Asif Shahzad

2 weeks ago | uk.marketscreener.com | Ariba Shahid |Saeed Shah |Asif Shahzad

Published on 10/06/2025 at 06:01, updated on 10/06/2025 at 15:11ISLAMABAD (Reuters) -Pakistan will raise defence spending by a steep 20% after a deadly conflict with its old enemy India last month, but will slash overall federal expenditure for fiscal 2025-26 by a hefty 7% to 17.57 trillion rupees ($62 billion). The budget presented on Tuesday by Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif's government allocated 2.55 trillion rupees ($9 billion) to defence in July-June 2025-26, up from 2.12 trillion.

3 weeks ago | timeslive.co.za | Asif Shahzad

Pakistan is “ready but not desperate” for talks with arch-rival India, its foreign minister said on Wednesday, underlining the lack of a thaw in relations between the nuclear-armed neighbours after their worst military conflict in decades. Both sides used fighter jets, missiles, drones and artillery last month in four days of clashes, their worst fighting in decades, before a ceasefire the US said it brokered on May 10. India has denied any third party role in the ceasefire.

3 weeks ago | yahoo.com | Asif Shahzad

By Asif ShahzadISLAMABAD (Reuters) -Pakistan is "ready but not desperate" for talks with arch-rival India, its foreign minister said on Wednesday, underlining the lack of a thaw in relations between the nuclear-armed neighbours following their worst military conflict in decades. Both sides used fighter jets, missiles, drones and artillery last month in four days of clashes, their worst fighting in decades, before a ceasefire the U.S. said it brokered on May 10.

3 weeks ago | sg.news.yahoo.com | Asif Shahzad

Pakistan open, 'not desperate' for talks with arch-rival India, says foreign minister Pakistan's Foreign Minister Ishaq Dar, attends signing ceremony of Convention on the Establishment of The International Organization for Mediation (IOMed) in Hong Kong ISLAMABAD (Reuters) -Pakistan is "ready but not desperate" for talks with arch-rival India, its foreign minister said on Wednesday, in remarks that underline the lack of a thaw between the two nuclear-armed neighbours following their worst...

3 weeks ago | msn.com | Asif Shahzad |Ariba Shahid

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