Tag: Islamabad

Islamabad: Voters in large numbers started flocking outside polling stations across the country to cast their vote in Pakistans 11th general election, according to DawnNewsTV. The first vote was cast in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa’s Charsadda. While polling stations officially opened for voting at 8 a.m., enthusiastic citizens queued up outside their respective stations as early as […]

Islamabad: A three-day anti-polio campaign targeting over 3.5 million children has begun in Pakistan’s northwest Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa province, the media reported. According to Provincial Health Department, more than 3.5 million children up to five years of age will be administered anti-polio drops during the campaign for the eradication of the crippling virus, state-run broadcaster Radio Pakistan […]

Islamabad: Pakistani Defence Minister Khurram Dastgir Khan has said that Islamabad was in direct talks with Moscow for the procurement of sophisticated military hardware, including air defence systems, fighter jets and battle tanks. In an interview with Russia’s Sputnik news agency, Kham also talked about increased cooperation with Kremlin which mirrors Pakistan’s wider geo-strategic concerns. […]

Islamabad: Pakistan Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi chaired a meeting of the National Security Committee (NSC) on Tuesday to discuss US President Donald Trump’s move to cut all further aid to Islamabad on charges of harbouring terrorists. The high-level meeting, which was originally scheduled for Wednesday, was attended by the country’s civilian and military leadership. Pakistan […]

New Delhi: Condemning Pakistani authorities for inflicting insult on Kulbhushan Jadhav’s mother and wife by making them remove their mangalsutra, bangles, footwear and bindi and getting their dress changed, the Congress on Tuesday said India should give them “an appropriate reply”. The party said the Indian government should immediately come up with a clear policy […]

New Delhi: A day after their meeting across a glass panel with Kulbhushan Jadhav in Islamabad, the mother and wife of the Indian national on death row in Pakistan, met External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj here on Tuesday. According to reports, Foreign Secretary S. Jaishankar and External Affairs Ministry spokesperson Raveesh Kumar accompanied Jadhav’s mother […]

Islamabad:The mother and wife of alleged Indian spy Kulbhushan Jadhav met the death row prisoner at the Pakistan Foreign Office here on Monday amid tight security. The 30-minute meeting started at 1.48 p.m in the presence of Indian Deputy High Commissioner J.P. Singh, Geo News reported. Earlier, Foreign Office Spokesperson Mohammed Faisal tweeted a picture […]

Mumbai: The relatives of Kulbhushan Jadhav will reach Islamabad today for a scheduled meeting with the death row prisoner, according to an activist. “His mother, Avanti Jadhav, and his wife are expected to fly from Dubai to Islamabad for their first ever interaction later in the day. According to available information, Kulbhushan Jadhav will be […]

Islamabad: Violent protests erupted across Pakistan on Saturday after security forces launched an early-morning crackdown on thousands of religious demonstrators camped on a highway in the capital in which a policeman was killed and 200 hundred people were injured. The authorities ordered private television channels to go off the air. Roughly 8,500 elite police and […]

Islamabad: Pakistan has justified Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) founder Hafiz Saeed’s release, accused by India and the US of masterminding the 2008 Mumbai massacre, claiming that Islamabad remains committed to the implementation of UNSC sanctions regime on terrorists and has taken several steps in this regard. The Jamaat-ud-Dawa (JuD) chief, who carries a $10 million US bounty […]

London: Asserting that war was no more an option, two former spy chiefs of Pakistan and India have stressed on the urgent need for diplomatic talks and communications between Islamabad and New Delhi. Former Inter Services Intelligence (ISI) Director General, General (Retd) Ehsanul Haq, and former Research and Analysis Wing (RAW) chief Amarjit Singh Dulat […]

Jammu: The Pakistani Army resorted to heavy shelling and firing on Wednesday at three places on the Line of Control (LoC) in Jammu and Kashmir’s Poonch district, Defence Ministry sources said. Mortars, automatics and small arms were used to target Indian positions in Degwar, Talwan and Mandiyalan areas. “Indian positions are retaliating strongly and effectively. […]

Islamabad:  Ousted Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif on Tuesday was re-elected “unopposed” as the president of the ruling PML-N on Tuesday, reclaiming his position as the head of his namesake party. Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz leader Tariq Fazal Chaudhry submitted Sharif’s papers for party president in the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) while no other candidate […]

Islamabad: With the population of elderly people in the country growing fast, the incidence of Alzheimer’s is increasing alarmingly with around two million Pakistanis suffering from the preventable condition and their numbers continue to mount, health experts have warned. Alzheimer’s is a type of dementia that causes problems with memory, thinking and behaviour changes and the […]

New York: Foreign Minister Khawaja Asif has said that Islamabad cannot take responsibility for peace and security in Afghanistan, adding that effective border management with Kabul is imperative to stop infiltration of terrorists. Speaking at the Asia Society seminar in New York, the minister said that the US cannot succeed in Afghanistan by waging war. He […]