Tag: Pakistan

Islamabad: Pakistan’s former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif on Tuesday sought an extension of the six-week bail granted to him by the Supreme Court on medical grounds. In the plea Sharif said a review petition was filed in the apex court over its March 26 decision of granting the Pakistan Muslim League (Nawaz) leader bail for […]

Beijing: In a huge diplomatic victory for India, the UN Security Council on Wednesday declared Pakistan-based Jaish-e-Mohammad (JeM) chief Masood Azhar as a global terrorist, a move that was being blocked by China for nearly 10 years. The decision of the UNSC’s 1267 Sanctions Committee came about two and a half months after the JeM […]

Jammu: Indian and Pakistani armies traded heavy fire on Thursday on the Line of Control (LoC) in Jammu and Kashmir’s Poonch district, Defence Ministry said. “At about 9.30 a.m. Pakistan initiated unprovoked ceasefire violation in Shahpur and Kirni sectors on the LoC in Poonch. They started firing with small arms followed by shelling with mortars,” Lieutenant […]

New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday said that the biggest problem for India in its relations with Pakistan is to find “who is running the country” and should be engaged for talks. In an interview to India TV’s Chairman and Editor-in-Chief Rajat Sharma in front of nearly 2,500 people at Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium […]

Lucknow: BJP MP Varun Gandhi has mastered the art of creating controversy after controversy. The young Gandhi is currently campaigning for his mother Maneka Gandhi in Sultanpur that goes to the polls in the sixth phase on May 12. Varun said on Monday that people should vote for ‘Bharat Mata’. “My mother is contesting from […]

Islamabad: Pakistan’s anti-corruption body on Tuesday summoned former President Asif Ali Zardari in the fake accounts case on May 9. According to Geo News, the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) has prepared another reference in the fake accounts case and has summoned the Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) Co-Chairman for questioning. The reference relates to the awarding of […]

Lahore: At least five people, including three police officials and two civilians, were killed and 24 others injured in an explosion near Data Darbar here in Pakistan on Wednesday, DIG Operations Lahore Ashfaq Ahmed Khan confirmed. According to initial police reports, the explosion, near Gate no. 2 of Data Darbar, was targeted at a police vehicle. […]

Islamabad: Pakistan on Wednesday summoned Indian Deputy High Commissioner Gaurav Ahluwalia over alleged ceasefire violations by Indian forces across the Line of Control (LoC) which it said killed three civilians. Mohammad Faisal, Director General at the South Asian desk of the Foreign Office, said that apart from the deaths, two civilians were also injured on […]

New Delhi: The airstrike by the Indian Air Force at the terror training camp at Pakistan’s Balakot on February 26 killed between 130 to 170 JeM terrorists, according to an Italian freelance journalist. Quoting local sources, Francesca Marino wrote on Stringerasia that after the IAF strike at around 3.30 a.m., a Pakistan Army unit arrived […]

New Delhi: If Pakistan continues to support cross-border terrorism, India will have no option but to take the “hard” decision of stopping its share of water of three common rivers, Water Resources Minister Nitin Gadkari has said, in a warning to the neighbouring country. He told IANS in an interview that India is starting a […]

Islamabad: The Asia-Pacific Group (APG), a regional affiliate of the Financial Action Task Force (FATF), has raised questions on Pakistan’s seriousness in its campaign against terror financing and money laundering, the media reported on Friday. A 10-member delegation led by Finance Secretary Mohammad Younas Dagha represented Pakistan at the two-day APG meeting in Guangzhou, China, […]

Islamabad: A mass HIV detection programme in a village in Pakistan has resulted in more than 400 children and 100 adults diagnosed with the virus following widespread social alarm that broke out after a doctor was reported for negligence, authorities said on Friday. “In Ratodero village, 15,200 people have been screened so far, out of […]

Lahore: A centuries-old ‘Guru Nanak palace’ was partially demolished by a group of vandals who sold its precious windows and doors in Pakistan’s Punjab province, a media report said Monday. The walls of the four-storey building had pictures of Sikhism founder Guru Nanak as well as of various Hindu rulers and princes, Dawn news reported. […]

Islamabad: Pakistan’s Federal Minister for Science and Technology Fawad Chaudhrylaunched what he termed as the country’s first official ‘moonsighting’ website and a calendar showing main Islamic dates and months for the next five years based on scientific evidence. The website, pakmoonsighting.pk, was launched on Sunday in an effort “to halt the moonsighting controversy” that rears […]

Islamabad: A Pakistani school teacher has been booked for forcing a primary school student to eat grass as punishment for not learning his lesson. The incident happened at the Government Primary School in Fatehpur, Lodhran, a small city in Pakistan’s Punjab province, Dawn newspaper reported on Wednesday. The video of the school teacher went viral […]