Flash floods kill more than 280 people in India and Pakistan
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Cloudbursts are causing chaos in mountainous parts of India and Pakistan, with tremendous amounts of rain falling in a short period of time over a concentrated area.
The United States monitors the India-Pakistan situation "every single day", said US Secretary of State Marco Rubio on Sunday, reiterating claims by American President Donald Trump of having helped in averting a nuclear escalation between countries.
Pakistan possessed video evidence of six Indian fighter jets that had been shot down during the recent conflict, Interior Minister Mohsin Naqvi said on Sunday.Islamabad had prior intelligence of
Naqvi said it was a major challenge for the government to provide evidence to the world, including wreckage of Indian jet fighters shot down by Pakistani forces. He noted with pride that within minutes of the operation, not only images but also videos of the destroyed aircraft were available, strengthening Pakistan’s stance globally.
"Nuclear sabre-rattling is Pakistan's stock-in-trade," India 's External Affairs Ministry said in a public statement on its website. "It is also regrettable that these remarks should have been made from the soil of a friendly third country."
COLUMN. While it is important not to conflate the two, certain similarities are evident in the trajectory of these two seemingly interminable crises, historian Jean-Pierre Filiu writes in his column.
LAHORE: Interior Minister Mohsin Naqvi on Sunday highlighted the significant role of Pakistan’s intelligence agencies during the recent conflict with India, revealing that the agencies had detailed knowledge of India’s military movements and even obtained video footage of six Indian aircraft being shot down.
India said it launched missiles targeting "terrorist infrastructure" in Pakistan and Pakistan-administered Kashmir, the divided Himalayan territory that India also controls a section of.
Marco Rubio highlights US efforts in observing India-Pakistan ceasefire dynamics amid tensions and Trump's mediation claims.
US Secretary of State Marco Rubio has said Washington closely monitors tensions between India and Pakistan “every single day.”
Naqvi said: "During a period of heightened tension between Pakistan and India, a delegation from the Saudi government was present in Pakistan.