Simla Agreement not ‘dead document’? Pak fact-checks its defence minister

Simla Agreement not ‘dead document’? Pak fact-checks its defence minister

Pakistan’s Foreign Ministry Office had to fact-check the country’s Defence Minister Khawaja Asif after he stirred headlines by calling the 1972 Simla Agreement with India a ‘dead document.’

Pakistan’s Defence Minister Khawaja Muhammad Asif gestures on the day of an interview with Reuters in Islamabad, Pakistan April 28, 2025. File Image/Reuters