Pak’s terror trail: Not just Kashmir, Islamic nations and Europe too faced brunt of terrorism

IANS | April 30, 2025 2:21 PM

New Delhi, April 30 (IANS) Pakistan Defence Minister Khawaja Asif’s admission on country’s role in harbouring terrorists and sponsoring terror factories on its soil recently, came not just as a shocker but also exposed its brazen terror designs as well as terror trail, that remains not just limited to Kashmir but goes beyond many frontiers, even to the Islamic nations, Middle-East and Europe.

Blood and water cannot flow together: India's deft use of lawfare in suspending Indus Waters Treaty

Abhinand Siddharth Srinivas | April 30, 2025 1:47 PM

New Delhi: In the wake of the April 22 Pahalgam terror attack, India has deftly used international law as a tool to achieve its longstanding objective of ending Pakistan's support for terrorism. A nuanced understanding of the logic behind putting the 1960 Indus Waters Treaty (IWT) in abeyance exemplifies New Delhi's use of lawfare – a euphemism to describe the use of law to gain political objectives – to end Pakistan's support for cross-border terrorism. Contrary to Pakistan's assertion, New Delhi's actions are firmly grounded in the customary international law of clausula rebus sic stantibus and countermeasures.

Deadly Pahalgam terror attack has infuriated Egypt: Ambassador Galal

IANS | April 29, 2025 8:00 PM

New Delhi, April 29 (IANS) Egypt's Ambassador to India Kamel Zayed Galal on Tuesday termed last week's Pahalgam terrorist attack, which claimed lives of 26 innocent civilians, as an unacceptable assault on India which has infuriated Egypt and the country's government.

'Why weren't these houses demolished earlier?' Alvi backs Trinamool leader's remarks on post J&K attack crackdown

IANS | April 29, 2025 1:21 PM

New Delhi, April 29 (IANS) The recent counter-terrorism operations in Jammu and Kashmir (J&K), following the Pahalgam terror attack that resulted in the deaths of 26 people, have ignited a political backlash over what they perceived as late demolition of homes allegedly linked to terrorists. Congress leader Rashid Alvi, on Tuesday, supported the stance of Trinamool Rajya Sabha MP Sagarika Ghosh, questioning why these houses were not demolished earlier.