Islamabad: At least eight laborers were killed and several others went missing as a passenger van got buried by a landslide in Pakistan’s north Kohistan district, local reports said on Tuesday. The landslide completely buried the van at a main highway late on Monday night, and the rescue operation started early on Tuesday morning by […]
Srinagar: The Delhi Police filed a chargesheet on Monday against former Jawaharlal Nehru University Students’ Union (JNUSU) president Kanhaiya Kumar and others in a sedition case lodged in 2016. The police also charged former JNU students Umar Khalid and Anirban Bhattacharya for allegedly shouting anti-India slogans during an event on the university campus on February […]
Gwadar: Saudi Arabia plans to set up a $10 billion oil refinery in Pakistan’s deepwater port of Gwadar, the Saudi energy minister said on Saturday, speaking at the Indian Ocean port that is being developed with the help of China. Pakistan wants to attract investment and other financial support to tackle a soaring current account […]
Srinagar: Assam’s Finance Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma while defending the controversial citizenship bill on Friday said its implementation is a must for the state to ensure it does not face a Kashmir-like situation in the future. Sarma claimed that the Citizenship (Amendment) Bill can be an “opportunity” for not just Assam but the entire Northeastern part […]
Srinagar: Karachi Police Chief Dr Amir Ahmed Shaikh during a media briefing on Friday said that the attack on the Chinese consulate in Karachi was planned in Afghanistan with the support of Indian intelligence officials. In November last year, three heavily armed militants attempted to enter the Chinese consulate in the ‘high security zone’ of Clifton’s […]
Lahore: An anti-terrorism court in Pakistan has sentenced a cyberstalker to 24 years in jail for blackmailing 200 lady doctors and nurses through their social media accounts – the maximum punishment awarded to a convict in the offence related to social media crimes in the country’s history. Anti-Terrorism Court Lahore Judge Sajjad Ahmad on Wednesday […]
Islamabad, Jan 9 (UNI) Chief Justice of Pakistan Mian Saqib Nisar on Wednesday said the Supreme Court will not allow Indian content to be shown on Pakistani TV channels as it “damages our culture”. According to a report in the Dawn, a three-member SC bench, under the chief justice’s stewardship, was hearing an appeal filed […]
New Delhi: India is hopeful to fully operationalise the strategic Chabahar port in the Sistan-Balochistan province of Iran; and the government has allowed an Iranian bank to open a branch in Mumbai for related transactions, Union Minister Nitin Gadkari said Tuesday. Gadkari, after Iran’s Minister of Foreign Affairs Mohammad Javad Zarif called on him, said that […]
Srinagar: At least 13 trains and several flights headed towards the national capital were delayed due to fog as the visibility dipped to zero metres on Monday morning. According to the India Meteorological Department (IMD), the visibility dropped to zero metres for Palam between 6.30 a.m. and 7.30 a.m. while it was 200 metres for Safdarjung. […]
Islamabad: In an initiative to help Islamabad address its balance of payments challenge, United Arab Emirates (UAE) Crown Prince Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan is expected to officially announce a support package of about 6.2 billion dollar for Pakistan during his two-day visit to the country on Sunday, The package involves 3.2bn dollar worth […]
