Islamabad: Pakistan will propose to Saudi Arabia for initiation of a dialogue on a preferential trade agreement (PTA) to balance bilateral trade and promote investment during Saudi Crown Prince Mohammad bin Salman’s visit here, according to a media report on Thursday. The Crown Prince accompanied by a high-powered business delegation will arrive in Pakistan on Saturday […]
Srinagar: Weather is likely to improve from Friday forenoon in Jammu and Kashmir, Director Meteorological Department, Sonam Lotus said on Thursday. Lotus said that light to moderate rain, snow has been reported at widespread places of the state during past 24hrs. “Today weather is most likely to remain overcast to cloudy throughout the state with […]
Srinagar: The Jammu and Kashmir Police has arrested the former secretary general Muslim League and senior Hurriyat Conference (G) senior leader in a raid late last night at Kralgund area of Handwara in north Kashmir’s Kupwara district. Reports said that a police team arrested Muhammad Akram Nagar, son of Abdul Gaffar during a raid at Kralgund. […]
Srinagar: Over 10,000 students from various private schools in Surat are expected to take an oath to never marry without the consent of their parents on Valentine’s Day Thursday. The idea was proposed by city-based laughter therapist Kamlesh Masalawala, who runs ‘Laughter club, Crying club’ in Surat. Masalawala is also associated with several educational institutions […]
Srinagar: A suicide attack on Wednesday on a bus carrying members of the Revolutionary Guards in southeastern Iran killed at least 27 people. “The suicide attack on an Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps personnel bus happened on the Khash-Zahedan road,” IRNA said, Fars News reported. The road is located in the volatile southeastern province of Sistan-Baluchistan. […]
United Nations: Israel has told the UN Security Council that it opposes a planned visit by the top UN body to the Palestinian territories for a close-up look at the situation, Kuwait’s ambassador said Wednesday. Kuwait and other council members proposed the visit to the occupied territories during a meeting last week on Israel’s decision to […]
Srinagar: One-way traffic continued on the Jammu-Srinagar highway on Thursday with authorities allowing only stranded vehicles to move from Jammu to Srinagar, an official said. Over 3,000 vehicles crossed the Jawahar Tunnel on Wednesday with over 1,000 of these carrying essential supplies for the landlocked Kashmir Valley, the Traffic Department said. “Today we have decided […]
Kabul: Afghan Taliban’s negotiation team will meet Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan in Islamabad to hold comprehensive discussions about Pak-Afghan relations, Taliban Spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid has said, The News International reported. In a statement, quoted by the News International, Taliban Spokesman said, “As the negotiation process continues to place between the Islamic Emirates and United […]
Srinagar: The governor led administration has resorted to massive reshuffle in the police department. The Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP), Srinagar, Imtiyaz Ismail Parray has been transferred along with many other SSP’s. Read the list of transfers here
Srinagar: An American trophy hunter has paid $100,000 (£78,000) to kill a rare markhor or “screw horn” goat, the national animal of Pakistan. Fewer than 6,000 markhors exist in the wild, most living among the mountains between Afghanistan and Pakistan, and the animal features on the IUCN’s Red List of Threatened Species. Nonetheless, local officials […]
