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 […]
Beijing: China called Saturday for Washington to negotiate with Russia instead of pulling out of a nuclear arms treaty the Trump administration sees as a restraint on its ability to compete with Beijing and Moscow. China’s foreign ministry ruled out negotiating a new multilateral pact to replace the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty. The US decision on […]
Srinagar: Jammu and Kashmir Police Saturday busted a module of Jaish-e-Mohammad (JeM) militant outfit involved in a recent grenade attack in Sopore area of northern Kashmir’s Baramulla district, a spokesperson claimed. The statement said that on January 25, 2019, at about 6:45 pm unknown militants hurled a hand grenade on SBI camp of 179BN, CRPF, […]
Srinagr: Ahead of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s visit to Jammu and Kashmir, authorities have heightened security across the state Saturday. Modi is scheduled to visit all the three regions — Jammu, Ladakh and the Kashmir Valley tomorrow. Reports said that a multi-tier security arrangement has been put in place for the Prime Minister’s visit. A […]
Srinagar: Two leading fact-checking agencies have ended their partnerships with Facebook, striking a significant blow to the network’s efforts to fight fake news, media reports said. The social network had paid the Associated Press and Snopes to combat its misinformation crisis. But both confirmed they stopped checking articles at the end of 2018, and will not […]
Srinagar: Former Jammu and Kashmir lawmaker Er Rasheed was on Saturday placed under house detention ahead of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s visit to the state. In a statement,a spokesperson of Rasheed’s Awami Ittehad Party, while condemning the house arrest of Rasheed by the police, said that by such cheap measures Delhi cannot hide its failures […]
Srinagar: Former Jammu and Kashmir Teachers Forum (JKTF) president Abdul Qayoom Wani Saturday joined People’s Democratic Party (PDP). Wani was welcomed into the party fold by PDP president and former Jammu and Kashmir chief minister Mehbooba Mufti in Jammu. On the occassion Mehbooba said that Wani will contest upcoming Lok Sabha elections as PDP candidate […]
Srinagar: Government on Saturday placed Hurriyat Conference (M) chairperson Mirwaiz Umar Farooq under house detention at his Nigeen residence. The detention comes a day ahead of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s visit to Jammu and Kashmir. Mirwaiz tweeted: “Ahead of @narendramodi visit, panic buttons pressed by the authoritarian state and control tightened as searches and CASO […]
Srinagar: The government late Friday evening appointed one senior additional advocate general, one additional advocate general, two deputy advocate generals and four government advocates for representing it in Jammu and Kashmir High Court. According to an order issued by Department Of Law, Justice And Parliamentary Affairs, advocate Javed Iqbal has been appointed as senior Additional Advocate […]
Srinagar: Pakistan’s Minister for Information and Broadcasting Chaudhry Fawad Hussain has said Pakistan has always supported the Kashmir cause and will continue to do so in the future. Addressing a Kashmir Conference held in Islamabad on Friday, he maintained Pakistan’s support for Kashmiris will continue till realisation of their destiny —right to self-determination, Express Tribune reported. […]
