Pakistan minister: ‘Will return IAF pilot if it de-escalates tensions’

The Pakistani foreign minister, Shah Mehmood Qureshi, on Thursday, stated that his country is willing to consider returning the captured Indian Air Force pilot, Wing Commander Abhinandan Varthaman, if it leads to “de-escalation of tensions” with India. Read More
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Sidhu calls for ‘dialogue and diplomacy’ for solving Pak problem

Congress senior leader Navjot Singh Sidhu, on Thursday, appealed for peace and stressed that the solution to terror is “peace, development and progress, not unemployment, hatred and fear”. Read More
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Political leaders pray for Wg Cdr Abhinandan’s safe return

The tension between both the countries has escalated within two weeks of a deadly suicide attack in Pulwama carried by Jaish-e-Muhammad, after which both India and Pakistan conducted air strikes on each other’s soil. Read More
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Jaitley on air strike in Pak: ‘We got what we could only imagine’

Union finance minister Arun Jaitley, on Wednesday said the air strikes carried out by the Indian Air Force against the Jaish-e-Muhammad camps in Pakistan was action that Indians could “only imagine all these years but never achieve”. Read More
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BSY: IAF strikes in Pak ‘will help BJP win 22 Karnataka LS seats’

BJP Karnatakata chief BS Yeddyurappa said the nation’s pre-emptive strikes on terror camps has created a wave in favour of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and will help the party win over 22 of 28 seats in the state in the upcoming Lok Sabha election. Read More
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In China, Swaraj says ‘don’t want escalation’ of India-Pak hostilities

Just a day after India conducted air strikes in Pakistan’s Balakot, the external affairs minister, Sushma Swaraj, on Wednesday, said the objective of this mission was to act against a terror camp and that India doesn’t wish to see any “further escalation”. Read More
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Mayawati hails IAF, slams Modi for delayed free hand given to Army

Opposition parties have hailed the Indian Air force for the air strikes carried out against Jaish-e-Muhammed camps in Balakot and elsewhere in Pakistan. Read More
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After IAF strikes in Pakistan, Mufti, Omar call for peace and restraint

After India conducted air strikes in Balakot and elsewhere in Pakistan, on Tuesday, the Peoples Democratic Party president, Mehbooba Mufti, advocated for peace and the National Conference vice-president, Omar Abdullah, termed the IAF strike a “new ballgame”. Read More
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Bhagwat on strikes in Pak: ‘True teravi shradh for Pulwama martyrs’

The RSS chief said: “Today is the day when (Vinayak Damodar) Savarkar had passed away. And what happened today is the true teravi shradh for the 40 martyrs of the Pulwama attack.” Read More
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Mamata calls IAF ‘amazing fighters’ for striking inside Pakistan

As the Indian Air Force conducted the air strikes in Balakot and elsewhere in Pakistan, the West Bengal chief minister, Mamata Banerjee, also conveyed her praise for the IAF. She tweeted: “IAF also means India’s Amazing Fighters. Jai Hind.” Read More
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