Islamabad: The Interior ministry of Pakistan on Friday revealed that out of 11,802 Pakistan nationals jailed abroad, 2,937 are in Saudi Arabia alone, followed by 1,842 in Greece. The report was sought by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, on the directions of Supreme Court of Pakistan. Pakistan Minister of Human Rights Shireen Mazari said in […]
New Delhi: Lauding the role of Indian forces for the September 29, 2016 surgical strike against Pakistan, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday said school children should be sensitised about the good works of Indian Army. “BJP workers should organise special programmes to pay tributes to martyred armed personnel. There can be an half-an-hour […]
Srinagar: Former prime minister of Pakistan Nawaz Sharif, his daughter Maryam Nawaz and son-in-law retired captain Mohammad Safdar were released from Rawalpindi’s Adiala jail on parole hours after his ailing wife Begum Kulsoom Nawaz passed away in a London hospital on Tuesday. All three were released on a 12-hour parole, which is likely to be […]
New Delhi: India has expressed regret that the Kashmir issue is being raised at the UN Human Rights Council (HRC) after mentions of it by Michelle Bachelet, the new UN Human Rights High Commissioner, and by Pakistan at its current session, reports said on Wednesday. “Terrorism is the biggest scourge and greatest violator of human […]
Srinagar: Former prime minister Nawaz Sharif’s wife, Begum Kulsoom, passed away on Tuesday. Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz President Shehbaz Sharif and her son, Hussain Nawaz, confirmed that the former first lady breathed her last at a clinic in London, Geo News reported. Further, Harley Street Clinic confirmed her death and said it will be reported to […]
New Delhi: The Bharat bandh called by the Congress in protest against hike in petrol and diesel prices commenced on Monday with party president Rahul Gandhi leading a march by opposition parties from Rajghat to Ramlila Maidan. The strike will see Congress workers across the country hold protests and demonstrations to demand a reduction in […]
Islamabad: Dr Arif Alvi on Sunday took oath as Pakistan’s 13th president in a ceremony held at the President House in Pakistan’s capital Islamabad. Chief Justice of Pakistan Justice Mian Saqib Nisar administered the oath to Alvi. The ceremony was attended by former president Mamnoon Hussain, Prime Minister Imran Khan, Chief of Army Staff General […]
New Delhi: The BJP National Executive on Sunday adopted a political resolution that pledges to ensure a ‘terror free, poverty free and corruption free’ India by the year 2022. The resolution moved by Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh and seconded among others by Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister Jai Ram Thakur lauded Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s […]
Islamabad: Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan has termed the water crisis to be the biggest issue of the country and sought assistance from overseas Pakistanis to help overcome it, according to a Geo TV report. In a televised address to the nation on Friday, the prime minister said he has been taking presentations since last […]
New Delhi,: As Prime Minister Narendra Modi describes the inaugural ‘2 Plus 2 Indo US Dialogue’ as “very productive”, Secretary of State Michael Pompeo has underlined the need for ‘reinforcing’ the shared interest by both countries to promote peace in the Indo-Pacific region. “Before leaving India I met with PM Narendra Modi to reinforce our […]
