Ayub Khan told foreign powers who wanted him to help India that the fact that Pakistan did not take advantage of India's vulnerability was a form of assistance and a sufficient gesture. This and more in veteran journalist Kuldip Nayar's latest book, Beyond the Lines: An Autobiography
A man was caught by army personnel while he was allegedly clicking photos of sensitive sites in the cantonment area in Bhuj in Kachchh district, which borders Pakistan, the police said.
As the audience ushered into the Theatre Row's auditorium for the performance of writer Ayub Khan-Din's new play Rafta, Rafta, I had a very strong sense of dj vu, as if I had walked onto the sets of East is East.
Former Air Marshal Nur Khan accused former military ruler Ayub Khan and his generals of telling a 'big lie' to the nation by saying India had provoked the war.
With Dayal Singh's surrender, six of the eight accused in the alleged June 3 hunting of a black buck and two rabbits near a wildlife sanctuary in Jhajjar have given themselves up.
The actor talks about his acting career so far.
J D Madan and Gaurav Dalal won the overall championship titles in the Esteem and FISSME events respectively at the J K Tyre national racing championship.
"The system will ensure that the martial law is never imposed again in the country," he said, while addressing a gathering at the Student Convention in Islamabad on Saturday.
All the behind the scenes drama and the between the lines intrigue from Pakistan, a day before the presidential poll.
Neena Gupta talks about her new show, her daughter and why she will not be able to make TV serials any more.
The only element of surprise is, that for the first time, a person of the stature of a former President and Chief of Army Staff of Pakistan, has publicly admitted it.
Siddharth Nath Singh was two years old when his legendary grandfather Lal Bahadur Shastri's body was flown in from Tashkent to New Delhi on a cold morning of January 1966. The sudden death of India's second prime minister in the Soviet city, where he had gone to talk peace with Pakistani leader Muhammad Ayub Khan on January 11, had plunged the country into grief.
'Khrushchev, of course, abused Bhutto and said should Pakistan look towards India or Afghanistan, the Soviets would take our eyes out,' said a noting made by Ayub Khan.
During the interrogation, the students said they sent the message "only to play mischief" and had nothing to do with the December 16 incident, police said.
Why did Pakistan sign a cease-fire without acquiring Kashmir, which was the sole purpose of the 1965 War, asks Ahmad Faruqui.
"Government has already directed an investigation. The army is doing an in-house verification on whether there is any authenticity or truth in the allegation," army chief General J J Singh said.
The incident happened after the accused went to the bakery and demanded 'vargani' (donation) of Rs 151 from the workers for the Ganesh festival.
Moni Chadha was with Lal Bahadur Shastri in Tashkent. He counters colourful conspiracy theories with sobering facts.
Tayyab Tahir's exceptional hundred garnished Pakistan A's march to a commanding 128-run win over India A, for a second consecutive Emerging Teams Asia Cup title, in Colombo on Sunday.
Pakistan showcased resilience with Rizwan contributing a powerful 88 runs
Pakistan criticised the laying of foundation stones for the construction of the Rattle and Kwar Hydroelectric Projects on the Chenab River in Kashmir.
M I Khan finds out why the dreaded Mohammad Shahabuddin's widow wants to leave the north Bihar district where her husband's word was once law.
India has issued a notice to Pakistan for modification of the Indus Waters Treaty of September 1960 following Islamabad's "intransigence" on its implementation
IMAGES from Day 3 of the 3rd Test played between Australia and Pakistan at SCG on Friday.
The central contracts stand-off between Pakistan Cricket Board and top national players ended on Wednesday.
Pakistan scored 182 runs and Tom Latham's side fell well short of their target despite a hat-trick from Matt Henry, with Haris Rauf claiming four wickets for 18 runs as New Zealand were dismissed for 94, with more than four overs remaining.
A Manipur Police commando and two police constables were killed while nine others were injured when militants ambushed road-opening parties at two different places in Chandel district of Manipur on Thursday.
Mohammed Nabi's superb all-round show helped Afghanistan beat Pakistan for the first time in T20 Internationals in Sharjah on Friday.
'What the long term repercussions of the Ayodhya judgment are will unfold in time.' 'And I hope the consequences are not going to be as damaging to us as they were to Pakistan,' says Aakar Patel.
'We don't know what the reasons were that we gave back the Haji Pir Pass which was strategically very important. Today the entire infiltration into Kashmir takes place from that area. If we had retained that post that we had captured, things could have been different.' 'A lesson we need to learn is if you start losing the gains of war at the negotiating table, they become a disincentive for future wars,' says Lieutenant General D B Shekatkar (retd), reviewing the lessons from the 1965 War.
Afghanistan registered a thrilling seven-wicket victory against Pakistan with one ball to spare in the second Twenty20 international in Sharjah.
Yet another award for Amitabh Bachchan.
Telly folk step out for a glamorous night.
Chastened by the Kargil conflict, Pervez Musharraf will be remembered for gradually lowering the profile of terrorism and seeking a realistically negotiated settlement to the issue of Jammu and Kashmir, notes Ambassador G Parthasarathy, who served as India's high commissioner to Pakistan when Musharraf seized power in a coup in October 1999.
The player draft for the much-awaited Global T20 Canada 2023 was held in a hybrid-form in Mumbai.
'It would not be incorrect to say that the Chinese-Pakistani strategy of containing India began in the aftermath of the 1965 war.'
Pakistani students today formed a human shield for Hindus celebrating Holi at a temple in Karachi to protect and show solidarity with the minority community.
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