Saarc Conference Islamabad

India slammed Pakistan on Thursday for raising Kashmir during a SAARC video-conference earlier this week, saying Islamabad "misused" the occasion since it was not a political platform, but a humanitarian one.

SAARC has "survived" but not "triumphed" as had been envisaged, Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif today said while lamenting the postponement of the eight-member grouping's Islamabad summit.

Maldives on Friday while condemning "international terrorism" appealed to member nations of the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation to create a "conducive environment" for holding the eight-nation bloc's meetings. Pakistan was forced to postpone the SAARC summit after majority member states joined India in withdrawing their participati...

Despite reports from Pakistan that he would be accorded a "warm welcome" if he participates in the SAARC ministerial conference in Islamabad later this month, sources said tonight that it was not yet clear whether Finance Minister Arun Jaitley would be attending.

Pakistan has decided to play a "good host" and avoid a repetition of the tense atmosphere that prevailed during Home Minister Rajnath Singh's recent visit by according a "warm welcome" to Finance Minister Arun Jaitley at the SAARC ministerial conference later this month.

Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh yesterday said Pakistan was "encouraging" terrorism, but India would neither allow its "designs" to succeed nor the country's dignity and self-respect to be compromised on.

Indian journalists, who went to cover the SAARC Home Ministers' conference in Islamabad, had to face hostile Pakistani officials, who not only denied them access to the inaugural function but also barred them from standing at the entrance of the venue where their Interior Minister was to receive dignitaries, leading to tense moments.

On his return from Islamabad, Home Minister Rajnath Singh today briefed Prime Minister Narendra Modi on his visit to attend the seventh conference of Internal Ministers of SAARC countries.

Home Minister Rajnath Singh today skipped a lunch hosted by his Pakistan counterpart Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan in Islamabad.

When Home Minister Rajnath Singh visits Islamabad today, he will raise the Pathankot airbase attack in which seven military personnel were killed by terrorists from Pakistan in January.

Hafiz Saeed, chief of Pakistani terror group Jamaat-ud-Dawa has warned of a countrywide protest by his outfit if Home Minister Rajnath Singh arrives in Islamabad to attend the SAARC ministerial conference.

A three-day conference of Pakistan's envoys to key multilateral institutions and countries, including India, began in Islamabad today to deliberate on a host of issues like the Kashmir situation, Indo-Pak ties and relations with the US.

The External Affairs Ministry today made it clear that there will be no bilateral meeting between Home Minister Rajnath Singh and Pakistani leaders when he travels to Islamabad to attend the SAARC ministerial conference on August 4.

Pakistan's sustained support to cross-border terrorism will be raised by Home Minister Rajnath Singh during his two-day visit to Islamabad to attend the SAARC ministerial conference beginning August 3.

India slammed Pakistan on Thursday for raising Kashmir during a SAARC video-conference earlier this week, saying Islamabad "misused" the occasion since it was not a political platform, but a humanitarian one.

SAARC has "survived" but not "triumphed" as had been envisaged, Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif today said while lamenting the postponement of the eight-member grouping's Islamabad summit.

Maldives on Friday while condemning "international terrorism" appealed to member nations of the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation to create a "conducive environment" for holding the eight-nation bloc's meetings. Pakistan was forced to postpone the SAARC summit after majority member states joined India in withdrawing their participati...

Despite reports from Pakistan that he would be accorded a "warm welcome" if he participates in the SAARC ministerial conference in Islamabad later this month, sources said tonight that it was not yet clear whether Finance Minister Arun Jaitley would be attending.

Pakistan has decided to play a "good host" and avoid a repetition of the tense atmosphere that prevailed during Home Minister Rajnath Singh's recent visit by according a "warm welcome" to Finance Minister Arun Jaitley at the SAARC ministerial conference later this month.

Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh yesterday said Pakistan was "encouraging" terrorism, but India would neither allow its "designs" to succeed nor the country's dignity and self-respect to be compromised on.

Indian journalists, who went to cover the SAARC Home Ministers' conference in Islamabad, had to face hostile Pakistani officials, who not only denied them access to the inaugural function but also barred them from standing at the entrance of the venue where their Interior Minister was to receive dignitaries, leading to tense moments.

On his return from Islamabad, Home Minister Rajnath Singh today briefed Prime Minister Narendra Modi on his visit to attend the seventh conference of Internal Ministers of SAARC countries.

Home Minister Rajnath Singh today skipped a lunch hosted by his Pakistan counterpart Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan in Islamabad.

When Home Minister Rajnath Singh visits Islamabad today, he will raise the Pathankot airbase attack in which seven military personnel were killed by terrorists from Pakistan in January.

Hafiz Saeed, chief of Pakistani terror group Jamaat-ud-Dawa has warned of a countrywide protest by his outfit if Home Minister Rajnath Singh arrives in Islamabad to attend the SAARC ministerial conference.

A three-day conference of Pakistan's envoys to key multilateral institutions and countries, including India, began in Islamabad today to deliberate on a host of issues like the Kashmir situation, Indo-Pak ties and relations with the US.

The External Affairs Ministry today made it clear that there will be no bilateral meeting between Home Minister Rajnath Singh and Pakistani leaders when he travels to Islamabad to attend the SAARC ministerial conference on August 4.

Pakistan's sustained support to cross-border terrorism will be raised by Home Minister Rajnath Singh during his two-day visit to Islamabad to attend the SAARC ministerial conference beginning August 3.