Modi’s new red lines for Pakistan | From the India Today archives

Modi’s new red lines for Pakistan | From the India Today archives

(NOTE: This article was originally published in the India Today issue dated May 26, 2025) As Prime Minister Narendra Modi prepared to address the nation on May 12, two days after the dramatic cessation of hostilities in India’s sixth war with Pakistan, he knew it would be a defining moment of his third term. Twenty-six … Read more

Pakistan PM Shehbaz Sharif now wants Trump to facilitate dialogue with India

Pakistan PM Shehbaz Sharif now wants Trump to facilitate dialogue with India

Faced with growing global isolation on the issue of terrorism, Pakistan is making an all-out effort to seek the help of US President Donald Trump to try and achieve peace with Indian Addressing an event at the US Embassy in Islamabad, Pakistan Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif praised Trump for his role in helping de-escalate the … Read more

Pakistan PM Shehbaz Sharif postpones official visit to Malaysia

Pakistan PM Shehbaz Sharif postpones official visit to Malaysia

Pakistan’s Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif has postponed his official visit to Malaysia as tensions mounted between Islamabad and New Delhi, Malaysian Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim said on Monday.“In light of recent tensions following the attack in Indian-administered Kashmir, I expressed my full understanding of the difficult circumstances Pakistan is facing and conveyed Malaysia’s hope that … Read more

Watch: Jaishankar in Pakistan | An ice-breaker for ties?

Watch: Jaishankar in Pakistan | An ice-breaker for ties?

This week WorldView comes to you from Pakistan. S. Jaishankar traveled to Islamabad for the SCO and meetings with Pakistan Prime Minister and Foreign Minister. Dr. Jaishankar’s visit to Pakistan for one of many firsts: – First visit by any Indian minister since 2016- when Home Minister Rajnath Singh attended the SAARC meet – First … Read more

$5 billion investment pledged for oil, gas exploration in Pakistan: Shehbaz Sharif

 billion investment pledged for oil, gas exploration in Pakistan: Shehbaz Sharif

Pakistan’s Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif. | Photo Credit: REUTERS Pakistan is expected to get an investment of $5 billion over the next three years from local and international firms for the exploration and development of petroleum and gas reserves that will save the cash-strapped country’s valuable foreign exchange and provide relief to the common man … Read more

Imran Khan, ex-Pakistan FM Qureshi acquitted by Pakistan court in cipher case

Imran Khan, ex-Pakistan FM Qureshi acquitted by Pakistan court in cipher case

Pakistan’s former Prime Minister Imran Khan speaks during a news conference at his home, in Lahore, Pakistan, on, May 18, 2023. In a major relief for Imran Khan, a top Pakistani court on June 3 acquitted the beleaguered former Prime Minister as well as his Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi in the cipher case. | … Read more

New air cargo route inaugurated between China and Pakistan

New air cargo route inaugurated between China and Pakistan

This is the first air freight route linking the province with a Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) country. | Photo Credit: Emmanual Yogini A new air cargo route has been launched between Pakistan and China to further enhance trade ties between the two all-weather allies, ahead of Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif’s visit to Beijing next … Read more

Pakistan PM Shehbaz Sharif bans red carpets at official events

Pakistan PM Shehbaz Sharif bans red carpets at official events

Pakistan Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif expressed annoyance over the use of red carpets during the visits of federal Ministers and senior authorities at government functions. File. | Photo Credit: HANDOUT Pakistan Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif has banned the use of red carpets at government events, reserving them exclusively for diplomatic receptions, as part of austerity measures … Read more

India to IMF: Ensure Pakistan does not divert loans to foot its defence, third-country debt bills

India to IMF: Ensure Pakistan does not divert loans to foot its defence, third-country debt bills

Krishnamurthy Subramanian. | Photo Credit: The Hindu Taking a tough stance, India has batted for “stringent monitoring” of any emergency funds provided by the International Monetary Fund (IMF) to its financially beleaguered neighbour Pakistan, stressing that such funds must not be redeployed towards defence bills or repayment of loans from other countries. India’s position was … Read more

Shehbaz affirms Nawaz Sharif to become Pakistan’s PM for fourth time

Shehbaz affirms Nawaz Sharif to become Pakistan’s PM for fourth time

LAHORE: Pakistan’s former prime minister Shehbaz Sharif on Tuesday reaffirmed that Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz supremo Nawaz Sharif will become the prime minister for a record fourth time. “I had said that Nawaz Sharif would become prime minister for the fourth time. And I maintain today that he is going to be the PM for the … Read more