Pakistan army chief heads to Saudi Arabia to ease tensions in ties

Islamabad: Pakistan’s military chief Qamar Javed Bajwa will head to Saudi Arabia on Sunday to ease tensions after his country’s top diplomat blasted the kingdom for failing to condemn India’s actions in Muslim-majority Kashmir. Tempers frayed when Pakistani Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi used a TV interview on August 5 to harangue Saudi Arabia over the issue, threatening that Islamabad itself would call a meeting of the Organisation of Islamic Conference. That was seen as challenging Saudi Arabia’s leadership of the OIC, and angered an ally that is the biggest source of remittances into Pakistan, and among its largest creditors. See also Saudi-backed Lucid Air’s 517 miles range is the...