikes across [Line of Control], it was […]https://www.defencetalk.com/reference-repeated-indian-claims-about-shooting-down-of-pakistani-f-16-by-india-72246/

DefenceTalkPakistan reserves the right to respond to any aggression displayed against it as a matter of self-defence, Chief of Army Staff Gen Qamar Javed Bajwa has informed the military chiefs and ambassadors of major western powers and China. The army chief conveyed the resolve during his separate phone conversations on Friday with the commander of […]https://www.defencetalk.com/pakistan-will-surely-respond-to-any-aggression-army-chief-tells-major-western-powers-china-72158/

DefenceTalkA joint session of Parliament was held on Thursday to discuss rising tension with India in the wake of the Pulwama attack and subsequent airstrikes by both countries. Prime Minister Imran Khan, who was the first to speak, thanked the opposition for standing by the government “at a time when Pakistan is facing an external […]https://www.defencetalk.com/do-not-escalate-this-further-pm-khan-warns-india-during-joint-session-of-parliament-72149/

DefenceTalkPakistan Air Force (PAF) on Wednesday — a day after India violated the Line of Control (LoC) — undertook strikes across the LoC from Pakistani airspace. “The sole purpose of this action was to demonstrate our right, will and capability for self defence. We do not wish to escalate, but are fully prepared if forced […]https://www.defencetalk.com/2-indian-aircraft-violating-pakistani-airspace-shot-down-pilot-arrested-72136/

DefenceTalkAdviser to Prime Minister on Foreign Affairs Sartaj Aziz on Friday briefed the ambassadors of permanent members of the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) and the European Union regarding the human right violations being committed by the Indian forces in occupied Kashmir. “The adviser deplored the lethal use of force by the Indian occupation forces […]https://www.defencetalk.com/unsc-eu-ambassadors-briefed-on-human-right-violations-in-indian-occupied-kashmir-68064/

DefenceTalkIndian troops violated ceasefire along the Line of Control on Saturday night by resorting to heavy firing and shelling, said a press release issued by the Inter Services Public Relations on Sunday. “Indian troops on the LoC resorted to heavy unprovoked firing and shelling in Neza Pir sector last night,” the ISPR said. However, no […]https://www.defencetalk.com/india-violates-loc-ceasefire-pakistan-protests-67194/

DefenceTalkISLAMABAD: Army Chief General Raheel Sharif, while addressing a gathering at Royal United Services Institute in London, said that Kashmir is an unfinished agenda of Indo-Pak partition which needs to be resolved for the sake of peace and stability in the region. According to details of the gathering shared by Director General of the Inter-Services […]https://www.defencetalk.com/kashmir-is-unfinished-agenda-which-hinders-regional-peace-general-raheel-65544/

DefenceTalkRAWALPINDI: Chief of the Army Staff (COAS) General Raheel Sharif on Thursday said the continuous ceasefire violations by Indian forces along the Line of Control (LoC) is an “unsuccessful attempt” to distract Pakistan from its own anti-terror war. Talking to troops at forward positions on the LoC in Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK), General Raheel […]https://www.defencetalk.com/indian-aggression-attempt-to-disrupt-war-on-terror-pak-army-chief-65471/