Sharif committed ‘highest treason’ by targeting security institutions: Imran
Islamabad: Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan has accused three-time former premier Nawaz Sharif of committing the “highest treason” by targeting the state security institutions. Sharif, the 70-year-old supreme leader of the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) who was ousted from power in 2017 by the apex court on graft charges, last month for the first time […]
IMF programme for Pakistan may hit a road block: report
Islamabad: The IMF fund programme for cash-strapped Pakistan may not be back on tracks in a formal way very soon as the authorities in the country struggle with difficult political and economic conditions, a media report said on Friday. The International Monetary Fund Executive board approved a three-year, USD 6 billion loan package for Pakistan […]
US polls: Finally China sends a congratulatory message to Biden
Beijing: China on Friday shed its initial hesitation and congratulated US President-elect Joe Biden and his deputy Kamala Harris for their victory in the 2020 US presidential election, saying Beijing respects the choice of the American people. “We have been following reactions on the US elections from both within the US and the international community,” […]
Presidential election most secure in US history: Official
Washington: The state and federal officials and election technology companies who run US elections say in the strongest such statement to date that the November 3 presidential election was the most secure in American history. The statement emailed to reporters Thursday by the Cybersecurity & Infrastructure Security Agency — which spearheaded federal election protection efforts […]
India-China strain would trigger regional instability: Russia
New Delhi: Russia on Thursday said any escalation in the border tension between India and China amid the global turbulence and unpredictability would further trigger regional instability in Eurasia, and the friction can be misused by other players in their geo-political purpose. At an online media briefing, Russian Deputy Chief of Mission Roman Babushkin said […]
‘Don’t discuss bilateral issues at SCO summit’
New Delhi: Russia on Thursday backed India’s assertion that Pakistan should not bring bilateral disputes like the Kashmir issue to deliberations at the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO), saying it is against the basic principles of the grouping. In his address, at a virtual summit of the SCO on Tuesday, Prime Minister Narendra Modi hit out […]
DDC polls: PAGD announces seat-sharing arrangement
NC to contest 21 seats in Kashmir in phase one
Srinagar: The People’s Alliance for Gupkar Declaration (PAGD), an amalgam of seven political parties in Jammu and Kashmir seeking restoration of the erstwhile state’s special status, announced the seat-sharing arrangement for the first phase of the maiden District Development Council (DDC) polls in the Union Territory on Thursday, but did not release the names of […]
