Bareilly: Two persons died on the spot while one other severely injured when their motorbike was rammed by speeding vehicle in Izzatnagar area, police said here on Monday. Superintendent of police (city) Abhinandan Singh here said that Vijay Pal (30), Kapil (23) and Sumit were going to Nawabganj late on Sunday evening when a speeding vehicle […]
Islamabad, Oct 28 (UNI) The government has strongly denied that a private business jet flew to Islamabad from Tel Aviv (Israel) via Amman (Jordan) and went back, but opposition parties, dissatisfied with official clarifications, called for a ‘convincing explanation’ on the matter. The editor of Israeli newspaper Haaretz’s English edition, Ami Scharf, started the controversy […]
Srinagar: Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan has said the country would not relent in its moral, political and diplomatic support until Kashmiris realize their “legitimate right to self-determination” in accordance with the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) resolutions. In his message to the nation on “Kashmir Black Day” annually observed on October 27, he said […]
Beijing: Ahead of Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan’s maiden visit, China on Friday sounded positive about extending new loans to Islamabad to avoid another IMF bailout package which may carry stringent conditions. Khan’s visit from November 2 to China, Pakistan’s all weather ally, will come ahead of a visit to Islamabad by International Monetary Fund […]
Srinagar: The Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Thursday carried out a search at office of human rights organisation Amnesty International in Bangalore, apparently in connection with an investigation into the group’s foreign funding. In an official statement quoted by the Indian Express, the ED said that Amnesty International India Foundation Trust was trying to circumvent the […]
Srinagar: The Jamaat-ud-Dawa (JuD) and Falah-i-Insaniyat Foundation (FIF) headed by Hafiz Mohammad Saeed are no more on the list of banned outfits after the presidential ordinance that proscribed them under a UN resolution lapsed, Dawn reported on Friday. During the hearing on Thursday of a petition filed by Hafiz Saeed, his counsel informed the Islamabad […]
New Delhi: Suspected to be snooping outside the ousted CBI Chief Alok Verma’s residence, four men were held by the security personnel posted at the place on Thursday morning. It is being said the four men were allegedly trying to spy on Verma, who was sent on leave in the wee hours of Wednesday while […]
By Shireen M Mazari, Pakistan’s Federal Minister for Human Rights Background The Kashmir conflict has once again come centre stage in the aftermath of the continuing violence being perpetrated by the Indian Occupying security forces against unarmed Kashmiris. Also, for the first time a UN body finally took the initiative with the publication of the […]
Srinagar: In a scathing attack on Prime Minister Narendra Modi on the ‘unprecedented developments’ wherein the Union government sent Central Bureau of Investigation Director Alok Verma on leave, the Congress on Wednesday asked why the government removed Verma and said “who are they protecting and what are they hiding?” “Why has the government removed CBI […]
Srinagar: In a post-midnight drama, the Centre on Wednesday virtually sacked CBI Director Alok Verma in the midst of the war at the agency’s top, a decision that came under all-round fire from the opposition who termed it “the last nail in the independence” of the organisation. Verma moved the Supreme Court, which will hear […]
