Srinagar: The Pakistan Supreme Court on Tuesday accepted a petition filed by former premier Nawaz Sharif challenging the Islamabad High Court’s (IHC) verdict for not granting bail in the Al-Azizia reference, and suspended the ailing former prime minister’s prison sentence by six weeks. The top court reserved its verdict after hearing a petition filed by […]
Srinagar: Former Joint Commissioner, Navodaya Vidyalaya, Samiti, Ministry of HRD Kaneez Fatima on Tuesday joined National Conference (NC) in Srinagar. Fatima joined the party in presence of NC vice president Omar Abdullah at his Gupkar residence in Srinagar. Senior NC leader Nasir Sogami, Tanveer Sadiq and Nazir Gurezi were also present on the occasion.
New Delhi/Bhuj: A Pakistani national was apprehended by the BSF along the Indo-Pak International Border (IB) in Gujarat, officials said Tuesday. They said Muhammad Ali (35), who was speaking Sindhi, was apprehended by a Border Security Force (BSF) patrol from the ‘Kumar’ border post, at border pillar number 1015, in the frontier district of Banaskantha on […]
Jammu: Police have arrested the four drug peddlers with contraband of heroin in Ranbir Singh Pura area here on city outskirts. “During routine checking, the police on Sunday night intercepted the four persons at Magowali area,” police here said on Tuesday. They said that during frisking, 11 grams of heroin was recovered from their possession and […]
Srinagar: Pakistan on Tuesday announced that the government has ended the requirement of a no-objection certificate (NOC) for foreigners seeking to visit certain parts of Pakistan in Pakistan Administered Kashmir. “Another landmark achieved. NOC regime for foreigners comes to an end,” Geo News quoted information minister Chaudry Fawad Hussain. It is Prime Minister Imran Khan’s vision to […]
Srinagar: Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan has urged the European Union to highlight the ongoing “human rights violations” in Kashmir. Khan was talking to Frederica Morgherini, European Union’s (EU) High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, who called on him here at the PM Office, Associated Press of Pakistan reported. Welcoming the EU High Representative, […]
Srinagar: Welcoming announcement to open the Sharda Peeth Corridor, former chief minister Omar Abdullah expressed hope that Government of Pakistan (GoP) will also open other routes to facilitate greater people to people contact. Reacting to media reports, the GoP on Monday approved a proposal to establish a corridor that will allow Hindu pilgrims from India […]
Srinagar: A youth was hit and killed by a vehicle in north Kashmir’s Baramulla district, official sources said on Tuesday. Twenty-one-year-old Taneem Ahmad was hit and critically injured by a vehicle at Sangrama Chowk on Srinagar-Baramulla road on Monday evening. The injured was immediately rushed to local hospital from where he was referred to Srinagar […]
Srinagar: Jammu and Kashmir High Court (HC) has issued a notice to Union Home Ministry (UHM) on a petition challenging the ban on Jamaat-e-Islami (JeI) in the state. The court has asked the UHM to reply by April 22 to the petition filed by one Mehraj Azeem, a resident of Srinagar, through his counsel Syed […]
Srinagar: After a lull of about three days, the armies of India and Pakistan exchanged heavy gunfire along the Line of Control in Keri area of Jammu and Kashmir’s Rajouri sector. Reports said that firing started at about 12 AM Monday night and continued till 04 AM. “Heavy mortar shelling also took place during shelling […]
