Brussels, May 9 (IANS) Pakistan’s military establishment for decades has regarded the sponsorship of terrorism as a “low-cost tool”, facing no meaningful accountability. By placing the 1960 Indus Waters Treaty (IWT) in abeyance following last year’s April 22 Pahalgam terror attack carried out by a Pakistan-based terror group, India has brought the agreement itself into the strategic “cost calculus”, effectively dismantling that insulation, a report said on Saturday.Writing for ‘European Ti…
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London, May 9 (IANS) India’s decision to place the Indus Water Treaty (IWT) in abeyance following the heinous April 2025 Pahalgam terror attack carried out by Pakistan-backed terror group is widely viewed as a calibrated measure and one of the least disruptive tools available within the global order, a report said on Saturday. According to a report in British newspaper Asian Lite, over the last four decades, Pakistan has used “non-state violence” as an alternative to conventional military …
Colombo, May 9 (IANS) Sri Lanka’s leading newspapers in Colombo carried full-page advertisements on Saturday commemorating ‘Operation Sindoor’, India’s decisive military action against terror infrastructure and also tributes to the people killed in the terror attack in Pahalgam. The ads appeared across English, Sinhala, and Tamil editions of the dailies in Colombo.The advertisements, relating to the April 22, 2025 Pahalgam terror attack paid special tributes to the 26 innocent people who lost th…
Srinagar, May 8 (IANS) Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah on Friday appreciated the Army and the civil administration for rescuing tourists stranded in the higher reaches of Gulmarg after a technical snag developed in a private helicopter.An official statement said that the Chief Minister appreciated the prompt and coordinated efforts of the Army and the civil administration in safely rescuing the stranded tourists following the helicopter malfunction in the ski resort town.The Chief…
Islamabad, May 8 (IANS) Pakistan’s role in fostering terrorism has, for decades, fuelled instability in the wider South Asian region. At the same time, preserving regional stability remains essential for US strategic interests given South Asia’s proximity to Afghanistan and China, a report has stated. Writing for American media outlet PJ Media, Turkish journalist Uzay Bulut said that the fight against terrorism by the United States and India should also be supported by policies aimed at restor…
Kabul, May 7 (IANS) The heinous Pahalgam terror attack in April 2025 was a watershed moment that led to a near total breakdown of bilateral relations between India and Pakistan. India put the Indus Water Treaty (IWT) in abeyance after the attack arguing that blood and water cannot flow together and that Pakistan must put its house in order. All formal trade remains suspended, further straining an already fragile Pakistani economy. Pakistan has since blamed India for weaponizing water. This move …
Kabul, May 7 (IANS) India’s decisive military action met its predefined objectives despite Pakistan’s attempt to escalate, an Afghan media outlet reported Thursday on the commemoration of the first anniversary of Operation Sindoor. The report said that India achieved its objectives during Operation Sindoor by combining defined targetting with credible escalation reserve and ensuring political objectives fixed on its original purpose, which was degrading the terror infrastructure that was respo…
New Delhi, May 7: There is a reflexive question that international observers tend to ask whenever military action occurs between India and Pakistan. Who escalated? The framing of the question is itself revealing. It assumes that escalation is the central issue. It assumes that the prior conduct, the planning, the funding, and the execution of terrorism are not, themselves, escalation. It assumes that the side that responds to a massacre with force is the side responsible for the conflict.Operati…
New Delhi, May 7 (IANS) Post the Pahalgam terror attack, Prime Minister Narendra Modi was under immense pressure to act against Pakistan. Islamabad would have hoped that the retaliation would be very limited and India would not go that extra mile, considering that it is a nuclear state. As many experts note, Operation Sindoor not just rewrote India’s security doctrine, but also called out Pakistan’s nuclear bluff. The operation was devised in such a way that it went on to punish Pakistan-backed …
New Delhi, May 7 (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday marked the first anniversary of Operation Sindoory by lauding the unparalleled courage, precision and resolve displayed by the Indian armed forces in giving a “fitting reply” to the perpetrators of the Pahalgam terror attack.India on Thursday is marking the first anniversary of Operation Sindoor, a decisive military action carried out by Indian armed forces on this day last year against the high-value terror infrastructures and ter…