Srinagar: Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi on Sunday left for the United Kingdom where he is scheduled to attend events organised to highlight human rights violations in Indian-occupied Kashmir. Qureshi will be addressing the International Kashmir Conference, to be held on Monday at the House of Commons by the All Party Parliamentary Group on Pakistan […]
Lahore: Pakistan’s Punjab provincial government Saturday ordered that Nawaz Sharif be shifted to a hospital from jail, days after a special medical board concluded that the former prime minister has developed cardiac complications. Sharif, 69, has been serving a seven-year jail term in Lahore’s Kot Lakhpat jail in the Al-Azizia Steel Mills corruption case. The […]
New Delhi: Hundreds of Indian students were arrested by US authorties after enrolling in Farmington University, a pay-to-stay scheme run by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) undercover agents to lure in foreigners seeking to live and work in the United States without proper authorization. According to the reports, 600 students have enrolled in the university. […]
Srinagar: India has objected to the United Kingdom for allowing Pakistan foreign minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi to hold a conference on Kashmir in the House of Commons during his visit to London this weekend. Economic Times reported that New Delhi has conveyed these through diplomatic channels after it emerged that the Pakistan foreign minister will hold […]
Srinagar: Diplomatic ties between Pakistan and Bangladesh stooped to new lows after the latter on Tuesday refused to accept Saqlain Syedah’s documents as Pakistan’s High Commissioner to the country and sought a new name for the post, Express Tribune reported. Diplomatic sources told The Express Tribune that the government of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina Wajid did […]
New Delhi: The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has issued a show cause notice against Pakistani singer Rahat Fateh Ali Khan in connection with an alleged foreign exchange violation case against him, officials said Wednesday. They said the notice for violation of forex funds to the tune of Rs 2 crore has been issued under the Foreign Exchange […]
Islamabad: Pakistan’s Supreme Court on Tuesday rejected the review petition filed against the acquittal of a Christian woman who was on death row for eight years on charges of blasphemy. The apex court’s decision in October to overturn the conviction of Aasia Bibi sparked nationwide protests and death threats from hardline groups. A three-member bench, headed […]
Srinagar: India is poised to lodge a ‘strong’ protest against lack of security measures to prevent the burning of its national flag outside the Indian high commission on Saturday, India’s Republic Day, hours after the Foreign Office insisted Britain does “not condone” such activities. A group of Khalistan supporters burned one flag, stamped on others and […]
Srinagar: Suman Kumari has become Pakistan’s first Hindu woman to have been appointed a civil judge after passing an examination for induction of judicial officers. Kumari, who hails from Qambar-Shahdadkot, will serve in her native district, Dawn reported. Suman Kumari passed her LL.B. examination from Hyderabad and did her masters in law from Karachi’s Szabist […]
Dubai: Pakistan will try to resume peace talks with India only after election results are out as it is “useless” to talk to New Delhi because no big decisions are expected from the present Indian government, a senior minister has said. Fawad Chaudhry, Minister of Information of Pakistan, said that the time is not right […]
