Pakistan hockey team to play in India
Pakistan’s hockey teams will not be stopped from competing in next month’s Asia Cup and the junior World Cup in India. “We are not against any team competing in India in a multi-national competition. If we try to stop Pakistan it would be seen as a violation of the Olympic Charter. Likewise, we will also show up for any multi-national event that features Pakistan. But bilateral is different and there will be no relaxation on that front,” the source said. The ministry’s decision also clears the decks for Pakistani participation in the junior World Cup of shooting, scheduled here in September, and the World Para-Athletics Championships, also in the national Capital in September-October. The Charter is akin to the constitution of the Olympic movement and stresses on sport as a tool for promoting international peace and cooperation.
UN, QUAD condemn Pahalgam attack
External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar said Operation Sindoor conveyed to the world with great clarity that India will act against terrorism. This assertion was in line with the UN Security Council calling for those responsible for the Pahalgam attacks to be brought to justice. A joint statement issued by Quad Foreign Ministers - Jaishankar, US Secretary of State Marco Rubio, Foreign Minister of Australia Penny Wong, and Japanese Foreign Minister Takeshi Iwaya -unequivocally condemned all acts of terrorism and violent extremism in all their forms and manifestations, including cross-border terrorism. The Quad foreign ministers condemned in the “strongest terms” the April 22 terrorist attack in Pahalgam, Jammu and Kashmir, which left 26 people dead.The Security Council statement condemned the Pahalgam attack.