NEW YORK — Counsellor Eldos Mathew Punnoose exercised India’s right of reply against Pakistan at the Joint General Debate on decolonization at the United Nations on Monday. Punnoose condemned Pakistan’s “unsubstantiated allegations” regarding the Union Territories of Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh. He emphasised the need for Pakistan to cease its ongoing human rights violations […]
ISLAMABAD — Pakistan’s main opposition called off its protest on Tuesday as the 23rd meeting of the Council of the Heads of Government (CHG) of the member states of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation begins here under tight security. The two-day meeting will discuss ongoing cooperation in fields of economy, trade, environment and socio-cultural linkages and […]
LAHORE — Pakistan’s law enforcement agencies have arrested more than 200 workers of Imran Khan’s party in the Punjab province to thwart its planned protest in Islamabad during the SCO summit, police said on Monday. The Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) had announced to hold a demonstration at the D-Chowk in the capital during the two-day Shanghai […]
ISLAMABAD — Foreign delegations started arriving in Pakistan Sunday for the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) summit, amid heightened security and the deployment of the army in the national capital to maintain law and order during the event. A 76-member Russian delegation and seven representatives of the SCO reached Pakistan. Separately, a four-member official delegation of […]
NEW DELHI — Pakistan batter Fakhar Zaman expressed frustration with former captain Babar Azam’s omission from the Test squad for the remaining two matches against England. The news came after Babar failed to score a single Test half-century since December 2022. However, Fakhar criticised the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) for not backing the senior player […]
ISLAMABAD — Former captain and key batter Babar Azam is among the key names dropped for Pakistan’s second and third Test against England, with the second match beginning on Tuesday in Multan. Following extensive conversations held by a newly-formed selection committee, some of Pakistan’s most well-renowned players will miss the second Test in Multan against […]
ISLAMABAD — At least 11 people have been killed and eight more have sustained injuries in a clash between two tribes in Pakistan’s Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province on Saturday, Al Jazeera reported. Tensions rose in the Kurram district of the province after two people were critically injured in a shooting incident between rival tribes in the […]
KARACHI — The Karachi administration has enforced Section 144 across the city for four days, starting from October 13, to ensure public safety and maintain law and order, ARY News reported. This decision comes after a recommendation from Sindh’s Inspector General of Police (IGP) Ghulam Nabi Memon, who cited potential threats to peace as the […]
ISLAMABAD — Zakir Naik, the fugitive Islamic preacher, on Friday apologised for his recent remarks on Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) even as his controversial statements during the ongoing tour of Pakistan continue to draw severe criticism from people all over the country. Earlier this week, a video of Naik went viral on social media, in […]
QUETTA — Gunmen killed 20 miners and wounded another seven in Pakistan’s southwest, a police official said Friday. It’s the latest attack in restive Balochistan province and comes days ahead of a major security summit being hosted in the capital. Police official Hamayun Khan Nasir said the gunmen stormed the accommodations at the coal mine […]