Anwar Iqbal

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• Ex-foreign minister says threshold for war in South Asia ‘lowest it’s ever been’; his stark assessment highlights tenuous nature of ceasefire • Calls on US to help bring New Delhi to negotiating table after Trump acknowledges presence of ‘strong leadership’ in Islamabad WASHINGTON: Warning that the current ceasefire between India and Pakistan was quite tenuous, former foreign minister Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari has said that the world is now a less safe place than it was before the crisis in...

3 weeks ago | dawn.com | Anwar Iqbal

• Bilawal urges world to stand against Indian aggression, says water an existential issue for Pakistan • Ex-US diplomat endorses call for neutral Pahalgam probe, regrets Pak-US ties ‘still stuck in the past’ • VP Vance meets Indian delegation as US officials assure Pakistan of ‘equal representation’ WASHINGTON: As fomer foreign minister Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari blamed India for pushing South Asia towards the first nuclear war over water, a former US ambassador to Pakistan endorsed Islamabad’s...

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• PM calls US president ‘man for peace’; says offer of impartial probe into Pahalgam was met with aggression • Bilawal says New Delhi can’t be ‘net security provider’ in the region if it can’t even defend its own skies • Dar blames political rhetoric from Indian leaders for keeping South Asia tensions high WASHINGTON / ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif and PPP Chairman Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari have praised US President Donald Trump for his role in helping de-escalate the latest...

3 weeks ago | dawn.com | Anwar Iqbal

• Proposes joint platform to raise complaints, probe terror incidents• Delegation meets UN chief, UNSC presidentWASHINGTON: Cooperation between Pakistan and India’s intelligence agencies could significantly reduce terrorism in South Asia, former foreign minister Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari said on Tuesday.

3 weeks ago | dawn.com | Anwar Iqbal

WASHINGTON: The Pakistani political delegation, which kicked off its diplomatic outreach on Monday in the wake of conflict with India, has urged global powers to reject New Delhi’s dangerous “new normal” of aggression. The nine-member Pakistani delegation, led by PPP Chairman and former foreign minister Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari, held a series of meetings at the UN Headquarters in New York.