The Latest Breaking News from Islamabad

As the archrivals halt hostilities after four days of fighting, analysts discuss if either gained an upper hand.

Quiet diplomacy and high-stakes backchannel talks helped avert the most serious military escalation in decades between the nuclear-armed neighbours

Pakistan and India agreed Saturday to a full and immediate ceasefire after days of deadly jet fighter, missile, drone and artillery attacks, the news surprisingly announced by US President Donald Trump, who congratulated them on using "common sense".

Pakistan and India fired missiles at each other’s airbases in the latest escalation between the neighbours.

A full-blown war between India and Pakistan would be the first ever between two nuclear-armed nations.

Last night, as the general public struggled to make sense of developments between India and Pakistan, there was a slew of misinformation on media and social media. 

Calls for restraint and fact-checking continue as New Delhi and Islamabad report drone and artillery attacks.

Pakistan Defence Minister Khawaja Asif’s remarks during a live news interview, that his country has been doing “dirty work” for the West for the last three decades, was a stunning admission on Islamabad’s long history of supporting, training and funding terrorist organisations. A decade ago, former army chief and president…

Pakistan’s FM says it ‘deserves to respond’; his Indian counterpart says any response will be an ‘escalation’.

New Delhi accuses Islamabad of harbouring armed groups responsible for carrying out attacks on its territory

Pakistan has warned it will "avenge" those killed by Indian air strikes that New Delhi said were in response to an attack in Kashmir, signalling an imminent escalation in the worst violence in decades between the nuclear-armed neighbours.