US Senate acquits Trump of first impeachment charge
Washington - President Donald Trump was acquitted by the US Senate on Wednesday following a historic impeachment trial that shone a harsh light on America's divisions, without ever shaking…
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Finance ministry rebuts news report on $5.5 billion borrowing
ISLAMABAD: The Ministry of Finance has described as misleading and factually incorrect a news reports published in a section of press claiming that the government’s foreign borrowing…
Pakistan reaffirms resolve to support peace process
Ambassador Alice Wells, Acting Assistant Secretary of State for South and Central Asian Affairs, called on Foreign Secretary Sohail Mahmood on Tuesday.
A range of bilateral issues,…
Iran admits it shot down Ukrainian airplane accidentally
REUTERS: Iran said on Saturday it had mistakenly shot down a Ukrainian plane killing all 176 people aboard and voiced its deep regret, after initially denying it brought down the aircraft in…
Iranians harassed, questioned at US border: CAIR
ISLAMABAD: Dozens of Iranians and Iranian-Americans have reported being harassed or questioned for hours at the US border following heightened tensions over the US killing of Iranian General…
Defiant Trump doubles down on threat to Iran cultural sites
US President Donald Trump doubled down Sunday on a threat to attack Iranian cultural sites despite accusations that any such strike would amount to a war crime.
After his top diplomat, Mike…
Nankana Sahib incident was scuffle between two Muslim groups: FO
ISLAMABAD: The provincial authorities in the Punjab province have informed that there was scuffle in the city of Nankana Sahib today, between two Muslim groups on a minor incident at a…
Critics challenge Pence’s claim Soleimani facilitated 9/11 hijackers
An assertion by US Vice President Mike Pence that Iranian commander Qasem Soleimani, who died Friday in an American attack in Iraq, had helped the September 11 terrorists has been sharply…
US targeting 52 sites in Iran, warns Trump
President Donald Trump warned Saturday that the US is targeting 52 sites in Iran and will hit them "very fast and very hard" if the Islamic republic attacks American personnel or assets.
In…
Thousands in Iraq mourn top Iranian general killed by US; rockets fired in Baghdad
REUTERS: With shouts of “Death to America”, tens of thousands of people marched in Iraq on Saturday to mourn Iranian military commander Qassem Soleimani and an Iraqi militia leader who were…
Iran declares three days of mourning after Qasem Soleimani’s assassination
Top Iranian commander Qasem Soleimani was killed Friday in a US strike on Baghdad's international airport, Iran and the US confirmed, in the most dramatic episode yet of escalating tensions…
Iran’s Khamenei warns of “severe revenge” over Soleimani’s…
Iran said its arch enemy the United States bore responsibility for the consequences after killing one of its top commanders, Qasem Soleimani, in an air strike Friday on Baghdad airport.…
Taliban council agrees to temporary cease-fire in Afghanistan
The Taliban’s ruling council agreed Sunday to a temporary cease-fire in Afghanistan, providing a window in which a peace agreement with the United States can be signed, officials from the…
Pakistan rejects U.S. designation on religious freedom
Pakistan has rejected the U.S. State Department's unilateral and arbitrary designation under the religious freedom report announced on 20 December 2019.
"This pronouncement is not only…
US urges India to protest minority rights
WASHINGTON: WASHINGTON: The US State Department has urged India to "protect the rights of its religious minorities in keeping with India’s Constitution and democratic values”
“We are…