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Morning news brief: Pakistan inadvertently admits backing Lashkar proxy TRF; UK govt snubs BBC, and more

Morning news brief: Pakistan inadvertently admits backing Lashkar proxy TRF; UK govt snubs BBC, and more

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Amid rising tensions between India and Pakistan, Pakistani Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Ishaq Dartold Pakistan's upper house that Islamabad had an objection to the "condemnation of The Resistance Front (TRF)" in the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) statement

Meanwhile, The UK government supported India in bringing perpetrators to justice as the UK's Parliament discussed the horrific terror attack in Pahalgam, Jammu and Kashmir as well as put it straight to BBC that the Pahalgam attack was a terror attack over the channel's use of the word 'militancy'.

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Pahalgam attack: Deputy PM Ishaq Dar inadvertently admits Pakistan backs Lashkar-e-Taiba proxy TRF

 Security personnel inspect the site in the aftermath of an attack in Pahalgam, about 90kms (55 miles) from Srinagar on April 23, 2025.  Photograph: (AFP)

Pakistan Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Ishaq Dar made a big acceptance in connection to the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) statement on April 25 condemning the terrorist attack in Jammu and Kashmir's Pahalgam, which killed 26 people, mostly tourists.

UK stands with India, rejects BBC's denial on Pahalgam terror attack: 'Let me be clear...'

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The UK government on Wednesday said that it supports India in bringing perpetrators to justice as the UK's Parliament discussed the horrific terror attack in Pahalgam, Jammu and Kashmir. UK Government was also asked to address the BBC’s reference to the attack as “militancy”, to which it responded, "let me be clear: this was a horrific terrorist attack."

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 Delta Air Lines CEO Ed Bastian had earlier said that the airline "won’t be paying tariffs on any aircraft deliveries". Photograph: (AFP)

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Digital trucks demand justice for Pahalgam terror attack at Times Square: 'World must wake up'

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Amid global anger over thePahalgam terror attackin India's Jammu and Kashmir, a truck was spotted at New York's Times Square demanding justice for the victims.A digital poster with pictures of Pahalgam terror attack victims' had "Humanity bleeds in Pahalgam, world must wake up' and 'we demand justice" written over it.

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Navashree Nandini is a Senior Sub-Editor at WION News with over six years of experience covering Indian politics, US politics, global conflicts, foreign policy and education, with ...Read More