ISLAMABAD — Pakistan’s Chief of Army Staff (COAS) Gen Qamar Javed Bajwa said that his country is ready to move forward on Kashmir if India agrees, Dawn reported. “Pakistan continues to believe in using dialogue and diplomacy to resolve all outstanding issues, including the Kashmir dispute and is ready to move forward on this front […]
ISLAMABAD — A defiant Imran Khan on Thursday indicated that he will not resign from the post of Pakistan’s prime minister despite losing the majority in the National Assembly and insisted that he will face the vote of no-confidence which would take place on Sunday. In a live-address to the nation, 69-year-old Khan also discussed […]
KABUL — Supreme leader of the Taliban Mullah Hebtullah Akhundzada has ordered military officials onot to recruit teenager members to their ranking. In a decree, Akhundzada said no teenager must be allowed in military bases of the Taliban regime and should not be given a part in any military operation, reports Khaama Press. “Teenagers are […]
ISLAMABAD — The Joint Action Committee (JAC) of the Pakistani media has challenged Prime Minister Imran Khan to Prove his “scandalous allegations” that media Houses have been bought by political parties and some were being funded by foreign sources, Dawn reported. Khan made these allegations in a public address on Sunday. In a statement, the […]
KARACHI — An 18-year-old Hindu girl was reportedly shot dead during a failed abduction attempt in Pakistan’s southern Sindh province, according to a media report on Monday. Pooja Oad was said to have been shot in the middle of the street after she put up resistance to the attackers in Rohi, Sukkur, The Friday Times […]
BEIJING — A Chinese airliner with 133 people on board crashed in the southern province of Guangxi on Monday, state media has reported. Broadcaster CCTV said the accident involving a China Eastern Airlines Boeing 737 and occurred near the city of Wuzhou in Teng county. Media said the crash sparked a mountainside fire. It said […]
ISLAMABAD — Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan on Sunday lauded India for following an independent foreign policy , saying it imported crude oil from Russia despite American sanctions. Khan, a fierce critic of the ruling NDA government led by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, spoke highly of the Indian foreign policy. In his address to a […]
LAHORE — An accidental fire caused by shot-circuit triggered a series of powerful explosions at a military depot in Pakistan’s Punjab province on Sunday morning, sparking rumours that the key army installation was targeted by terrorists. The accidental fire broke out in ammunition shed near Sialkot garrison, some 100 kms from Lahore. Pakistan Army’s media […]
ISLAMABAD — Nearly two dozen disgruntled lawmakers from Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan’s ruling party have openly threatened to vote against him on the no-confidence motion tabled in Parliament by the Opposition, in a fresh blow to the embattled premier struggling to cling to power. Around 100 lawmakers from the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) and […]
KABUL — The Taliban has officially banned the broadcast of all foreign TV series in Afghanistan, Sputnik reported citing a person familiar with the situation. “The Taliban clearly said to stop showing any foreign TV series translated into Dari or Pashto [official languages of Afghanistan],” a participant of the meeting of Afghan broadcasters, held on […]