Afghan gathering to decide fate of 400 Taliban prisoners
Thousands of prominent Afghans will gather in Kabul Friday to decide whether to release about 400 Taliban prisoners, including many involved in brutal attacks that killed scores of Afghans…
Trump order targets Chinese internet stars TikTok, WeChat
US President Donald Trump on Thursday ordered sweeping restrictions against Chinese-owned social media stars TikTok and WeChat, which could strangle their ability to operate in the United…
Imran Khan thanks UNSC for taking up Kashmir dispute
Prime Minister Imran Khan has welcomed the United Nations Security Council for again taking up the Jammu and Kashmir dispute, which has been on its agenda for over 70 years.
In a series…
No back channel diplomacy with India over Kashmir abuses: Pakistan
The Foreign Office on Thursday dismissed a back channel diplomacy between Pakistan and India, saying it was out of question owing to worsening human rights situation in Indian Illegally…
Pakistan opens tourism, cinemas, restaurants over reduced virus cases
Federal Planning Minister Asad Umar has said that Covid-19 pandemic has greatly been controlled due to an effective strategy of the government institutions.
Briefing about the National…
HRW urges Pakistan to end NAB’s rights abuses
New York – Pakistani authorities should follow up a recent Supreme Court decision and cease using the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) to detain critics of the government, Human Rights…
Rain predicted in Sindh, eastern parts of Balochistan
KARACHI: A monsoon low pressure from Bay of Bengal is likely to approach Sindh on Thursday (evening/night), according to Met office.
Under the influence of this weather system strong…
Pakistan army condemns cross-border Dir attack
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Army strongly condemned an unprovoked aggressive action by Afghan forces that left one FC soldier killed in Dir.
On 5 August 2020, in the afternoon, terrorists…
Porn video interrupts US court hearing for accused Twitter hacker
A court hearing held via Zoom for a US teenager accused of masterminding a stunning hack of Twitter was interrupted Wednesday with rap music and porn, a newspaper reported.
The purpose of…
Kashmir will be free soon, Modi is in trouble, says PM Imran
MUZAFFARABAD: Prime Minister Imrna Khan on Wednesday predicted that Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi is in trouble over his August 5 move, and said that Kashmir will be free from the…
Modi enjoys twin triumphs for India’s Hindu nationalists
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi will on Wednesday lay the foundation for a temple at a flashpoint holy site exactly a year after imposing direct rule on Muslim-majority Kashmir -- twin…
Qureshi writes to UNSC again on Indian rights abuses in Kashmir
In the wake of one year of India’s illegal and unilateral measures of 5 August 2019 in the Indian Illegally Occupied Jammu and Kashmir (IIOJK), Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi has once…
FO rejects Indian response to Pakistan’s political map
ISLAMABAD: The Foreign Office yesterday categorically rejected the statement made by Indian external affairs ministry on Pakistan's political map.
"Through sophistry and obfuscation,…
Youm-e-Istehsal: PM Khan slams 365 days of Indian military siege in Kashmir
ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Imran Khan has said that eight million Kashmiris have been made prisoners in their home after India's illegal and unilateral revocation of August 5.
In a message…
Trump says US generals tell him Beirut blast ‘bomb of some kind’
President Donald Trump said Tuesday that US generals had told him that the powerful explosions which rocked Beirut appeared to have been caused by a "bomb of some kind."
"It looks like a…