Tag: Pakistan

New Delhi: On the release of Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) founder Hafiz Saeed from Pakistan’s jail, the Congress took a dig at Narendra Modi government on Wednesday, asking “where is the 56-inch chest and strong diplomacy now”. The party said Pakistan was a principal conspirator in 2008 Mumbai terror attack, so it would not punish the “co-conspirator”. […]

Islamabad: A 48-feet-long centuries-old statue of “sleeping Buddha” has been discovered during excavations near Bhamala Stupa in Haripur district of Pakistan’s Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa. Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa Directorate of Archaeology And Museums Director Abdul Samad told Dawn News: “The 48-feet-long ‘sleeping Buddha’ statue dates back to the third century, which makes it the world’s oldest ‘sleeping Buddha’ statue.” He […]

Islamabad: Pakistan released 68 Indian fishermen on Sunday as a goodwill gesture, officials said. Pakistan on Sunday released 68 Indian fishermen as a goodwill gesture, informed officials. The Indian fishermen had been arrested for intrusion into Pakistani waters for illegal fishing and were freed from a prison in the Pakistani port city Karachi, Xinhua news […]

New York: India is among the five countries — Pakistan, Nigeria, Congo and Ethiopia being the others — responsible for half of all new-born deaths in the world, according to a UN report. The report, “Levels and Trends in Child Mortality 2017”, revealed that 5.6 million children died before reaching the age of five in […]

Islamabad: Five people were killed in a drone attack targeting a militant house in northwestern Pakistan late on Monday, a media report said. Reports said the attack took place in Kurram Agency in northwestern Pakistan bordering Afghanistan and four or six missiles were fired in the attack. Some others were reportedly injured. A militant commander […]

Bhopal: Two ‘hawala’ traders arrested two days ago in the Madhya Pardesh capital have turned out to be Pakistani citizens visiting India on a transit visa, police said on Sunday. “The two young men were caught on Friday along with Rs 80 lakh in ‘hawala’ money while travelling to Mumbai from Bhopal. Their questioning revealed […]

Islamabad: Pakistan Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi on Saturday said that military dictatorship always halted progress in the country. The Prime Minister, who was in Karachi on a day-long visit, was speaking during the inauguration ceremony of the Pakistan International Bulk Terminal at Port Qasim. The Prime Minister said that the people of Pakistan should […]

Lahore: A Pakistan court has warned that it would end the house arrest of terrorist leader Hafiz Saeed, blamed for the 2008 Mumbai terror attack, if the government doesn’t submit evidence against him. The Jamaat-ud-Dawa (JuD) chief and his four aides were placed under house arrest in January under the Anti-Terrorism Act. The Lahore High […]

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 […]

New Delhi: India will issue medical visas to a three-year-old and a man from Pakistan, both requiring urgent treatment, External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj has said, living up to her promise made on Independence Day. “We are issuing visa for the open heart surgery of your three-year-old daughter in India. We also pray for her speedy […]

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. […]

United Nations: Pakistan has denied that India made any surgical strikes against it while accusing India of trying to provoke a conflict by “falsely” claiming it had carried out the operations and threatening to use more of them. Pakistan’s Permanent Representative Maleeha Lodhi raised the Kashmir issue again on Tuesday with the new twist about […]

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 […]

New Delhi: External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj on Sunday made a fervent appeal to the public to help locate the parents of Geeta, a deaf and mute 25-year-old Indian woman who was brought back two years ago after having inadvertently crossed over to Pakistan over a decade ago. Holding Geeta in her arms in a […]

Islamabad: Ousted Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif is expected to be re-elected as the president of his PML-N party next week under a new proposed law that will allow a disqualified lawmaker to take over reins of a political party. Sharif had to step down as the head of the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz after the […]