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Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif of Pakistan recently reaffirmed Pakistan’s readiness for a meaningful dialogue with India to resolve all outstanding issues, emphasizing diplomacy as the preferred path to ease long-standing regional tensions.This commitment was expressed during a meeting with British High Commissioner Jane Marriott in Islamabad. The Prime Minister underscored the importance of
The Border Security Force (BSF) in Punjab’s Amritsar district successfully neutralised six Pakistani drones over a span of 24 hours, intercepting significant contraband including over one kilogram of heroin, pistols, and magazines.On a recent Wednesday night near the village of Modhe in Amritsar, the BSF used technical countermeasures to neutralise five drones. From these drones, they recovered
The Hypersonic Revolution And Regional Security DynamicsIndia’s pursuit of hypersonic weapons technology represents a fundamental shift in South Asian strategic dynamics, one that compresses decision-making time and potentially destabilises long-standing nuclear deterrence calculations, wrote Zohaib Altaf of the Diplomat.The reported testing of India’s most advanced hypersonic
India and Israel have taken a significant step to deepen their defence cooperation, reaffirming their strategic partnership with a focus on a long-term perspective. On July 23, 2025, India’s Defence Secretary Rajesh Kumar Singh met with Major General (Res) Amir Baram, Director General of Israel’s Ministry of Defence, in New Delhi.Both sides agreed to strengthen bilateral defence ties and jointly
India is developing a powerful conventional bunker-buster missile based on its Agni-V ballistic missile platform, which weighs about 7,500 kg and is designed to penetrate deeply fortified underground targets up to 80 to 100 meters beneath the surface.Unlike the nuclear version of the Agni-V, this missile carries a massive conventional warhead intended to neutralise hardened enemy command centres,
Turkey has unveiled its first hypersonic missile, the Tayfun Block-4, at the International Defence Industry Fair (IDEF) 2025 in Istanbul, marking a significant milestone in its defence capabilities. Developed indigenously by the Turkish defence firm Roketsan, the Tayfun Block 4 is a hypersonic ballistic missile weighing approximately 2,300 kilograms (about 7 tons according to some reports)
US President Donald Trump has repeatedly claimed credit for brokering a ceasefire between India and Pakistan following the April 22, 2025, Pahalgam terror attack, which killed 26 civilians. Trump asserted that the two nuclear-armed neighbours were on the brink of a nuclear war, with jets being shot down multiple times during the conflict.He described the situation as "back and forth," stating
Pakistan raised the Kashmir issue and the Indus Waters Treaty dispute with India at the United Nations during its presidency of the UN Security Council in July 2025. Pakistan’s Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Mohammad Ishaq Dar emphasised that Jammu and Kashmir remains one of the oldest unresolved disputes on the UN agenda.He stated that Kashmir is an internationally recognized
On July 20, 2025, Pakistan conducted a test of its long-range ballistic missile, the Ababeel, which ended in failure. The missile suffered a critical malfunction, with damage to the wreckage indicating either a propulsion system failure or an in-flight structural breakdown.The debris from the missile crash-landed near a village in the Dera Bugti district of Balochistan, causing concern among
India has once again reaffirmed its unwavering commitment to international peace and security through the principles of multilateralism and the peaceful resolution of disputes, while strongly condemning acts of cross-border terrorism.This stance was articulated by Ambassador Parvathaneni Harish, India’s Permanent Representative to the United Nations, during the High-Level Open Debate at the