The report claimed Bhagat Singh was influenced by "religious leaders hostile to Muslims". The Pakistani observations claimed that Singh "was not a revolutionary but a criminal".
The extension of the Sri Kartarpur Sahib Corridor agreement and External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar's recent visit to Pakistan gave some momentum to India-Pakistan ties which have been on pause mode for a decade. However, India maintains its stand that terrorism and dialogue can't go together.
This is the first visit by an Indian EAM in nine years after Sushma Swaraj visited Islamabad in 2015. During his address, Jaishankar made a veiled attack on Pakistan and China, saying cooperation must be based on mutual respect for territorial integrity and sovereignty.
Nawaz Sharif said he had always been a supporter of good relations with India and expressed optimism about a meeting with Prime Minister Modi soon. This is not the first time Nawaz has expressed a desire for friendly relations with India, which underwent a severe strain in 2019.
Shehbaz Sharif said Pakistan has no intention of aggression against any country and progress and peace are 'intertwined'. His remarks came over a week after Pakistan invited Prime Minister Narendra Modi to the upcoming SCO Summit in Islamabad.
Jaishankar said India highlighted at the UN that Pakistan sent tribal people to attack Kashmir in 1947 but failed to recognise them as 'terrorists'. He also criticised the Congress-led UPA government for not taking appropriate action against Pakistan for the 26/11 attacks.
The Sikh pilgrims travelling to Pakistan will visit Gurdwara Panja Sahib, Gurdwara Nankana Sahib, and Gurdwara Kartarpur Sahib.
Pakistan downgraded its diplomatic ties with India after the latter abrogated Article 370 of the Constitution on August 5, 2019. However, Pakistan's Foreign Minister Ishaq Dar said Islamabad would seriously consider resuming trade ties with India, indicating a diplomatic shift.
The 25-year-old Parkash's nomination is historic as she is the first Hindu to contest the upcoming Pakistan general elections in the relatively conservative province of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. Parkash said that if elected, she will help the problems of Hindus living in Pakistan and 'across the border'.
Earlier, the PML-N supremo said that neither India nor the United States are responsible for Pakistan's current problems. He blamed the country's military establishment of worsening Pakistan's economic problems and making the lives of the citizens unbearably miserable.
During a conversation with Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) ticket aspirants, the party supremo, who is eying to become prime minister for a record fourth time, pointed out that he was ousted from power three times in 1993, 1999 and 2017.
According to the reports, Jawaria Khanam, who hails from Pakistan's Karachi, will cross the Attari-Wagah Border in Amritsar, where she will be received by the family members of her fiancee, Sameer Khan.
According to the report, Srivastava is expected to take up her assignment soon after the term of the current CdA, Dr Suresh Kumar, ends.
“Today, we need a constructive re-balancing with China. This requires us to be clear-eyed about the threats we and our allies in Asia face, but are hopeful that our diplomacy and statesmanship can make the 21st century less bloody than the 20th century,” Khanna said in a foreign policy speech.
He, however, maintained his stand over the peace talks with India and asserted Islamabad could initiate any such negotiations unless it restores Article 370 in Jammu and Kashmir valley.
In its annual report for 2022, the MEA also said that Pakistan continues to engage in "hostile and fabricated propaganda" to vilify India and to divert attention from its domestic political and economic failures.
United States news: But ultimately these are decisions that India and Pakistan themselves are going to have to make...It is not for the United States to determine the modalities or the way in which India and Pakistan engage one another, said the US State Department spokesperson.
Former ambassador to Pakistan, Satinder Lambah, claimed that the two nations had held multiple meetings and were on the brink of signing a "peace treaty" but everything changed after the UPA-II government lost General elections in 2014.
This year, India's invitation to Islamabad is considered crucial amid the fact that both nations had exchanged a series of heated arguments at the United Nations and the latter experiencing the worst-ever economic turbulence.
As per the data provided by India, a total of 434 Pakistani citizens, of which 339 are civilians and 95 are fishermen are currently lodged in Indian jails.
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