Former Pak PM Sharif mulling to stage a political comeback
Islamabad: Pakistan’s deposed premier Nawaz Sharif is set to make a comeback in active politics following a year-long absence after PPP chairman Bilawal Bhutto Zardari invited him to virtually attend the Opposition-led multiparty conference aimed at launching a protest movement against the Imran Khan-led government on Sunday. Sharif, 70, the Pakistan Muslim League Nawaz (PML-N) […]
Use int’t media to build global opinion against Pak: RS members
New Delhi: A demand for the government escalating its engagements with the international media to build a global opinion against Pakistan for sponsoring cross-border terrorism and harbouring fugitives such as Dawood Ibrahim was made in the Rajya Sabha on Saturday. Through a Zero Hour mention, Sasmit Patra of the BJD said the government should also […]
Citing Covid-19 threat govt to curtail Parliament’s monsoon session
New Delhi: The ongoing monsoon session of Parliament is likely to be curtailed and may end by the middle of next week in view of the threat of the COVID-19 spread among parliamentarians, official sources said on Saturday. At a meeting of the business advisory committee of Lok Sabha, which has floor leaders of all […]
Apni party welcomes economic package announced by Lt Guv
Jammu: Jammu and Kashmir Apni Party (JKAP) chief Altaf Bukhari on Saturday welcomed the Rs 1,350-crore economic package announced by the Union Territory administration to give a much needed boost to tourism and other sectors hit by the economic slowdown caused due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Bukhari also congratulated the Centre for accepting the truth […]
Soldier’s body recovered in camp, suicide suspected
Jammu: The body of an Army personnel with a bullet injury on the head was found in a camp on the outskirts of Jammu with police suspecting that he ended his own life with his service rifle. Havaldar Harvinder Singh (36), a resident of Punjab, was found dead at Rakh Muthi camp in the Jourian […]
28 shops, house gutted in fire in Banihal
Banihal/Jammu: At least 28 shops and a house were gutted in a fire in Ramban district of, officials said on Saturday. The fire erupted in the main market in Khari, 16 km from Banihal town, at around 10.45 pm on Friday, tehsildar (Khari) Ashok Chakravorty told PTI. He said fire and emergency services personnel put […]
