Pakistan’s Foreign Ministry has contradicted the Defence Minister’s statement that the Simla Agreement is a ‘dead document’. The Foreign Ministry clarified that no formal decision has been made and all treaties remain intact. This contradiction comes after India’s announcement to put the Indus Water Treaty in abeyance. The Simla Agreement, signed in 1971, established the…
Pakistan’s foreign ministry stated on Thursday that no formal decision had been made to scrap any bilateral agreements with India, including the key 1972 Simla Agreement, despite escalating diplomatic friction between the two neighbours. This statement came just a day after Pakistan’s Defence Minister, Khawaja Asif, declared the Simla Agreement to be irrelevant, calling it…
India’s actions against Pakistan have resulted in the Simla Agreement losing its sanctity, Defence Minister Khawaja Asif said on Thursday. Asif, known for shooting his mouth, made the remarks to Geo News. The Pakistani Defence Minister has made several inconsistent statements in the last few weeks following the Pahalgam terror attack. “The agreement was bilateral…