By Press Desk on June 14, 2019
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Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan on Friday, while addressing a meeting of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) summit, said that Pakistan condemns terrorism in all forms including state terrorism against people under illegal occupation. “We are among the few countries to have successfully turned the tide against terrorism,” PM Imran stated, adding: “Pakistan remains ready […]
By Press Desk on June 11, 2019
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Pakistan’s Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) founder Altaf Hussain was arrested by Scotland Yard in an early morning raid on Tuesday, Geo News reported. Credible security sources have revealed to Geo News that Altaf Hussain was arrested this morning and taken to a local police station. 15 officers took part in a dawn raid at his […]
By Press Desk on June 11, 2019
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The United States appears focused on improving relations between Pakistan and Afghanistan for ending the Afghan war, shows a message US special envoy Zalmay Khalilzad released on Monday. Khalilzad, a US diplomat of Afghan origin, said after a meeting with Afghan President Ashraf Ghani in Kabul on Monday that the talks also focused on the […]
By Press Desk on June 11, 2019
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Mumbai: Bollywood star Amitabh Bachchan’s Twitter account was hacked on Monday night by Ayyildiz Tim, which claimed to be a Turkish hacker group. The group replaced Bachchan’s profile picture with a photo of Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan and also changed the bio, adding “Love Pakistan” and an emoji of the Turkish flag. A spokesperson […]
By Press Desk on June 10, 2019
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Islamabad: Pakistan’s National Accountability Bureau (NAB) on Monday arrested former president and Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) co-chairman Asif Ali Zardari in the fake bank accounts case. According to a Geo TV News report, a team of the NAB officials reached Zardari House in Islamabad on Monday to arrest Mr Zardari. The arrest came hours after […]
By Press Desk on June 10, 2019
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Srinagar: Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan called on citizens to declare their assets by June 30 while addressing the nation on Monday, ahead of the federal budget for fiscal year 2019-20, which is scheduled to be announced tomorrow. “I am appealing to all of you to take part in the Asset Declaration Scheme that we […]
By Press Desk on June 10, 2019
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Srinagar: Girish Karnad, a celebrated actor, playwright and filmmaker, died at 81 today after a long illness. He died at a hospital in Bengaluru at 6.30 am, according to his family. Known for a critically-acclaimed body of work that included plays like “Yayati”, “Hayavadana” and “Tughlaq”, all of which were written in Kannada and then translated […]
By Press Desk on June 7, 2019
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Islamabad: Pakistan Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi has advocated for talks between India and his country. In his letter to the Indian Foreign Minister Dr Subrahmanyam Jaishankar on Thursday, Shah congratulated him for his appointment as External Affairs Minister. Dr Jaishankar, a former Foreign Secretary, has succeeded Sushma Swaraj. Earlier on June 5, Sohail Mahmood, […]
By Press Desk on June 5, 2019
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New Delhi: Pakistan’s newly appointed Foreign Secretary Sohail Mahmood, who was envoy to India and arrived here on a private visit, offered Eid prayers at historic Jama Masjid here on Wednesday. Sources said Mr Mahmood arrived here on Tuesday night and is here essentially to take his family along, back to Pakistan. Mr Mahmood was […]
By Press Desk on June 3, 2019
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British Airways on Monday resumed operations to Pakistan, over a decade after they were suspended in Sept 2008 in the wake of the Mariott Hotel bombing in Islamabad. British Airways’ Boeing 787 Dreamliner departed from Heathrow, London, with 240 passengers on board, and touched down at Islamabad International Airport (IIA) at 9:15 am this morning, […]
