LAHORE — A Pakistani anti-terrorism court (ATC) on Wednesday sentenced 22 people to five years in jail each for attacking a Hindu temple in Punjab province last year. In July 2021, hundreds of people attacked the Ganesh Mandir temple at Bhong city, district Rahim Yar Khan, some 590 kms from Lahore, in reaction to alleged […]
COLOMBO — At least five people, including an MP, were killed in Sri Lanka, with over 200 others injured in the wake of the violence in the island nation, which also led to a number of houses belonging to resigned Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa and other politicians, being torched. On Monday night, anti-government protesters surrounded […]
KABUL — A powerful explosion ripped through a mosque in the Afghan capital of Kabul on Friday, killing at least 10 people and wounding 20, a Taliban spokesman said. Hundreds of worshippers had gathered for prayers on the last Friday of the Muslim holy month of Ramdan and the Khalifa Aga Gul Jan Mosque was […]
KARACHI — Four people were killed and several others injured in a car explosion inside the premises of the University of Karachi, Geo News reported. According to reports, the incident occurred near Confucius Institute. According to initial reports, the blast took place in a van near Confucius Institute in Karachi University. Following the blast, rescue […]
ISLAMABAD — Pakistan has strongly responded to a public notice by India regarding pursuance of higher education in Pakistan, terming the tone of the advisory as “threatening”. Pakistan Foreign Office issued a response on the matter, expressing its disregard for the public notice jointly issued by University Grants Commission of India and All India Council […]
TOKYO — The world’s oldest person from the southwestern Japanese city of Fukuoka died at the age of 119 on April 19, the government said on Monday. Kane Tanaka was born on January 2 in 1903, the year Wright Brothers — Wilbur and Orville Wright — made the world’s first successful flight of powered aircraft, […]
ISLAMABAD — Seven soldiers were killed in a terrorist attack in Pakistan’s northwestern Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, a military statement said. The incident happened on Thursday when the terrorists ambushed a military convoy near the Pakistan-Afghanistan border in north Waziristan district of the province, the military’s media wing Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) said on Friday in […]
ISLAMABAD — Shehbaz Sharif, the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) president, was elected unopposed as the new Prime Minister of Pakistan by Parliament on Monday after rival candidate Shah Mahmood Qureshi announced that his Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf party will boycott the voting and staged a walkout. Shehbaz, 70, was the only candidate left in the race after […]
ISLAMABAD — The former prime minister of Pakistan Imran Khan has reportedly decided to tender his resignation as a member of the National Assembly ahead of the election for the new prime minister. The decision was reportedly made during the PTI’s parliamentary party meeting. The report quoting sources, said: “We will not sit in this […]
ISLAMABAD — A top Pakistani court here on Monday dismissed a petition to register a treason case against former prime minister Imran Khan and various ministers, saying it was inadmissible. Chief Justice Athar Minallah of the Islamabad High Court delivered a reserved verdict during which he also fined the petitioner Maulvi Iqbal Haider Rs100,000, the […]