Why Pakistan’s first advanced stealth submarine is a gamechanger for balance of power with India - Pakistan’s newly inducted Chinese-made attack submarine is set to strengthen its naval presence in the waters around India.

India’s envoy to China Vikram Doraiswami on Saturday dismissed comparisons between India and Pakistan on the question of mediation in the West Asia conflict, saying such parallels were “unfair” and that countries must decide for themselves whether mediation serves their national interest.

Geoeconomics, historical precedents, and awareness of the grim dangers of renewed escalation suggest that the relationship between India and Pakistan could gradually improve.

The exchange was prompted by a Pakistani journalist who asked where Pakistan would be in five years given the fallout from the US–Iran conflict.

MEA spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal said the Indus Waters Treaty will remain in abeyance until Pakistan “credibly and irrevocably” ends support for cross-border terrorism, as Islamabad intensifies criticism of New Delhi’s decision.