Islamabad: Pakistan on Tuesday signed three loan agreements worth a total of USD 918 million with the World Bank, Prime Minister Imran Khan’s adviser on finance has said as the cash-strapped country tries to overcome a ballooning balance-of-payments crisis that threatens to cripple its economy. The amount will be used to fund three projects — USD […]
Srinagar: Body of a youth was recovered under mysterious conditions in Khawaja Bazar area of Khanyar in old Srinagar on Tuesday. Reports said that some locals spotted the body inside a washroom at Naqshband Sahib shrine in Khawaja Bazar and informed police. Soon a police team reached the spot and recovered the body, they said. A police […]
Srinagar: The students of Kashmir University on Tuesday offered funeral prayers in absentia for the deposed Egyptian president Dr Mohamed Morsi. The former President was buried on Tuesday in eastern Cairo, his son said, a day after he collapsed in court and died shortly after. Witnesses said that scores of faculty members, scholars, and students assembled […]
Islamabad: At least five people were killed and several others injured after two groups clashed inside a hospital in Nankana Sahib district of Pakistan’s eastern Punjab province, local media reported on Tuesday. According to Xinhua, the groups that from two different clans opened fire at each other late Monday over some petty dispute in the […]
Srinagar: Former independent lawmaker engineer Rasheed and bureaucrat turned politician Dr. Shah Feasal Tuesday while announcing their alliance “Peoples United Front (PUF)” insisted they will tackle the issue of Kashmir and the issues of Kashmir seriously and sincerely. “Ours is an agenda of hope and we will not lead people down,” Engineer Rasheed said. “Right now, […]
Srinagar: Army on Tuesday said that two militants of Jaish-e-Mohammad (JeM) outfit killed in Marhama area of Bijbehara were key players in suicide attack on CRPF near Lethpora Pulwama on February 14 this year. The two slain militants have been identified as Sajad Maqbool Bhat son of Mohd Maqbool Bhat and Tawseef Ahmad Bhat son of […]
Jammu: Authorities in Kishtwar district of Jammu and Kashmir have decided to release the salary of the teaching staff in government-run educational institutes only after submission of attendance certificates duly signed by parents of students and the local sarpanch. The order by District Development Commissioner Angrez Singh Rana is aimed to keep a close vigil on […]
Srinagar: An Army soldier allegedly committed suicide by shooting himself with his service rifle in Sadau Ganga area of Kandi in north Kashmir’s Kupwara district on Tuesday. Official sources said that the army man of 47 RR, posted at Sadu Ganga in Kandi, shot himself while he was on duty today morning. Soon after the […]
Srinagar: A traffic police personnel was on Tuesday ruthlessly beaten by the army in Nowgam area of uptown Srinagar. The cop was identified as Mudasir Ahmad, a resident of Balhama and was immediately rushed to the hospital for treatment. Witnesses said that personnel of Army’s 22 RR beat Mudassir after he allowed a civilian vehicle to pass […]
Srinagar: Six pistols and one AK rifle among other ammunition was recovered by government forces from Gursai Nallah village of Poonch’s Mendhar on Tuesday. Sources said that an operation was launched jointly by army and JK police in Gursai Nallah village of Mendhar over some specific input. During operation, six pistols and one AK rifle […]
